Title:

The California Program for the Prevention of Venereal Diseases

Creator:

Sawyer, Wilbur A.

Date:

January 1918

Description:

In this article, Sawyer, as director of the State Hygienic Laboratory, described how California's State Board of Health had developed their program to control and prevent venereal diseases, starting in 1911. He also discussed the larger wartime effort to control the diseases. Later in 1918, Sawyer joined the Medical Reserve Corps and directed a similar program in Newport News, Virginia.

Periodical:

Social Hygiene

Publisher:

American Social Hygiene Association

Location:

Box: n/a. Folder: n/a

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Articles

Subject:

Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Public Health, and California

Format:

Text

Extent:

7 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Periodical. Sawyer, Wilbur A. "The California Program for the Prevention of Venereal Diseases." Social Hygiene 4, (January 1918): 25-37. Article. 7 Images.. Social Hygiene

Legacy ID:

LWBBBH

NLM ID:

101584931X6

Profiles Collection:

The Wilbur A. Sawyer Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584931X6

Story Section:

Early Career in California and World War I, 1908-1919