Essays about: "venereal disease"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words venereal disease.

  1. 1. Deconstructing the “Low Other” in the First Wave of Sex Hygiene Films (1914-1919)

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Maria Cârstian; [2019]
    Keywords : Early cinema; sex hygiene film; Low Other; Damaged Goods; The Black Stork; The End of The Road; venereal disease film; sex education film; eugenics; transgression; hybridization; Progressive Era.;

    Abstract : The present thesis investigates the commercial sex hygiene films produced between the years 1914 and 1919 in the United States, during the last years of the Progressive Era. Rejected and prohibited as soon as five years after their apparition, the sex hygiene films’ position within the industry, as well as the cinematic techniques they incorporated, will be analysed through the concept of the Low Other. READ MORE

  3. 2. Healthy Enough to Enter? : Exploring the nexus of the body and the border through South African visa medical requirements

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för samhälls- och välfärdsstudier

    Author : Hannah Atkins; [2019]
    Keywords : migration; biopolitics; health; south africa; visas; borders; health securitization;

    Abstract : Visitors to South Africa wishing to stay in the country for longer than three months are required to submit a medical report which makes room for a host of physical and mental “defects”, including leprosy, venereal disease, trachoma, disabilities and mental health disorders ranging from addictions to epilepsy. The form appears to be an object that points to a multiplicity of interpretations as well as inconsistencies. READ MORE

  4. 3. Canine transmissible venereal tumour

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry

    Author : Oskar Eriksson; [2017]
    Keywords : CTVT; smittsam könstumör; hund; tumör;

    Abstract : Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumour (CTVT) är en unik smittsam tumörsjukdom. Likt en parasit är den naturligt överförbar mellan individer inom familjen Canidae via transplantation av levande tumörceller, framför allt genom parning. READ MORE

  5. 4. Ekvin virusarterit

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Kristin Selling; [2017]
    Keywords : ekvin virusarterit; abort; smittvägar; hingstar;

    Abstract : Ekvin virusarterit är en virussjukdom som drabbar hästar i hela världen. Den här uppsatsen syftar till att redogöra för patogenes, smittspridning samt något om kontroll och diagnostisering. Ofta får hästarna en subklinisk infektion, men det kan också ta sig i uttryck som en luftvägsinfektion eller leda till abort hos dräktiga ston. READ MORE

  6. 5. Smittsam cancer hos tasmansk djävul

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Lisa Marie Andersson; [2014]
    Keywords : smittsam cancer; devil facial tumour disease; tasmansk djävul; contagious cancer; devil facial tumour disease; tasmanian devil;

    Abstract : Detta är en litteraturstudie av sjukdomen Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD) som drabbar tasmansk djävul. De lever i vilt tillstånd på ön Tasmanien som ligger utanför Australiens södra kust. Tasmanska djävular är köttätande pungdjur i ungefär samma storlek som en rödräv. READ MORE