U.S. opens war on social diseases. Washington, D.C., Dec. 28. The first nation-wide effort to combat venereal diseases was launched in Washington today when 300 delegates from 32 states attended the opening session of a three-day conference call by the United States Public Health Service. In the photograph, left to right: Edward S. Godfrey, Jr., State Commissioner of Health of New York state; Dr. Thomas Parran, U.S. Surgeon General; Miss Josephine Roche, Acting Secretary of the Treasury; John H. Stokes; University of Pennsylvania Medical School; and Dr. J.E. Moore, of John Hopkins Hospital
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A black and white photo of a group of people.
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Date
1932
Contributors
Harris & Ewing, photographer
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90719, -77.03687
Source
Library of Congress
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