309 Venereal VD Diseases "...Ashamed to have treatment..." "Will you please give me more information about this V.D., and can a person be cured now who has This is an extract from one of many letters received by the Central Council for Health Education. Permission has been given by the writer to use this extract. All evidence of identification has been removed. had it for nearly 8 years, because I know of one who has had it all this time but is too ashamed to go and have it seen to?" The Doctor replies: "During the last few years methods of treatment have greatly improved and a case of even eight years' duration stands a very good chance of cure.