Traces the history of the disease Syphilis, its effects, attempted cures, the discovery of its scientific diagnosis, its early treatment with Salvarsan and later with Penicillin as well as attempts to educate the public to make use of clinics to break the chain of infection.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
321866
Language
English
Subject categories
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Sexually transmitted diseases
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Diseases - Prevention
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health education
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - History
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Public health
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Sexually transmitted diseases
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Syphilis
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)