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CHAPTER FIVE

abnormal coitus, and need not be repeated under this heading (see in particular pp. 71, 75 and 208.)

(8) After vaginal stimulation, consummating the ejaculation externally, commonly called "coitus Interruptus" or "withdrawal"; sometimes called "onanismus conjugalls"; confusedly called "self-control" by many.

This form of truncated union is still one of the most prevalent—if not the most prevalent—among birth control methods still in general use in England, although the publication of "Wise Parenthood" with my explicit demonstration both of its harmfulness and unreliability has tended to reduce the number of people using it. Doubtless this method is used outside marriage, and it is certainly widely used in ordinary marriages. It consists in normal penetration before or after stimulation and erection have taken place, the "control"

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