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occurs most seldom. When not complicated with syphilis, it appears

locally. It is a larger or smaller sore feeding and growing on the

genital organs.

VENEREAL DISEASE AN ADVOCATE OF CONTINENCE

The most tragic consequence of all venereal disease is the part it

plays in the infection of innocent children, and innocent wives and

mothers. Often a pure and chaste woman is thus deprived in the most

cruel and brutal manner of the fruit of all her hopes and dreams of

happiness. Similarly, a young man may find himself hopelessly

condemned to a short life of pain and misery. He may also suffer from

the knowledge that he has ruined the lives of those dearest to him.

Venereal disease, syphilis in particular, emphasizes the _practical_

value of continence--quite aside from its moral one--in a manner which

cannot be ignored!