A Positive Method for Prevention of Venereal Disease
By Aso Tetsuo,
Abstract
Abstract: A Positive Method for Prevention of Venereal DiseaseDr. Aso, Dr. Amako's father, was an Army Medical Doctor attached to the 14th
Clearing Hospital of Eleventh Army. He submitted this paper to a meeting on
military medicine in Jinjiang on June 30, 1939.
His paper surveyed the rate of sexal desease inflection in militaries of
Europe and America and proposed positive or proactive methods for prevention
of veneral disease within the military. Dr. Aso's paper clearly showed that
prior to World War II, prostitution and the spread of veneral disease were
not problems limited solely to Japan but problems of great concern faced
by all militaries.