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covering over of the external os with a cap which allows sufficient space for the natural requirements of exuded secretions during coitus.

Nevertheless many distinguished Continental medical practitioners view these contrivances with not only approval, but with enthusiasm, and one learned M.D. from S. America with whom I discussed the matter at great length maintained his advocacy of a very simple stud-like form as the best contraceptive possible.

I do not propose to illustrate or go into very much detail about contrivances of this sort, which can be readily imagined.

An Austrian apparatus of silver called the "Uterop" may be mentioned here; it is designed to enter the womb itself and is supposed to be left in weeks at a time.

An extension of the same type of thing, called "Venor" is used in Germany, and is designed so as to fill the cavity of the uterus. Often I have heard foreign practitioners advocate such things but do not know of their use by practitioners of any standing in this country. It is evident that their use may be better than a fatal pregnancy, but that they cannot be advised for normally healthy women.

The "Gold Spring" or "Wishbone"