Venereology is a branch of medicine that is concerned with the study and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
[4] In India, formal training of venereologists started in 1910, prompting microscopy and serology to come into general use throughout the Empire.
To come to a diagnosis, doubtful atypical cases were at times left untreated to see whether they developed secondary syphilis.
[5] In the early part of the twentieth century, the medical science of venereology encompassed only the five classical venereal diseases: gonorrhea, syphilis, chancroid, lymphogranuloma venereum, and granuloma inguinale (donovanosis).
In fact, there were not many medical centers where clinical care was offered for patients with STDs, who were left with few resources.