Excerpt from The Journal of Sociologic Medicine, Vol. 18: Continuing the Bulletin of the American Academy of Medicine; April, 1917 It is safe to say that no other branch of clinical work presents greater opportunities or more imperativ demands for a noble and far-reaching work accomplisht by a hospital social service than venereal diseases. What class of diseases threaten so much the happiness and unity of the family, dwarf and mutilate offspring as much as venereal diseases? Surely none. If this is the case, to what better advantage can hospital social service be applied than to guide and advise unfortunate victims of venereal diseases in their home surroundings, to guard and defend the health of the mother and children living and those to come against an ignorant or vicious, diseased father, to prevent infection of one member of the family from another by practical teaching and application of the principles of personal hygiene - and last, but not least, to keep those families united in which one of the parents has venereal disease, to keep such families from disruption and disintegration, as often follows? The necessity of extension of hospital social service in venereal cases is so apparent and urgent as to call for an immediate introduction of it, and the extent of the service should be limited only by the facilities and financial means avail able for the purpose. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.