War Department

“ You’ve seen men hanging about the base hospital in their bathrobes when they ought to have been overseas with their comrades.
You’ve seen men who’d had a close break down on a hike or go to pieces in the trenches. ”

“ It cost the Government $10,000,000 for treatment in the army and navy during the war.
It is much cheaper to prevent clap and syphilis than to treat them.
Most loose women have clap or syphilis. Many have both.
Girls who do business on the quiet are just as dangerous as public prostitutes. Beware also of private snaps, or charity girls.
A man who goes with any loose woman, no matter what she may say, or how she may look, runs the risk of getting clap or syphilis. ”

“ Many quacks claim to cure clap and syphilis and such so-called diseases as varicocele and spermatorrhea. If you think there is anything the ter with you, go at once to a good doctor and he will either treat you, or give you useful advice.
Good doctors never advertise.
THE SEX ORGANS It is not true that a man's sex organs [testicles and penis] grow weak if they are not used. Real lost manhood is usually due to disease or long abuse of these organs. ”

“ Syphilis is highly contagious, particularly in the first and second stages.
Though a man usually gets it form a woman who has the disease, he can get it from articles which have come in contact with the mouth of one who has syphilis, and from kissing. ”

“ You'll know what to say to the folks who are running the town, too, if they've not cleaned it up while you were away. You'll tell them that a town which still permits prostitutes and sporting-houses is a slacker town, a hundred years behind the times. ”

“ It is easy for a woman to hide her condition. Even if she is clean when examined she can get the germ five minutes afterwards from the first man she goes with.
A STANDARD OF CONDUCT IN THIS pamphlet we have talked to you only about matters of health. But every man should know that going with loose women not only exposes him to disease or other injury, but unfits him for his highest duties as citizen, husband, and father. ”

“ A man may also abuse himself by going with whores.
THE QUESTION OF HEALTH A man who wishes to be healthy himself and to have a healthy wife and family will take care not to abuse himself in any way or to run the risk of getting a disease. ”

“ HELPS A man will find it easier to control himself, the more he keeps his thoughts clean.
He should avoid liquor. Liquor makes it harder to control both thoughts and actions. It makes a man an easy mark for the prostitute and also makes it easier for him to get a disease from her.
FACTS TO REMEMBER It used to be thought that there was more clap and syphilis among soldiers than among civilians. ”

“ Straight living is a sign of strength. It is common sense based upon the experience of past generations. Self-interest, decency, patriotism, regard for others who may suffer from his acts, all demand of a man an effort to attain clean manhood. ”

“ It is not necessary to go with women to keep well. All athletes know this. The fact that famous boxers and wrestlers keep away from women while in training proves that a man is even stronger when he does not go with them. ”

“ Wet dreams are perfectly natural and do not hurt a man, in spite of what the quacks may say.
QUACKS A quack is a dishonest doctor who claims to cure diseases without being able to do so. A quack often tries to make a man think he is sick in order to get his money. ”