The letters VD (venereal diseases) being broken through by an invisible hand, representing early management and cure of the diseases. Colour lithograph by A. Games, ca. 1951.

In the museum of the quack doctor, the viscount Squanderfield holds out a small pill-box as a girl dabs her face with a handkerchief. Coloured aquatint after William Hogarth.

In the cabinet of the quack doctor, the viscount Squanderfield holds out a small pill-box as a girl dabs her face with a handkerchief. Engraving by B. Baron after W. Hogarth, 1745.

xi, 240 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 23 cm

An attempt to simplify the treatment of sexual diseases / by James Thorn.

The pathology and treatment of venereal diseases / by Robert W. Taylor.

1 print : lithograph, printed in black, red, yellow and blue ; sheet 37.4 x 25.2 cm

A woman with a venereal disease walks in sunshine past a sequence of markers of the passing months, referring to the danger of delayed treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. Colour lithograph after M. Bennett.

viii, 429 pages, 21 unnumbered pages, [7 leaves of plates] : illustrations, frontispiece, portrait ; 27 cm

A treatise on the venereal disease / by John Hunter.

The pathology and treatment of venereal diseases / by Freeman J. Bumstead and Robert W. Taylor.

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Sexually transmitted diseases - Treatment

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An attempt to simplify the treatment of sexual diseases / by James Thorn.

The pathology and treatment of venereal diseases / by Robert W. Taylor.

A woman with a venereal disease walks in sunshine past a sequence of markers of the passing months, referring to the danger of delayed treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. Colour lithograph after M. Bennett.

A treatise on the venereal disease / by John Hunter.

The pathology and treatment of venereal diseases / by Freeman J. Bumstead and Robert W. Taylor.

Sexually transmitted diseases - Treatment

Images from the collections

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Works from the collections

An attempt to simplify the treatment of sexual diseases / by James Thorn.

The pathology and treatment of venereal diseases / by Robert W. Taylor.

A woman with a venereal disease walks in sunshine past a sequence of markers of the passing months, referring to the danger of delayed treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. Colour lithograph after M. Bennett.

A treatise on the venereal disease / by John Hunter.

The pathology and treatment of venereal diseases / by Freeman J. Bumstead and Robert W. Taylor.

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