VD — a shadow on his future? Good health should be the birthright of every baby, yet venereal disease may be passed from parents to children, causing life-long suffering. V.D. is also a cause of inability to have children. What are the Venereal Diseases? The main ones are Syphilis and Gono- rrhœa, two very different diseases caused by different germs. Syphilis is a dangerous, a killing disease. If not treated early, skilfully and completely, it can cause death or total disablement in early middle life.