3. Daily.—­Cultivate in yourself and in the members of your household habits of sexual cleanliness. Wash and be clean. Apply this to all the openings of the body, but in particular to the vagina, urethra and anus, which should all be cleansed night and morning.  This practice is not simply cleansing and refreshing, but it is preventive of many forms of disease, such as piles, etc., etc., and

4.  Always remember that the spread of this kind of knowledge has been made possible by the long and patient efforts of hundreds of doctors, many of them unknown and forgotten, and that women will best be able to apply this knowledge efficiently by working in loyal co-operation with medical practitioners who have made a special study of these matters.[H]

[Footnote H:  The chief pioneers in teaching Birth-Control in England were Mrs. Annie Besant, Mr. Charles Bradlaugh, and Dr. Drysdale, Senior.]

DIGEST OF BEST PREVENTIVE PRECAUTIONS.

Before Connection.

1.  Douche with warm water or weak antiseptic lotion (warm).

2.  Insert suitable suppository.

3.  Place rubber pessary in position

After Connection.

4.  Douche.

5.  Remove rubber pessary. (Urinate to facilitate ejection of surplus fat.)

6.  Douche and dry parts.

The use of rubber pessary does not do away with desirability of douching, but it does enable the woman to douche at her own convenience with safety.

ANTISEPTIC LOTIONS.

Dr. K.R.D.  Shaw, of 144, Harley Street, London, W.1, who has had a very wide experience of “prevention” in different parts of the world during the last twenty-five years, has named the following as suitable disinfecting lotions:—­

Half a teaspoonful of Lysol in 5 pints of warm water;
or One teaspoonful of Sanitas       "          "
or One quarter teaspoonful of Bacterol         "
or 2 grains of Sulphate of Copper   "          "

N.B.—­Where there is grave danger of venereal infection, it is an excellent additional precaution to douche first with soap and water, and douche again with antiseptic lotion.  The sooner this is done the better.

If all or most of these hygienic measures are widely made known to women, it can rightly be claimed that women have been released from the twin terrors of unwanted pregnancy and venereal infection, which are at the present time ruining their marital health and happiness in so many cases.  Even if some only of these measures are adopted, the nation as a whole cannot fail to benefit mentally, morally and physically.  The success of the measures, of course, depends to some extent on their being taken in time, but in this, as in many other directions, the old proverb holds good:  Better late than never.