Chapter XI
Reading edition
LEGAL TREATMENT OF PROSTITUTES.
Should License be Allowed?—The Views of Physicians—Foolish Arguments on the Other Side—Duties of a Physician Purely Medical—Objections to License under the Moral Aspect—Bitter Misery of this Class of Women—Effect of License to Encourage the Crime—The Recognition by Law—Prostitution can be Checked—Condition of this Class in New York Terrible—Necessity of Hospitals or Dispensaries for this Class in the City—The Absurdity of the Berlin License Laws—Non-licensing a Terror to Evil-doers—This Not a Proper Object for Legislators—Effect of License in Paris—Superiority of New York to other Great Cities in this Matter Partly Due to Non-licensing……………………..pp. 123-131