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of spermatozoa into the cervix?" And his answer to that was: "I have never known any physical harm result from them if they are kept clean."[1]

I have no hesitation in saying that the "Pro Race" type of cervical cap, if properly fitted and used correctly, is the best available method of contraception for normal and healthy women. (It is obviously unsuitable for prolapsed wombs and injured cervices, see p. 189.) A further advantage of this contraceptive measure is that the woman herself is responsible for its correct use, and she is safe even if her husband be drunken, careless, obstructive or antagonistic. The man has no discomfort from its use, for generally his penis cannot detect that it is there.

(23) Cap-like pessary similar to the above, but covered with sponge on the convex surface.

The addition of the sponge which is attached so as to cover the whole rubber cap (see Pl. iv, fig. 8) makes it possible to dip the cap into vinegar or a solution containing some other of the many spermaticides, and this double security is liked by

  1. ↑ Report of the National Birth Rate Commission. 1917. "The Declining Birth Rate." Pp. xiv, 450. See p. 254.

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