Silver key ring tag from Sheffield Royal Hospital Venereology Clinic, England, 1945-1955
This key ring tag has the words “V D Dept” punched on to the surface. VD stands for ‘venereal disease’. Venereal disease is now known as sexually transmitted infection (STI).
Object number:
1981-337
Related Themes and Topics
Glossary:
Glossary: keyring
Use for ring, usually metal, in circular or other form, designed to hold keys, often with a decorative key fob attached.
Glossary: sexually transmitted infection
Any disease transmitted by sexual intercourse. STIs include HIV/AIDS, syphilis, gonorrhoea, some chlamydia infections and genital herpes.
Glossary: venereal disease
Historical term for diseases transmitted by sexual intercourse, most notably syphilis and gonorrhoea. Now referred to as sexually transmitted infections (STIs)