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CHAPTER FIVE

is desired in spite of the drawbacks outlined on p. 116.

In the first of these two groups, i.e., among those I consider dangerous, carbolic acid should be included in spite of its advocacy by an important authority.[1]

Corrosive sublimate, which is often advised in 1 in 2,000 parts, is very dangerous for general use, and should be given only when disease is present. Deaths are on record[2] from the use of corrosive sublimate as a contraceptive in the vagina, and I know of ruined health which was induced by regular douching with the corrosive sublimate in solution.

Potassium permanganate (1 in 2,000) is often used as a douche, and is easily made. The recently popular disinfectant Chinosol is liked by Sir Arbuthnot Lane and other medical practitioners specially conversant with the problems of the prevention and cure of venereal diseases because chinosol is considered one of the best preventive disinfectants available and it is always wise to

  1. ↑ See, for instance, p. 70 in Hans Ferdy (1899): "Die Mittel zur Verhütung der Conception." Seventh ed. Pp. 100. Leipzig, 1890.
  2. ↑ See the case recorded by Dr. Gibbon Fitzgibbon, Lancet, March, 1918, p. 406. The woman introduced an 8.75-gr. tabloid of corrosive sublimate into the vagina to prevent impregnation.

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