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CONTRACEPTION

liegen, andere nehmen es wöchentlich aus, auch zweimal wöchentlich, eine täglich. viele aber lassen es ruhig liegen, unter Gebrauch der Douche."[1] As unfortunately, in Britain nowadays, such perfect health as would would justify this advice is very rare, unless the medical practitioner is acquainted with the woman and sure of her exceptional health, it would be unwise to recommend this. It is probably always unwise to recommend this to working-class women. As a rule the woman should take it out every second day at latest, and leave it out for some hours at least for cleansing before re-insertion. It is better to have two caps in use, and employ an alternative cap each time.

The vaginal secretions of different women differ greatly in their destructive effects on the rubber of the caps. Some women can use the same cap almost uninterruptedly for a couple of years with almost no detrimental effect on the rubber; with other women the same standard make of cap will become distorted and unpleasant in a couple of months.

I think very much more has yet to be

  1. ↑ Mensinga, Dr. Med (1888): "Facultative Sterilität." Part II, supplement. Pp. 80. 2 pls. Leipzig, Seventh edition. 1900.

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