Treating the “Undesirable”: Venereal Patients in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914–1918
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This paper explores how conceptions of Canada as a naturally healthy environment proved false when the ill-health of civilians was revealed during the First World War. Of particular concern, venereal disease rates in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) were reportedly the highest among the Allied armies. In turn, perceptions of venereal disease affected the ways soldiers were treated medically and socially in Toronto’s Military Base Hospital during the First World War.

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2017-02-16
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Copyright (c) 2017 CC BY 4.0 Kandace Bogaert

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