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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1944
Page
19
Gonorrhea is a long standing venereal infection spread primarily through sexual contact. It can infect newborn eyes at birth and, if untreated, lead to rheumatism heart complications and sterility, with millions of lost workdays annually. Unlike syphilis, it is often viewed as crippling rather than a killer, yet treatment during pregnancy affects birth outcomes.
The article explains the gonococcus discovered by Albert Ludwig Neisser in 1879 as a tiny biscuit shaped bacillus that requires a favorable environment to survive. It can be killed by soap and antiseptics but if it enters tissue it becomes dangerous, affecting genital organs and potentially causing rheumatism or heart trouble. A ten day treatment could prevent all this.
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