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unusual facts about venereal disease



Alfred Cooper

His speciality in venereal disease gave him an unusual access to and perspective on late Victorian aristocratic morality.

Dean Street

The Royal Ear Hospital occupied number 10, an early maternity hospital was also located here and the Lock Hospital too had its base in Dean Street, Lock being a euphemism for venereal disease.

Hôpital Saint-Luc

The hospital was specialized since its founding in the fields of Otolaryngology, Ophthalmology, dentistry and clinical venereal disease.

Paul Popenoe

Under the War Department Commission on Training Camp Activities, he was charged with rooting out liquor and prostitution in an effort to reduce the high incidence of venereal disease amongst U.S. troops.

Sonnet 153

Sonnets 153 and 154 are filled with rather bawdy double entendres of sex followed by contraction of a venereal disease.

Soul of the Fire

Dalton Campbell sees them off with his apologies and informs Richard that Campbell, Chanboor, and both of their wives have become stricken with an "unfortunate", incurable venereal disease and have doomed themselves to a slow, agonizing demise.

Westmoreland Lock Hospital

The Westmoreland Lock Hospital was a hospital for venereal disease originally located at Donnybrook and later moved to Lazar's Hill (now Townsend St.), Dublin, Ireland.


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Anna Protasova

According to legend, she was to "test" the prospective lovers sexually before they became the lovers of Catherine, after they had been suggested by Potemkin, chosen by Catherine, and examined by a doctor for venereal disease.

Gerry O'Hara

O'Hara's directorial debut was the 1963 cautionary tale That Kind of Girl, about the dangers of contracting venereal disease.

Nathaniel St André

In 1725, he claimed that he had been poisoned by drinking a cordial offered when he visited a woman with venereal disease.

Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test

The Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test or VDRL is a blood test for syphilis and was developed by the former Venereal Disease Research Laboratory, now the Treponemal Pathogenesis and Immunology Branch, of the United States Public Health Service.