astic
legislation to suppress this sort of malpractice is part of the program
of Great Britain, Germany, and West Australia, and we in this country
cannot too quickly follow in their steps.

+Publicity Campaign.+--The educational campaign against sexual disease
has already been discussed in theory. In close relation to it is the
question of the use of publicity methods for legitimate ends, mentioned
above. It has had a number of interesting applications in practice. The
West Australian law has taken the stand of prohibiting all advertising,
replacing the method of attracting the patient into coming for treatment
of his own free will by the method of making treatment compulsory under
heavy penalty. In this country, where compulsory legislation will be
slow of adoption, publicity methods will have a certain vogue and a
proper place. It has been of great service in the campaign against
tuberculosis and in the movements for "Better Babies" and the like. It
should never be forgotten that it is a two-edged weapon, however, and
that where a stigma exists, as in the case of sexual disease, too much
advertising of the place of treatment as distinguished from the need for
it will drive away the very people whose sensitiveness or need for
secrecy must be considered. On the other hand, the publication of
material relating to sexual diseases in the public press has not yet
reached the height of its possibilities, and should be pushed.

+Utilization of Personal Prophylaxis.+--Passing now to the debatable
elements in a public campaign, opinion about the value of personal
prophylaxis (Metchnikoff) against syphilis shows interesting variations
in different countries at the present time. English-speaking countries
hesitate over this. On the other hand, eminent German authorities, such
as Neisser and Blaschko, urged it at the outset of the present war, and
their views have apparently overcome a vigorous opposition. As a result,
the knowledge of methods of preventing venereal infection are being
spread broadcast over Germany in the hope of diminishing the inevitable
risk that will arise with the disbanding of armies after peace is
concluded, no matter how stringent the precautions taken to insure the
health of soldiers before their return to civil life. The results of
this experiment will be watched with the most intense interest by all
those familiar with the situation, and the results will be of value as a
guide for our own policy when