DOMINION CENSORSHIP.
CAUSTIC LONDON DOCTOR. DARKEST AFRICA PARALLEL. Australian and. N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 3.5 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 6. Sir Archdall Reid, superintendent of the radiological department of St. Thomas', Hospital, in a letter to the Westminster Gazette commenting on New Zealand's ban on Miss Ettie Rout's book, "Safe Marriage," states that his book on the prevention of venereal disease is practically banned in New Zealand as no bookseller will stock it unless he has a guarantee from a local medical man. Sir Archdall adss: "Formerly all diseases, especially when on a large or unusual scale, were regarded as punishments of sin and manifestations of the wrath of the Deity, which were to be best combated by prayer and offerings, and stricter adherence to the local and temporary system of taboos. Attention thereby was from sanitation, which in any case was thought to be of doubtful piety and morality. These ideas, though evidently still current in New Zealand and Darkest Africa, have been or are being abandoned in civilised States. I wonder if anyone can tell me what New Zealanders do read."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18292, 8 January 1923, Page 5
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