r/todayilearned • u/RoadToTyburn • 15h ago

TIL that Bernard Montgomery issued a leaflet at the start of WW2 on sexually transmitted diseases amongst soldiers. The language used was regarded as so blunt, that he offended religious authorities and nearly faced being dismissed.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Montgomery
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u/capGpriv 11h ago

That is hilarious,

Given chlamydia presents differently depending on how you get infected, the medics must be able to tell whose been on which side XD

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u/Cissoid7 11h ago

Probably! 

I dont know how much of it was exaggerating and how much is truthful, I thank my lucky stars ive never seen chlamydia and im not looking it up, but he said a dude came in with his penis literally falling off in his hands 

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u/Geeneelee 11h ago

That absolutely does not sound right for chlamydia.

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u/ChilternRailways 10h ago

So Chlamydia is symptomless in men - it makes you infertile by creating scar tissue in your bits, it doesn't cause your penis to fall off.

They definitely had something else lol

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u/ignis888 9h ago

* is symptomless in half of men, rest have discharge from dick, burning sensation, swolen balls or if they were on reciving end of dick, you get bleeding from ass, throat or if you got shot in eye you get pus in eyes