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CHAPTER FIVE

Oneida Colony which was founded by John Humphrey Noyes. A full account of the theory and practice is given by a medical woman in "Karezza"[1] and a pamphlet with letters about successful cases by Mrs. Margaret Sanger.[2] A fuller and more interesting account was published long before by Dr. Foote in his popular "Home Cyclopedia."[3]

As Mrs. Sanger tersely puts their rather elaborate views, "The advocates of the magnetation theory claim that the sexual organs have three distinct functions, viz., urinary, propagative, and amative—i.e., they are conductors firstly of urine, secondly of semen, and thirdly of social magnetism. Each are separate and distinct in itself" . . . so that they use the erected organs for love but control ejaculation so as not to inseminate save on special occasions:

I have personally only come across about half a dozen people who use this method.

  1. ↑ Alice B. Stockham, M.D. (1896) "Karezza." Pp. 136. Chicago, 1896.
  2. ↑ Mrs. M. Sanger, "Magnetation Methods of Birth Control," New York. Pp. 20, no date on title page. I think it is about 1915.
  3. ↑ E. B. Foote, M.D., "Home Cyclopedia of Popular Medical, Social and Sexual Science." Many editions. I refer to the "Twentieth Century Edition." Pp. 1225, illustr. New York, 1902.

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