VD - Taking Chances (1952)

you baby that the ground liberty another payday Liberty first time after long truths many of our men are sure tonight all good men i oughtta know I've seen him in action miss Drake third class pretty good man and Mercer been in the Navy about eight or nine years knows his way around Swanson well he's the easygoing type solid as a rock of gibraltar and just as dependable and on every liberty there are a couple of men like Adams and Kennedy you don't know what to do with themselves Kennedy now he's a bit green and Adams well when they separate the men from the boys he'll probably be with the boys ah this isn't what you'd call a rough port when medical lobsters can expect casualties from every Liberty Party cut heads sunken bottle stuff and they dig I wonder who get in the trouble tonight not Drake I'll bet he should have learned to use his head by now but it wasn't so very long ago we just dropped the hook in our home port sure enough Drake like everybody else wanted to get ashore fast so when the chief told him tough stuff he had to stay aboard got in to see me took a bit of convincing that the Navy never Gamble's when it comes to controlling the spread of disease gonorrhea is infectious Drake thought he'd been cured by that first shot we've given him a few days before I explain one single shot didn't mean we were one hundred percent sure he was cured even with our new medicines we can't be absolutely certain that's why keeping him aboard was protection for others yes when he first came in to see a strike was chipping his teeth he noticed typical drip from his penis but he couldn't believe he'd actually caught the clap said that he wash well with soap and water as soon as he could the washing does help but it best gets off only the germs on the outside but what about the gonorrhea germs that got inside soap and water doesn't stop those fellows gonorrhea germs are tricky short time after they entered drake's penis perhaps in a matter of minutes that little chance Drake thought he took became a big chance because they multiplied really multiplied until it with thousands of them same kind of a thing happens in a woman which he may not know it Drake said he urinated right afterward well that probably washed out some of the germs but certainly not all of them any more than a dozen douches a day were worse the gonorrhea germs out of a woman's body those that were left kept on multiplying in the lining of the urine canal buried there in the soft lining or urine couldn't worse them out the prophylactic chemicals couldn't get at them germs bride in the lining irritated informed swords missiles swords that caused the pus discharge and trip which is usually the first sign it was a good thing Drake was smart enough to come into sick bay as soon as he noticed that drip by reporting early devoted complications lucky for him we were able to cure craig might have prevented the germs and getting inside his body by using a shield the doctor protects himself from germs when examines a sewer of course the only sure protection against d-day is to avoid exposure well I think maybe Drake has learned about taking chances not that Adams though he still has a lot to learn he hasn't been burned yet it's probably got dolls on his mind tonight and he's the type that's why will it take almost any kind of a chance Mercer was a gambler too once only my surf on doubt he picked up something far more serious than gonorrhea must have been all of six months ago at second examination showed just what I suspected Mercer had really lost the gamble it was syphilis they didn't even had sense enough to blame himself it was the same old story she looked clean but MRSA forgot that no one can see the germs and swords inside the woman's body we had positive proof that those germs by then were inside Mirza syphilis germs let's Iran was his penis is in gonorrhea it may take only a few minutes for syphilis germs to penetrate during sexual intercourse a few minutes but by the time where's our notice that little sewer on his penis there were millions of syphilis germs all through his body with syphilis the big question always is what damage are they going to do if by large in the spine they can [ __ ] for life well adjourn strike the eyes blindness when they settle in the brain insanity when they attack the heart naturally mercer was plenty worried but we told and none of those things need happen to him he'd reported promptly after noticing his sword least did use his head that time so with prompt reporting modern treatment and proper follow-up we have a very good chance of curing him continued periodic tests will show us for sure if mrs. okay they certainly find out that his help isn't something to gamble with anyhow they know the facts now it's up to them wish they were all like Swanson he didn't need to get burned to learn just good common sense but Adams I'm not so sure about him Kennedy event after all it's their liberty it's up to them what they do with it a lot depends on the type of people they need man with dogs on his mind can always find somebody to help him make up his mind make a choice between sticking with his own buddies are taking a chance I wonder if Adams and Kennedy is smart enough to know the score well the odds are one out of every three pickups four out of every five prostitutes have it at one time or another heads you win tails you lose