1. _Before Intercourse, Wash and be Clean._--Insert soluble suppository, and then place rubber pessary in position, concave side downwards. This will slip up more easily if slightly soaped. No harm can possibly come either to husband or wife from these appliances, and neither party will be conscious of the presence of the occlusive rubber pessary (some other kinds of rubber pessary have not these advantages). The pessary can be inserted some hours before intercourse, and need not be removed till some hours afterwards. _The rubber pessary should not be worn continuously._ If you have mislaid the rubber pessary, a small sponge, a piece of clean cotton-wool, or even a piece of soft tissue paper can be used. Native women in different countries use seaweed, moss, sponge, etc., and Japanese women use rice-paper. But these articles are not so clean or effective as the occlusive rubber pessary. If sponge or cotton-wool is used, it should be saturated in contraceptive lotion or smeared with contraceptive ointment before insertion. But always remember--the rubber pessary is cleanest and safest. 2. _After Intercourse._--Douche next morning (or earlier), remove rubber pessary, wash and dry it and put it away slightly powdered. Where there is any chance of venereal infection, the woman should urinate _immediately_ after _each_ connection, wash with soap and water, and then _at once douche with weak and warm disinfecting lotion_. If medically directed, she should also use a little calomel ointment for anointing parts that have been touched in any way. 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.