Table 1.

Pornography a public health profile

Characteristics	Model*	Case**
Place/date	London (1854)	USA (2010)
Critical defect	Contaminated water supply	Public attitude: constrained indulgence
Fascilitator	Water supply	Purveyors
Agent	V. cholerae	Raw material
Clinical condition	Cholera	Drug imbalance (brain)
Disease category	Infection	Addiction
Outcome with-out treatment	Biological deterioration and death	Hypofrontal syndromes (?)
At Risk	Close associates (and family)	Poorly understood
Treatment	General medical principles	Awaiting consensus
Extra-medical actions
Public health challenge	Prevent contamination	Appropriate education (social, political, biological)
Agency	Political (governmental)	Venue-appropriate institutions

^*S. Johnson. The Ghost Map. Riverhead Books. New York. 2006

^**extrapolated from various popular and scientific commentaries, some referenced in this paper