Venereal Disease Control Efforts in North Carolina
Dr. Robert F. Young discusses venereal disease control in Edgecombe Halifax District with Dr. Hazelhurst. Penicillin improved treatment for syphilis and gonorrhea, rapid treatment centers operated in Charlotte and Durham, and beeswax penicillin aided gonorrhea care. Ongoing challenges include reinfection, relapse after intensive therapy, and early detection of new infections through education and contact tracing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Young
Edgecombe- Halifax
North Carolina
W. D. Hazelhurst
State Board of Health
Charlotte
Durham
Venereal Disease Efforts Highlighted in Local Program
The article praises public education and contact investigations for venereal disease control, notes cooperation from medical practitioners, and reports on treatment at Durham Medical Center for syphilis and penicillin injections for gonorrhea. It also mentions a church circle hostess event at Mrs. P. S. Bellamy’s Enfield church home and social activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham Medical Center
Retonga praised by Greensborough resident for health recovery
Mrs. Brown reports Retonga helped her husband C. E. Brown regain weight and strength to care for their two children. He says his appetite returned, sleep improved, and reliance on harsh laxatives ended after taking the herbal stomachic and Vitamin B-1 medicine. Readily available at Regemary Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retonga
Mr. C. E. Brown
Route 3
Box 92
Greensboro
Ngc
Mr. Brown
Regemary Drug’Co
Ady
Baptist Ladies Aid Society Holds Meeting Enfield
The Baptist church Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs. Robert Kimball's home on Tuesday afternoon with 34 members and 3 visitors. The meeting opened with hymn and prayer, a devotional was given, and a $16.85 special collection was taken. A chain letter was sent to a sick member in a Rocky Mount hospital. Guest visitors were Is Cameron Pettitt, Mrs. Tom Marshall, and Mrs. Charles Rhodes. Hostesses served a salad plate with hot tea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. S. Bellamy
Enfield
Methodist Church
Owen Bellamy
H. O. Bishop
L. J. Barnhill
Elsie Frye
Susie Whitaker
God
W. Ransone
Phil Purrington
A. M. Atkinson
L. W. Ransone
Is. Cameron Pettitt
Tom Marshall
Charles Rhodes
Kimball
T. T. Hales
W. C. Thorne
L. L. Allen
C. N. Kimball
Captain and Mrs Meschke Move to Hutcheson Kan
Captain and Mrs. Robert G. Meschke left Friday for Hutchey son Kansas where they will establish a home. Jimmy Taylor of the Merchant Marines is spending 30 days with his mother Mrs Grover Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert G. Meschke
Hutcheson, Kan
Jimmy Taylor
The
Merchant Marines
Mrs
Grover Taylor
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M. D
Veneral Disease Control Program
Eloy L. Barnes, Jr
L. Barnes
Pleasant Hill
Young Barnes
Bainbridge
Pacific
Iwo Jima
San Francisco
Navy
Mrs. Brown
C. E. Brown
Aoc
Tae
Emporia Gas CO
Emporia
Baptist Ladies Aid Society
Cha USA
Cme
Fleischmann’s
Fleischmann
America
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