Note 670 — Chapter X · ABOLITION AND DISEASE
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In Germany, slot-machines were at one time set up in barracks and on board warships from which for a small coin protective remedies could be procured, but popular objection has forced their removal on the ground that their presence suggested debauch and deceived soldiers and sailors. But the remedies are still easily procurable; of their value, there is grave doubt. See Melville, loc. cit., pp. 91–95; von Schjerning, loc. cit., pp. 66, 67.