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Excerpt from The Public Health Journal, Vol. 8: September, 1917 <p>The advisability of instructing child ren in the schools in sex hygiene I am pleased to see has some support in the leaet. By suggesting that persons be selected for the job whose knowledge and acquirements give an aptness and tact to teach this important subject. Let us as a profession break the ominous silence of the past and get rid of the prudishne'ss which has so easily beset us. <p>At the American Social Hygienic Association of last year. It was reported that notification of venereal diseases is now required by the laws of eleven states and a number of cities. How far these laws have been enforced I do not know. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>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.