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CHAPTER FOUR

  1. either sex not involving the use of chemical substances or appliances of any sort.
  2. Actions or modes of procedure involving the introduction of chemical substances with the supposed intention of incapacitating the spermatozoa so that they do not fuse with the ovum.
  3. The use of appliances by either sex to prevent the spermatozoa coming in contact with the ovum.

Under these various headings I shall include descriptions of all important methods in which reliance is placed by any one, even if some of them may appear valueless to a modern trained mind: for all have some social, psychological, legal or medical significance and interest.

A.—Actions or modes of procedure by either sex not involving chemical substances. or appliances of any sort: many of these are mistakenly described as "natural" by persons prejudiced against the application of science to human breeding:—

  1. Actions by the female:
    1. Extreme passivity in order to control her own orgasm so that it does not take place (see p. 56).
    2. Placing the body in positions likely in her individual case to prevent

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