Three Counties Against Syphilis (1938)

Three Counties Against Syphilis

1938

18m

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his film shows the work of the mobile syphilis detection and treatment unit of McIntosh, Glynn, and Camden counties in rural southeastern Georgia. The inside of the mobile clinic is shown. The films shows the route taken and the unit going into canneries, wood pulp factories, logging camps, country dance halls, elementary schools, and churches to treat patients with bismuth and arsphenamine injections. It shows both the Kahn and Wasserman blood tests and explains how to read the results. The film also shows the promotional literature using the phrase "bad blood" as a substitute for syphilis: flyers posted near gathering places and flyers used as wrappers for purchases, for example. It shows syphilis detection training for midwives and door-to-door canvasing.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies

United States Public Health Service

Production Countries

United States of America

Quick Facts

Release Date	November 25, 1938
Status	Released
Language	EN
IMDb ID	tt12750046

Cast

Alois Havrilla

Narrator (voice)

Key Crew

Philip S. Broughton

Director

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