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mittent visits to her doctor to have it attended to, and can be forgotten by her for weeks at a time.

Case No. 2024. Woman with two children, the younger 9 months old and delicate. This case is interesting as she is the only one known to me who found the small occlusive cap pessary gave a sense of irritation although it was not uncomfortable. This patient urgently required a reliable method as she preferred death to having another child, her baby was extremely delicate and her husband in financial difficulties. The gold spring pessary was inserted by her family practitioner. Slight coloured discharge ensued for a couple of weeks and heavy menstrual periods for two months. A year and a half later she writes "up to now it has proved a tremendous success. I have had no discomfort after the first two months." As she was leaving England the spring was removed, and she writes "I shall certainly have it replaced. . . it has been my best friend."

Comment: I hesitate to advocate any varieties of the above methods for general use in this country at present, but there is