Sex efficiency through exercises : special physical culture for women / by Th. H. van de Velde ; [photos, by E. Steinemann].

three months, and, on these occasions, the appliance was removed and cleansed. Then she went abroad, came for a few consultations at irregular intervals, and then ceased to visit me. After a couple of years she again appeared in my consulting room : not—as she made clear at once—as a patient, but in order to show me what Christian Science had done for her ; and she was now, in every sense of the word, devoted to that way of thought and practice. She had brought her ring in a box, and reported that she had removed it some two years before, having come to the conclusion that all illness was merely imaginary and could be cured by faith. Her distressing symptoms had vanished, and she wished me to satisfy myself of this by gynaecological inspection. This inspection took place and the results were as follow :— The vulva was close and the introitus almost circular and about 2 cm. in diameter; a corresponding portion of the smooth anterior vaginal wall was visible from the outside. Digital palpation showed a perceptible ring of tighter tissue which was doubtless due to muscular action. The patient voluntarily and of her own accord relaxed this narrow band of tissue in order to permit full examination. The anterior vaginal wall was still relaxed as before, and there was still a marked tendency to prolapse with cystocele. I received the definite impression that there would shortly be a recurrence of the former displacement as soon as the posterior vaginal wall proved inadequate to support the anterior surface and the muscular constrictor cunni gave way under the strain. It was, however, interesting to note that the portio vaginalis uteri was between 7 cm. and 8 cm. from the introitus, i.e., it was much higher than before. I saw the patient again, after a year had elapsed; the conditions locally were unchanged since her return. She felt no distressing symptoms and was glad to need neither appliance nor medical inspection. Her later letters confirmed her improvement in health. Then I received the news of her sudden death. There is only one explanation of this remarkable improve- ment—almost recovery : it must have been due to the extreme