innocent women and children. Let them know that, in 

 the opinion of gynecologists, a majority of the hazardous 

 surgical operations performed upon married women are 

 made necessary in consequence of gonorrheal infection 

 by the husband; and another terrifying fact, that 

 syphilis, so far as absolutely known, is not only directly 

 transmitted from father to children, but the sole disease 

 thus transmitted, as it were, a special curse upon the 

 human race." 



More recent studies have shown that the proportion of 

 prostitutes afflicted with venereal disease is far higher than 

 has been assumed by earlier writers. Dr. Walker in an in- 

 vestigation in Baltimore found over 90 per cent, of a group 

 of prostitutes suffering from syphilis alone. 



The good soldier owes to his country today his full meas- 

 ure of strength and vigor. He owes to his country of the 

 future a full measure of strength and vitality to be handed 

 on to coming generations. Both may be fatally jeopardized 

 by a moment of weak self-indulgence. 



ACCIDENTS AND FIRST AID 



Slight cuts and scratches should be washed free from dirt, 

 then carefully dried and painted with a r + H 



little tincture of iodine. More serious w - 



wounds should be dressed temporarily, until 

 the doctor can attend to them, by covering them with sur- 

 geons' gauze fastened on with a bandage. A deep wound, 

 particularly if produced by a rusty nail or other dirty object, 

 should always receive prompt medical attention; so should 

 even the slightest scratch, if, after a few days, it is red, hot 

 or painful. Any wound will heal without much pain or 

 redness if there are no germs in it. Remember that germs 

 get into a wound, not from the air, but from dirty things 

 that touch it. A scratch or cut should never be touched 

 with anything but sterilized surgeons' gauze. In connec- 



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