Great Crime of the Nineteenth Century
Why Is It Committed? Who Are the Criminals? How Shall They Be Detected? How Shall They Be Punished? (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Great Crime of the Nineteenth Century: Why Is It Committed Who Are the Criminals How Shall They Be Detected How Shall They Be Punished<br><br>My Dear Colleagues:<br><br>In my "Treatise on Abortion; its causes and consequences, and their medical and surgical treatment:" - so favorably received by you, I did not enter into the discussion of the subject of Criminal Abortion.<br><br>I am gratified to note an increasing desire, among the best men of all medical schools, to adopt measures which shall enlighten the public to an appreciation of the enormity of the crime, and to devise means to arrest its progress.<br><br>No essay on Unjustifiable Abortion has yet been published that fully meets the demand of the times.<br><br>The nature of the crime has not been fully explained; the various flimsy excuses given for its commission, exposed; nor the criminals boldly and fearlessly pointed out.<br><br>I propose to aid you in the work of arresting this great social evil by embodying the above desiderata in this essay.<br><br>Give me your hearty co-operation and support in my feeble efforts in this direction.<br><br>Some of you may think my views too extreme and radical, and my propositions impracticable.<br><br>You must remember, however, that no great reform can be initiated, no real progress sustained, except upon the basis of radical principles.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.