Blind Boys

Blind Boys

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Blind Boys

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These boys are blind because their mothers had gonorrhea, in most cases contracted from the father. Most of the blindness in children is due to gonorrhea.

Date

1922

Contributor

American Social Health Association

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Identifier

SWHP0028

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Blind Boys

These boys are blind because their mothers had gonorrhea, in most cases contracted from the father.

Most of the blindness in children is due to gonorrhea.

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