HC Deb 28 January 1943 vol 386 cc628-9W
Dr. Morgan

asked the Secretary of State for War what particular drugs are recommended officially by the War Office for the effective treatment of gonorrhoea and syphilis; whether any specific or general instructions on treatment have been made to Army commands or their medical officers; whether he has any information as to whether the same drug treatments for these diseases are being used by the American and Canadian army authorities; and whether all the necessary drugs are in good available supply?

Sir J. Grigg

Sulphapyridine and sulphathiazole are recommended for the treatment of syphillis,* neoarsphenamine, bismuth and in some cases maphar- side for the treatment of gonorrhoea.* Specfic and general instructions on treatment have been issued to all madical officers employed in the treatment of cases of venereal disease. Comprehensive notes on these diseases have in addition been issued for the guidance of all medical officers. The drug treatments for these diseases are in general the same in the American and Canadian Armies. They differ in some details. A good supply of all these drugs is available.

* See Official Report, 10th Feb. 1943, cols. 1310–11.