ut it is preventive of many forms of
disease, such as piles, etc., etc., and

4. Always remember that the spread of this kind of knowledge has been made
possible by the long and patient efforts of hundreds of doctors, many of
them unknown and forgotten, and that women will best be able to apply this
knowledge efficiently by working in loyal co-operation with medical
practitioners who have made a special study of these matters.[H]

[Footnote H: The chief pioneers in teaching Birth-Control in England were
Mrs. Annie Besant, Mr. Charles Bradlaugh, and Dr. Drysdale, Senior.]

DIGEST OF BEST PREVENTIVE PRECAUTIONS.

_Before Connection._

1. Douche with warm water or weak antiseptic
lotion (warm).

2. Insert suitable suppository.

3. Place rubber pessary in position

_After Connection._

4. Douche.

5. Remove rubber pessary. (Urinate to facilitate
ejection of surplus fat.)

6. Douche and dry parts.

The use of rubber pessary does _not_ do away with desirability of
douching, but it does enable the woman to douche at her own convenience
with safety.

ANTISEPTIC LOTIONS.

Dr. K.R.D. Shaw, of 144, Harley Street, London, W.1, who has had a very
wide experience of "prevention" in different parts of the world during the
last twenty-five years, has named the following as suitable disinfecting
lotions:--

Half a teaspoonful of Lysol in 5 pints of warm water;
_or_ One teaspoonful of Sanitas " "
_or_ One quarter teaspoonful of Bacterol "
_or_ 2 grains of Sulphate of Copper " "

N.B.--Where there is grave danger of venereal infection, it is an
excellent additional precaution to douche first with soap and water, and
douche again with antiseptic lotion. The sooner this is done the better.

If all or most of these hygienic measures are widely made known to women,
it can rightly be claimed that women have been released from the twin
terrors of unwanted pregnancy and venereal infection, which are at the
present time ruining their marital health and happiness in so many cases.
Even if _some_ only of these measures are adopted, the nation as a whole
cannot fail to benefit mentally, morally and physically. The success of
the measures, of course, depends to some extent on their being taken _in
time_, but in this, as in many other directions, the old proverb holds
good: _Better late than never._

II.--PRACTICAL METHODS OF PREVENTION.--(_Contd._)

B. FOR MEN:

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