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Understood but Not Expressed: A Review of Certain Regulations Existing (in the Alleged "Interest of the Public Health") On the Continent of Europe and ... Memorandum by the British "Army Sanita
Excerpt from Understood but Not Expressed: A Review of Certain Regulations Existing (in the Alleged "Interest of the Public Health") On the Continent of Europe and in Some British Colonies; To Which Is Appended an Important Memorandum by the British "Army Sanitary Commission"
I offer my tribute, by way of preface, to the following account, elementary yet comprehensive, and invariably accurate, of my friend Mr. Joseph Edmondson, of the principles, objects, methods and pretences of the Laws or Regulations for the Management of Prostitution, in the supposed interests of men, which obtain through a great part of the civilized world.
It deserves to be read over and over again even by those already familiar with the subject, because of its exhibition of the main features of the regulation system in their unveiled deformity as presented to us in the descriptive words of their own experts.
It shows how all the ingenuity of the prostitute is directed - and with what success - to evade the Law and its Hygienic objects.
All experts, ' Mr. Edmondson truly tells us, are unanimous that those who evade the Law, with its compulsory Inspection, are far more numerous than those who submit; and he Shows how their abominable schemes for extending the area of Inspection, and making it more and more difficult to evade, constitute a complete revelation of the character and outcome of the systems themselves.
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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.
I offer my tribute, by way of preface, to the following account, elementary yet comprehensive, and invariably accurate, of my friend Mr. Joseph Edmondson, of the principles, objects, methods and pretences of the Laws or Regulations for the Management of Prostitution, in the supposed interests of men, which obtain through a great part of the civilized world.
It deserves to be read over and over again even by those already familiar with the subject, because of its exhibition of the main features of the regulation system in their unveiled deformity as presented to us in the descriptive words of their own experts.
It shows how all the ingenuity of the prostitute is directed - and with what success - to evade the Law and its Hygienic objects.
All experts, ' Mr. Edmondson truly tells us, are unanimous that those who evade the Law, with its compulsory Inspection, are far more numerous than those who submit; and he Shows how their abominable schemes for extending the area of Inspection, and making it more and more difficult to evade, constitute a complete revelation of the character and outcome of the systems themselves.
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.
38 pages, Paperback
Published February 10, 2018
About the author
Joseph Edmondson
26 booksJoseph Edmondson (died 1786), was an English coach-painter, herald and genealogist.
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