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SYPHILIS is dangerous but it can be cured.
You can't tell whether you've got it or not unless you have a blood test.
It's easy to cure if you start in time.
The longer you have it the harder it is to cure.
Medicine, salves and root remedies WILL NOT cure SYPHILIS.
You catch it mostly through sex contact for syphilis spreads from man to woman and woman to man.
Babies are born with syphilis because their mothers had it and did not find out and get treatment.
It causes blindness, insanity, heart trouble and many other serious illnesses.
Why take a chance on spending the rest of your life in a wheel chair?
HAVE A BLOOD TEST NOW
Go to your doctor or clinic
KNOW YOUR ENEMY - LET'S FIGHT SYPHILIS WITH KNOWLEDGE
For more facts ask your agent.
SYPHILIS HEALTH FACTS
One of a series of folders. Keep them. They will tell you how to keep well.
Presented by the
AFRO-AMERICAN INSURANCE CO.
ATLANTA LIFE INSURANCE CO.
CENTRAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.
In cooperation with the
FLORIDA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
FLORIDA A. & M. COLLEGE
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SYPHILIS is dangerous but it can be cured.
You can't tell whether you've got it or not unless you have a blood test.
It's easy to cure if you start in time.
The longer you have it the harder it is to cure.
Medicine, salves and root remedies WILL NOT cure SYPHILIS.
You catch it mostly through sex contact for syphilis spreads from man to woman and woman to man.
Babies are born with syphilis because their mothers had it and did not find out and get treatment.
It causes blindness, insanity, heart trouble and many other serious illnesses.
Why take a chance on spending the rest of your life in a wheel chair?
HAVE A BLOOD TEST NOW
Go to your doctor or clinic
KNOW YOUR ENEMY - LET'S FIGHT SYPHILIS WITH KNOWLEDGE
For more facts ask your agent.
SYPHILIS HEALTH FACTS
One of a series of folders. Keep them. They will tell you how to keep well.
Presented by the
AFRO-AMERICAN INSURANCE CO.
ATLANTA LIFE INSURANCE CO.
CENTRAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.
In cooperation with the
FLORIDA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
FLORIDA A. & M. COLLEGE
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Afro-American Insurance Co. "Don't Let Syphilis Take You for a Ride" - pamphlet. 1950 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/297390>, accessed 24 February 2025.
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Afro-American Insurance Co. "Don't Let Syphilis Take You for a Ride" - pamphlet. 1950 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 24 Feb. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/297390>
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(State Archives of Florida/Afro-American Insurance Co.)
