Syphilis is a serious, catching disease. You 
catch it when you have sex contact with a man who has it. 
Be on your guard. Syphilis can wreck your health, kill your 
unborn children, and make you an invalid for life. No 
"quack" or home remedy ever cured syphilis. It can be 
cured, but only by a doctor. 
Gonorrhea or "clap," is not the same as 
syphilis. But you catch it the same way. It usually causes 
a white discharge and pain. It keeps a woman from having 
children. It ruins her health. No "quack" or medicine for 
"female trouble" ever cured gonorrhea. It can be cured, 
but only by a doctor. 
There Are No Sure Preventive Measures Which Women Can Use. 
A woman cannot depend on douches, suppositories, or jellies to 
prevent syphilis or gonorrhea. 
I£ you are so foolish and unwise as to have intercourse with any 
man except your husband, make him wear a rubber. 
IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE SYPHILIS OR GONORRHEA, 
SEE A DOCTOR AT ONCE. 
Issued by 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 
(State) 
in cooperation with 
UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 
Federal Security Agency, Washington 
VDB-96 (WOMEN) 42 Syphilis is a serious, catching disease. You 
catch it by sex contact with a woman who has it. Most 
prostitutes have it. So do most "chippies.'' Syphilis begins 
as a sore. This goes away, but the disease gets worse. 
Syphilis is not cured when the sore disappears. The disease 
is hard to cure. No "quack" or home remedy ever cured 
syphilis. It can be cured, but only by a doctor. 
Gonorrhea or "clap/' is not the same as 
syphilis. But you catch it the same way. It burns when 
you make water, and pus comes from the opening of the penis. 
No "quack" or home remedy ever cured gonorrhea. If you 
do not get good treatment, gonorrhea may cripple you for life. 
It can be cured, but only by a doctor. 
If you are so foolish and unwise as to go with prostitutes or 
“chippies,” try to guard against syphilis or gonorrhea . . . 
1. Use a rubber when you have intercourse. 
2- Urinate. Then wash your penis and testicles with soap and 
water at once. 
3a Put 10 percent argyrol solution (about a teaspoonful) into the 
opening of the penis with a syringe or tube. Hold the argyrol 
in for five minutes. 
4a Rub calomel ointment into your sex organs and the skin all 
around them. 
Reliable rubbers, calomel ointment, and fresh argyrol preparations 
may be obtained in good drug stores. 
IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE SYPHILIS OR GONORRHEA, 
SEE A DOCTOR AT ONCE. 
Issued by 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 
(State) 
in cooperation with 
UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 
Federal Security Agency, Washington 
VDB-96 (MEN) 42