The Conquest of Death - Couverture souple

Kinney, Abbot

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330101987 ISBN 13 : 9781330101988

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

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States of our Union had lost population between the years i860 and 1870. These States were Maine and New Hampshire. The loss in one case was over six thousand persons, and in the other over sixteen thousand. This loss occurred in the face of a considerable immigration from Canada, I reland, etc. It occurred in two of our most intelligent communities. The twoS tates named have indeed increased in population during the last census, but only as to their cities. The rural population has fallen oflf four per cent, in Maine, and in Vermont there is in the wholeS tate an absolute loss of some four hundred inhabitants. Similar conditions now appear in theW est. Thirty-two counties of I llinois, for instance, show a large absolute decrease of population. This may not seem alarming without further knowledge of the conditions existing among us. When, however, we see items like the following taken from serious publications :I nstruction in A bortion. The Medical andS urgical Reporter says that it has received a pamphlet which is evidently being widely distributed. This pamphlet offers for sale a translation of a book by Velpeau, in which instructions may be found how to produce abortion in a variety of ways, some of which are not known to the medical world, and also valuable hints as to the best means by which evasion of the law can be accomplished when a physician is so unfortunate as to be suspected of having been guilty of the step. Dec. 27, 1890. The Prevention of Conception. The Detroit Medical and lyiterary Association recently discussed the question as to the justifiability of preventing conception. Almost every speaker contended that the practice was proper and right, and many said that prevention could be accomplished mechanically without injury to either the man or the woman. There were apparently but few members of the society who opposed this view, or at any
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À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1330101987
• ISBN 13: 9781330101988
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 280