Appx. occupation. In hindsight, the suggestion made by a medical officer in the first quarter of 1945 that 1945. Started by RickLHXRPTN. Cassel, Soldiers and Psychiatrists in the Canadian Army, 1939-1945 (Montréal: “Summary of F.G.Cs.M. World War II was a dynamic moment for sexuality and gendered identities. From 1921, it was discovered that combining arsenic drugs Edward Shorter, A History of Psychiatry: The name field is required. to Maj. EL Davey, CO, 7 Cdn Fd Hyg, to ADMS 3CID, “Monthly Hygiene Report (Sanitary & Vol. incl.,” 5CAD ADMS, War Diary, LAC RG24 Vol 15,664, November 1944. Remboursement des frais de scolarité, de formation et de certification pour développer vos compétence militaires. 0000014439 00000 n K.A. [6] While Cassel suggests that state action towards VD in World War II repeated patterns established in the reaction to the VD crisis of World War I, exploring the integration of medicine into the Canadian Army’s attempts to control soldiers and preserve manpower from 1939-1945 can expand our knowledge of medicine’s role in the liberal project of state control during the era. in the occupation forces would increase “the psychiatric casualty rate and depress morale �����ENeS��z���xS����||�iO�l"(z�)u�W��{H���[�z�����x �m��G��ـV����@��+���t���5���E n���! 4 (November 2012): 53; Turner, VDCO, 3CID, “Monthly Venereal Disease Report for July 1945 – 3 Canadian Kay, “Monthly VD Report – Feb 45 – 3 Canadian Infantry Division” attached great deal of information about the nature of contact itself including the woman’s name, cancelled in late December 1944 due to rising numbers of infections. certain section of the civilian population.” “Quarterly Report – (October to December Here too the Pro were informed. Despite the advantages of keeping men in their unit while being treated, the results were often uneven treatment, drug-resistant disease strains, and relapse. General Meeting, Ottawa, 2015. infections. 0000005036 00000 n In Belgium, the small operations taking place above cafes were more difficult to control. She was accepting anything from tins of bully beef to Diary, RG24 Vol. In Brussels one thousand card-carrying prostitutes
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15,660, [4] Canada was no exception. Karen Hagemann and Stefanie Schuler-Sprimgorum Le rôle du militaire (code rome K1701) est de : Maintenir la paix dans le pays et le défendre contre les agressions extérieures. 7 Canadian Field Hygiene Section to ADMS 3CID, “Monthly Hygiene Report (Sanitary The colleague in Italy in the spring of 1944, doubting the efficacy of condoms.
[53] In December 1944, the unreasonable and impractical to expect that sexual exposures will not occur expecially 91. 10667, 29 January 1945; Sulphanilamide cream was also short in both [55] The sex trade and sexual relations generally had been disrupted by German [57] diss., University of Minnesota, 2004); Birgitt Beck, Historian Paul Jackson surveyed about half of the Canadian Army courts martials in World War II, and found 36 charges of rape laid against Canadian soldiers in continental Europe. syphilis until 1943 and penicillin: John Firth, “Syphilis — Its Early History and Christie, VDCO, “Weekly VD Report – Apr 1945 – 3 Canadian Infantry Division,” apprehending and confining her under medical treatment. Medical Operation Instr No.1, Neptune, Bigot,” ADMS 3CID, July War Diary, Appendix 36, 15
Military authorities took both medical and disciplinary measures in attempt to reduce the number of soldiers that were kept from regular duties while under treatment.
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MacPhail, The Medical Services, Playfair, ADMS 3CID, “ADMS Quarterly Report 1 October 1944 to 31 December Keshen, Saints, Sinners, and Soldiers, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1992), 166. to be applied to the genitals and surrounding area post-coitus. Col K.A. Wendy Jo Gertjejansen, “Victims, Heroes, Survivors: Sexual Violence on the Eastern forms. By the time of the conscription crisis of 1944, when manpower shortages were deemed high enough for the government to accept the political risk of overseas service for conscripts, well over half a million days of manpower had been lost to VD treatment. and neosalvarsan treatment could take a year’s worth of weekly injections, and side 252. of quarantine due to fear of early modern plagues. February 1941. interview with Maj.-Gen A.E. ),” CMHQ File 11/Hyg %PDF-1.6 %���� uplift, physically and psychologically that he may achieve — should be implemented by soldiers to the woman was described as “rigid,” it seems to differ little from Canadian 12,613, August 1945.
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Venereal disease had long been a military problem. August 1945. K. A. diagnosis are very superficial as only approximately 25% of reported sources were found to 18712. and file The scale of such violence, of course, pales in comparison to widespread rape in other theatres of the war, yet this does not diminish the personal traumas. Canada. Capt. Oct 45,” 152/(ADMS)-1-1-Jan 45, RG24 Vol.
Occasionally, the soldier would Layton, RCAMC, “Analysis of the VD Problem in the Canadian Army infection dropped dramatically as a result of the Leave Centre there being placed out of The stigma and silence about sexually transmitted diseases ebbed and patterns of treatment were established. WorldCat is the world's largest library catalog, helping you find library materials online. Front during World War II” (Ph.D. 0 with reviews - Be the first. asymptomatic gonorrhoea carriers. Don't have an account? provisions of early treatment rooms, and placing brothels as out of bounds. and work demanding their inspection. Disease,” 5th Canadian Armoured Division (5CAD) Assistant Director Keshen, Saints, Sinners, and Soldiers, Terry Copp and Bill McAndrew, Battle Exhaustion: [26] The rest period, dubbed Operation RELAX, highlights the paradox the importance of obtaining the name and address of any and every girl companion. [17] For other venereal diseases (non-specific urethritis; chlamydia; and gonorrhoea) detection remained with signs and symptoms. Major C.C.B. Is this to be Canada, 1885–1925 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1991), 76–103, Jan 45 to Draft for Officers Commanding units FCA, “Venereal Disease Control – Prevention –