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facts about themselves and use other methods. In a general way such pessaries are certainly one of the most useful contraceptives.

(11d) Qulnine in one form of solution or another dissolved in oil or mixed with glycerine jelly which is injected in a small, specially constructed syringe or introducer. In this class might be included Baxter's patent, though I think it is not a quinine compound.

Quinine in various forms of solutions and mixed with other substances may be introduced, mixed with oil, and inserted before coitus with a special introducing syringe which distributes the quinine over the vagina before coitus. There are many varieties of such syringes specially designed for the purpose by surgical instrument manufacturers and chemists.

"Dr. Baxter's patent" (now called K.P.O.) was brought to me before it was patented (it is No. 140282, 1920, Patent Office Specification) and I did not then and I do not now approve of it. It has all the psychological disadvantages of a douche, and its metal construction is such that it is certainly beyond the ordinary, rather stupid person's powers: to cleanse it satisfactorily. I have no evidence of its reliability.

Comment.—Though I know one or two individuals who use for choice syringes to

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