Ideal Marriage. Its Physiology And Technique

WORKS BY DR. TH. H. VAN DE VELDE IDEAL MARRIAGE Its Physiology and Technique 8 Plates. 350 pages. 25s. net. Demy 8vo. SEX HOSTILITY IN MARRIAGE Its Origin, Prevention and Treatment Demy 8vo. 43 Illustrations. 300 pages. 175. 6d. net. FERTILITY AND STERILITY IN MARRIAGE Their Voluntary Promotion and Limitation 20 Plates. Demy 8vo. 450 pages. 25s.net. SEX EFFICIENCY T H R O U G H EXERCISES Special Physical Culture for Women With 480 Cinematographic Illustrations and 54 Plates. Price 25s. net. IDEAL BIRTH How to Get the Finest Children Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d. net. Also FIT OR U N F I T FOR MARRIAGE Demy 8vo. 374 pages. 5s. net. WM. HEINEMANN 99 GREAT (MEDICAL RUSSELL ST., BOOKS) LONDON, LTD. W.C.i. IDEAL MARRIAGE ITS PHYSIOLOGY A N D TECHNIQUE TH. H. V A N DE VELDE, FORMERLY DIRECTOR OP THE GYNECOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION CLINIC M.D. AT BY J. J O H N S T O N A B R A H A M , C . B . E . , D . S . O . , M.A., M.D., F.R.C.S. LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN ( M E D I C A L BOOKS) L T D . 1940 HAARLEM First Edition 192 S 2 Second Impression, October . . I9 9 Third Impresston, December . . 1929 Fourth Impresston, June . . . 1930 Fifth Impression, November . . 1 9 3 ° Sixth Impression, January . . 1932 Seventh Impression, June . . 1933 Eighth Impression, July . . . 1934 Ninth Impression, November . 1935 6 Tenth Impression» November . . 1 9 3 Eleventh Impression, November . 1937 Twelfth Impression, January . . 1939 Thirteenth Impression, February . 1940 Fourteenth Impression, August . 1940 Copyright 1926 By D R . T H . H. V A N DE V E L D E Printed in Gr tat Britain by Ths Whxtefriars Press Ltd., London and Tonbridge. DEDICATED MARTHA VAN DE ΓΟ VELDE-HOOGLANDT Et parce que tous les jours je t'aime davantage Aujourd'hui plus que hier et bien moins que demain Qu'importent alors . . ROSEMONDE GÉRARD Editions and Publishers ι. American Edition : Random House Inc, New York. 2. Chinese Edition : Hong Kong. 3. Czechoslovakia η Edition : Vedeckè Nakladatelstoi, Prague. 4. Dano-Norwegian Edition : Povl Branner, Copenhagen. 5. Dutch Edition : Van Holkema & Warendorf, Amsterdam. 6. English Edition : William Heinemann (Medical Books) Ltd., London. 7. Finnish Edition : Kustannusosakeyhtio Valo, Helsinki 8. Franco-Swiss Edition : Edition Montana, Lucerne. 9. French Edition : François Aldor, Paris. 10. German Edition : Benno Konegen, Stuttgart. 11. Hungarian Edition: Rozsnyai Kâroli Kiadâsa. Budapest. 12. Portuguese Edition : Flores & Muno, Rio de Janeiro. 13. Italian Edition : Editore Schori, Milan. 14. Russian Edition : Orient, Leningrad. 15. South-American Edition : Publicaciones Cientificas Buenos Aires. 16. Spanish Edition : Publicaciones Morata, Madrid. 17. Swedish Edition : Internationella Förlaget, Stockho)π 18. Swiss Edition : Albert Müller, Zürich. Editions in Preparation 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Greek. Hindustani. Japanese. Polish. Roumanian. Servian. Yiddish. INTRODUCTION THIS is the book on the physical problems of marriage we have all been waiting for. It had to be written ; and written exactly in this way—soberly, scientifically, completely, without a scintilla of eroticism, and yet with a sustained note of high idealism. Of books of a kind on the subject there have been more than enough. Most of them have suffered from the same defect, namely, that they have been written by people with incomplete medical knowledge. Dr. Van de Velde, who for many ye