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LAWS concerning the medical care of patients suffering from venereal diseases in Peru have recently been promulgated by the President (J. Amer. Med. Assoc.,9 October 17). A national department dealing with these diseases has recently been established with its headquarters in Lima. Treatment during the contagious stage is obligatory. If the patients are minors or mentally deficient, the parents are made responsible for their treatment. Drugs for the treatment of venereal disease are now sold only on medical prescriptions, and the sale of specific medicine by unauthorized persons and treatment by correspondence are prohibited. Wet nurses must have a certificate of health, which is given free of charge in the dispensaries and hospitals. Five per cent of all the beds in public hospitals are to be reserved for venereal diseases.
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Control of Venereal Diseases in Peru. Nature 151, 79 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151079c0
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