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cocoa butter is used because of its very low melting point. The use of such suppositories is very widespread. In this country they appear to have been first made by Mr. J. Rendell, who had a chemist's shop in the early eighties, and got the idea through Sir J. G. Simpson's recommendation of medicated pessaries. Such makes as "Rendell's," "Lambutts," and "Ottocones," appear to be very reliable. Their convenience is great, as they can be slipped in unobtrusively at the last few moments before coitus takes place. Their advantages are thus many, including the important psychological and æsthetic one of non-interference with the psychological feeling during and after the act.

The millions of these suppositories which have been used are in a sense their best testimonial, both of convenience and of security. Although announcements are made by individuals from time to time to the effect that the makers of these articles are in league with the anti-birth controllers, and make individual pessaries that contain no quinine, such statements have never been authoritatively substantiated, and in my opinion they are deliberately spread by opponents of birth control. I have traced a variety of these rumours to earth and