81), who is not prepared to advocate complete sexual abstinence during a normal pregnancy, admits that it is a rather difficult question.
[15] This point is discussed, for instance, by Seropian in a Paris Thesis (_Frequence comparee des Causes de l'Accouchement Premature_, 1907); he concludes that coitus during pregnancy is a more frequent cause of premature confinement than is commonly supposed, especially in primiparae, and markedly so by the ninth month.
[16] "Infantile Mortality: The Huddersfield Scheme," _British Medical Journal_, Dec., 1907; Samson Moore, "Infant Mortality," ib., August 29, 1908.
[17] Ellen Key has admirably dealt with proposals of this kind (as put forth by C.P.

Stetson) in her Essays "On Love and Marriage." In opposition to such proposals Ellen Key suggests that such women as have been properly trained for maternal duties and are unable entirely to support themselves while exercising them should be subsidized by the State during the child's first three years of life.

It may be added that in Leipzig the plan of subsidizing mothers who (under proper medical and other supervision) suckle their infants has already been introduced..