Excerpt from New York Medical Journal, Vol. 106: Incorporating the Philadelphia Medical Journal and the Medical News; A Weekly Review of Medicine; July 21, 1917 The ethical phase of prostitution has always been an object of considerable discussion, and it is inter esting to note that there are moralists who uphold this practice. Indeed, Augustine spoke in behalf of prostitution and Aquinas (5) said: Prostitu tion in towns is like the sewers in the palace; take away the sewers, and the palace becomes an impure and stinking place. Lackey defends it as follows. 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.