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some people. I think, however, that the method has all the disadvantages of the ordinary sponge, and destroys some of the great advantages of the rubber cap, namely, the ease with which it is cleansed, and also its lightness. I think continued use of a cervical cap rendered heavy by its attached sponge and the liquid it holds is more than likely to have injurious effects on some cervices. If the addition of the sponge is desired by any individual, I should prefer to advise a sponge of the ordinary kind separate from the rubber cap.

As is shown in the illustration (Pl. iv, fig. 7), this form of cap differs from the above in being a solid, heavy, lens-shaped, flat piece of rubber which is designed to close the end of the vaginal canal and not to fit specifically over the cervical canal. Curiously enough, although so much simpler in construction, it is much more expensive, and is therefore often foisted off on unsuspecting inquirers in the belief that, being more expensive, it is a "better article."

In my opinion it has a variety of quite serious drawbacks, and in a good many instances where there has been objection