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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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VD: The Australian Army's experience of sexually transmitted diseases during the twentieth century [Large Print 16pt] (Large Print Edition)

VD: The Australian Army's experience of sexually transmitted diseases during the twentieth century [Large Print 16pt] (Large Print Edition)

Howie-Willis, Ian

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ISBN10: 0369391470
ISBN13: 9780369391476
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant
Published: Oct 13 2020
Pages: 784
Weight: 2.14
Height: 1.94 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Sexually transmitted diseases, for centuries lumped together as 'Venereal Disease', or 'VD' for short, have always marched in lock-step with soldiers from all armies wherever they have served. During the twentieth century at least 125,000 Australian soldiers contracted VD while serving in overseas deployments - the equivalent of six World War I infantry divisions. Until the advent of penicillin in the mid-1940s, the two most common and most devastating sexually transmitted diseases were gonorrhoea and syphilis. During the overseas deployments of the Australian Army during the twentieth century, these two debilitating, disfiguring, embarrassing and potentially lethal diseases put tens of thousands of soldiers out of action for weeks at a time. Gonorrhoea and syphilis weakened the Australian Army, seriously reducing its operational capability...

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