The ‘black spot’ on the Crimea: venereal diseases in the Black Sea fleet in the 1920s
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DOI: 10.1080/03071022.2017.1290368
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article examines how high command in the Soviet Red Navy responded to reportedly high levels of venereal diseases in the Black Sea fleet in the mid-1920s. Illness in the fleet posed a threat… read more here.
Keywords: sea fleet; diseases black; venereal diseases; black sea ... See more keywords
Colliding Bodies: Prostitutes, Soldiers, and Venereal Diseases in Colonial Egypt
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DOI: 10.1353/bhm.2022.0022
Abstract: summary:This article explores attempts to control outbreaks of venereal diseases among prostitutes and imperial soldiers in Cairo and Alexandria leading up to and through World War I. Seeking to move beyond the usual colonial framing… read more here.
Keywords: prostitutes soldiers; colliding bodies; bodies prostitutes; egypt ... See more keywords