« FEB 2 2004 MAR - 9 2t)M NOV 3 2004 DEC 1 8 2005 MAR 1 3 2006 OCT 3 G 2006 NOV 4 2000 NOV 1 8 2000 FEB 3 2002 MAR 2 1 2002 ^ NOV 2 5 2002 MAK 2 i 2003 THE HISTORY OF PROSTITUTION: ITS EXTENT, CAUSES AND EFFECTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. By WILLIAM W. SANGER. M. D. m KnzAmaaioKoTxATPiBoTiSirarioAmN,BI.AAJCiXWTBALRLc1natnMrXrJOoTrO,MImTSrWoTnatt;wttX«AOTIBTTo;vIafoivnTWsBa0p»hTtBbSwiMajOwBttoOAM THSMABnra KosprrAi^ qoABARmra. tobx,bto,sto^ara ffUJk HttmeroHS &Uiorial Notes and tut Appendix. 'TonobiiteTiBOMmMetetreanaotnaOStjonn,it nsaanyfteUdinttenmeeodp«ia e(Ha at(hJsMonbeiiicomlyaMrtorttiiMlfldeUwktoitidefbTBMdwMkaaai.'* -CrrmBSSBsu.,5Mr{«y. ATif^^EDITION. NEW YORK. THE MEDICAL PUBLISHING CO. 17 Ann Street. 1913 COPYRIGHT, 1897, BY THB MEDfSAfe PUBUXSHING CO. ERINDALE COLLEGE LIBRARY ; PUBLISHER'S PREFACE. No author can lay claim to a higher inspiration than that his work was conceived in the noble purpose of benefiting his fellow man and the reader of the following pages cannot ; doubt that it was in this spirit and solely with this purpose that Dr. Sanger compiled and gave to the American public "The History of Prostitution." The subject may be termed a delicate one ; nevertheless, it is essentially a practical one, and as such has commanded and must continue to conmiand the attention of the law-maker, the physician, and the human- itarian. A vice which has been co-existent with the human race, which has preyed upon the morals as well as the health of all peoples in all ages, \vhich in the past has defied the edicts of despotism no less than at present it defies the mandates of — repressive legislation such a vice should not in any spirit of prudery be put aside as unfit for public consideration, - . Dr. Sanger, who possessed unusual facilities for studying both the causes and effects of prostitution, supplemented his investigation of the subject on this side of the water by two years of observation and research abroad, devoting in all about seven years to the preparation of these pages. The diligence and fidehty he gave to the undertaking are fully attested in the great volume of instructive data he has compiled. And where the author dropped the subject the editor of the present edition has taken it up and endeavored to bring the investiga tion down to the present date. The Medical Publishing Co '^