The Truth About Birth Control: A Guide for Medical, Legal & Sociological Students

Scott, George Ryley

Published by T. Werner Laurie Ltd., London, England, 1928

About this Item

Offered is a first edition, first (and only) printing of "The Truth About Birth Control: A Guide for Medical, Legal & Sociological Students" written by George Ryley Scott and published in 1928 by T. Werner Laurie Ltd. out of London, England. A hardcover lacking dust jacket, measuring 5" by 7-3/8" and containing 184 pages. The Chapters are: The Present Position; The Physiology of Conception; Sterility and Its Causes; What Contraception Is; Methods of Preventing Conception; Sterilization: The Only Sure Method; The Economic Aspect; The Patriotic Urge; The Eugenic Side; The Religious View; The Effects on Health; The Individual Point of View; with Index. From the Preface: "There is, in the author's opinion, need for a work which deals dispassionately and thoroughly with the physiological, psychological, and sociological aspects of contraception. At present there is in existence no such book. The tome issued by Dr. Marie Stopes, though exhaustive enough in its survey of the practical and historical aspects of contraception, is the exact reverse of dispassionate; its author has definitely and fanatically ranged herself with those who ceaselessly advocate birth control methods on humanitarian and eugenic grounds, and in common with every writer whose aim is indisputably propagandistic, Dr. Stopes allows emotion to kick out scientific analysis." From the chapter entitled "The Eugenic Side," Mr. Scott writes, in short part, "Dr. Stopes and the Malthusians are strongly in favour of teaching to the poor preventive methods so as to slow down their rate of increase and prevent the flooding of the country with what they are pleased to term 'bad stock.' Others deplore the lack of babies amongst the rich, and lay the blame on widely practised contraceptive measures." Former owner's name (Amos Fey M.D.) to first inside blank page; outer backstrip shows chipping to upper edge area and lengthy narrow closed tear. A rare title.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Truth About Birth Control: A Guide for Medical, Legal & Sociological Students
• Publisher: T. Werner Laurie Ltd., London, England
• Publication Date: 1928
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Health and Medicine