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should be well smeared with a disinfecting ointment such as calomel ointment, and the sheaths should preferably be used by both parties.

In such circumstances as this the contraceptive is not a contraceptive pure and simple but performs the double function of preventing a conception which would be a crime against society, while it also helps to minimize to some extent the risk of contagion from the diseased to the healthy person. In my opinion, however, patients should be told in the plainest terms they can understand, of the risks they run and the virulent nature of the germs they are liable to convey.^[1]

When one or other of the uniting pair is diseased, but not locally—such for instance as those who are tuberculous, or when a woman suffers from diabetes, renal disorders, or other maladies of a serious nature—no special local disinfectant need be used; but as a pregnancy would have very serious effects both for the mother and the child, special care is wanted to secure the avoidance of even the smallest possible chance of failure. Therefore, at least two contraceptive measures should be