CRIQUIDE WILLIAM J. ROBINSON PH.G. M.D.. EDITOR A Free and Independent Journal treating with absolute VOLUME ELEVEN 1908 Copyright 1908 by Dr. William J. Robinson CRITIC-GUIDE COMPANY, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK CRITIC & GUIDE WILLIAM J. ROBINSON, PH.G., M.D, EDITOR. 1 year, $1.00 Single copy, 25c. Foreign $2.00 The Editor of this Journal writes his own editorials. He says what he wants to say and in the way he wants to say it without reference as to what Mrs. Grundy will say or think. The Editor is responsible for his own opinions only. He always tells the Truth or what he considers to be the Truth, but as he lays no claims to infallibility, he will be grateful to his readers if they will take the trouble to point out his errors. Vol. XI It is better to make a mistake in trying to tell the truth, NEW YORK, JANUARY, 1908 Editorials and Editorialettes. No. 1 To those who see the Critic and Guide for the first time: Please read this issue carefully. It will give you some idea of what the Critic and Guide is. We believe it to be a little different from the monthly mediocrities, which are so fearfully alike. We believe it to be the only one of its kind. We believe it has accomplished an immense amount of good. It is a Journal written with considerable expenditure of gray matter and red corpuscles. It is a Journal to make people think. If the Critic and Guide appeals to you, send us your subscription. Some remarkable offers appear on page 14. It is to your interest to take advantage of them without delay. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE STUDY OF SEXUAL DISEASES. The shadow of the Period of Darkness- the Middle Agesis still upon us. Its cruel and perverted teachings still have us in their grip. Its monkish asceticism, which taught that our body is something worthless and that particularly the genital system is something unclean, something to be ashamed of-have we not the shameful word pudenda?-is still permeating our conduct, our literature and even our medical schools. Men graduate, receive diplomas as physicians and licenses to practice without having heard a single lecture on disorders of the sexual system, one of the most important systems as far as the individual is concerned and the most important system as far as our social life and the perpetuation of the race is concerned. Venereal diseases are at last beginning to be treated in some colleges with the consideration which the importance of the subject deserves; |