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apparently obvious comment because one man approached me with an absurd thing he wanted to patent which should inject destructive chemicals up the male urethral tube! Needless to say I did all I could to discourage him from proceeding with his patent).

The commonest chemical substances introduced into the vagina are:—

11. Quinine compounds in a variety of forms (see p. 104).
1. As a powder (see p. 104).
2. As ointment on a sponge, plug, cap, or merely rubbed round the cervix (see p. 105).
3. In a pessary or suppository contained in a matrix of low melting point wax, such as cocoa butter, or gelatine (see p. 105).
4. Dissolved in or mixed with oil which is injected by a small specially constructed syringe (see p. 113).
5. Various suppositories (see p. 114).
12. Alum in powdered form (see p. 114).
13. Common salt in solution as a douche (see p. 119).
14. Vinegar and water, or lactic acid, &c., as a douche (see p. 119).