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CHAPTER TWO

If there be any truth in the assertion recently made[1] and at once challenged[2] the small cap only deprives the woman of a fraction of the benefit to be derived from complete coitus, for the main benefit of coitus is not dependent on the entry of the sperm to the uterus itself, but is achieved through the venereal orgasm together with the effects of absorption through the vagina. This is clear from the large number of women who find coitus with the use of the cap entirely satisfactory and extremely beneficial.

If a spermaticide is decided upon as theoretically the most desirable form of contraceptive, there then appears to be no reason why the other requirements of the system of the individual patient involved should not be taken into consideration, and in my opinion, the use of a spermaticide offers an interesting opportunity for the ingestion of some substance useful to the whole system. A certain number of women do undoubtedly benefit by the absorption of quinine which naturally results when using quinine as the spermaticide; others,

  1. ↑ A. Thomson in the Lancet, January 7, 1922.
  2. ↑ Blair Bell in the Lancet, January 21, 1922. See also Stopes in Health, March, 1922, p. 226.

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