Excerpt from The Canada Medical Record, Vol. 14: A Monthly Journal of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy; October, 1885, to September, 1886 The laws of Hamburg passed through the sev eral phases of suppression, toleration and regula tion, until now they present a fair sample of the manner in which most European cities manage their rakes and harlots. A local writer, arguing in favor of the laws now in force there, speaks thus of repressive measures, and his assertions undoubtedly apply to all other cities Suppression is absolutely impracticable, inasmuch as the evil is an unconquerable physical requirement. It would seem as if the zeal against public brothels implied that by their extinction a limitation of sexual intercourse, except in marriage, would be effected. This is erroneous, for reliable details prove that for every hundred brothel women there would be two hundred private prostitutes, and no human power could prevent this. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.