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CHAPTER SEVEN

CHAPTER VII.
Contraceptives for Some Special Cases.

In the course of the descriptions of the various methods of contraception in current use, some indication of their value in special cases has already been given. It may be useful, however, to be more explicit about some of the difficulties which are of fairly common occurrence and which present themselves as special problems.

For normal couples on the bridal night.

Though it may well be argued that on the bridal night no thought of contraceptives should arise, yet for perfectly good reasons, either medical, financial, or due to the necessities of travel in remote districts, some bridal couples may require to use a contraceptive. It is true that the risk of pregnancy resulting from the first unions is much less than is generally supposed, but there are circumstances which demand that a young couple should take no risk what-

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