[Ads-l] "V.D." antedating

[Jonathan Lighter]

Slightly earlier, perhaps:

1918 _Public Health Reports_ (May 24)  802: The V. D. campaign, as waged by
the United States Public Health Service, by the ‘‘Section on combating
V. D.” of the Surgeon General’s Office, United States Army, and by the “Law
Enforcement Division, of the Commission on Training Camp Activities.”

JL

On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 6:06 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> OED has 1920.
>
> *1918 *in George Walker *Venereal Disease in the American Expeditionary
> Forces *(Baltimore: Medical Standard Book Co., 1922) 188: The list (b)
> above is tabulated as follows: Expressed intention not to be exposed in
> Paris, for following reasons: I. Feared v.d.: Won't take chance without
> taking prophylaxis and won't take prophylaxis because it is painful or too
> much trouble: Don't believe prophylaxis is effective and don't want v.d
> ....15. *Ibid. *190: [O]ne private severely criticized one of his own
> officers for giving them a lecture on prostitution and v.d. and then being
> "half-stewed and loving up" a prostitute in a Paris cafe.
>
> JL
>
>

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