Dr. Floyd Forney "F.F." Farnsworth (2 April 1869 – 2 January 1946) was a West Virginia state legislator, state health official, physician, and author. In the years before antibiotics were available to treat venereal diseases, he worked to stem the spread of the diseases in his state. He helped establish the West Virginia Department of Health, where he served as Director of the Bureau of Venereal Diseases, and he sought to use his fiction to educate the public about the increasing prevalence and tragic results of syphilis.
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2 April 1869
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Died |
2 January 1946 (aged 76)
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Zodiac | Aries |
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