The California Program for the Prevention of Venereal Diseases
- 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