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never yet found them to be substantiated. If an authentic case exists and is available I should be glad to have it submitted to me. I have noticed more than once that this rumour is spread by those who manufacture or advocate some other method. I have questioned the biggest and most reliable manufacturing firms closely, and have their absolute assurance that no such thing is true or has been attempted with any recognized makes. Inferior firms may, of course, be venal in this way. It must also be remembered that to mix the fatty substance and the quinine quite thoroughly requires expert care, and the work may be done carelessly.

A certain type of opponent of contraception who is now vocal accuses quinine of a variety of harmful effects; most of these are obviously fantastic, but as the statements are oft-repeated, it may be useful to member the pronouncement of Sir Francis Champneys, Bart, M.D., who is not by any means an advocate of contraception,[1] in cross-examination by the Birth Rate Commission. To the question: "Do you consider soluble pessaries harmful?" he

  1. ↑ Report of the National Birth Rate Commission: "The Declining Birth Rate." Second edition. London, 1917. Pp. xiv, 450.

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