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SEXUAL LIFE OF PRIMITIVE PEOPLE

SEXUAL LIFE
OF
PRIMITIVE PEOPLE

BY

H. FEHLINGER

TRANSLATED BY

S. HERBERT, M.D., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.

AUTHOR OF "AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PHYSIOLOGY AND
PSYCHOLOGY OF SEX," "FUNDAMENTALS IN SEXUAL ETHICS," ETC.

AND

MRS. S. HERBERT,

AUTHOR OF "SEX LORE."

A. & C. BLACK, LTD.
4, 5 & 6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W. 1
1921

PREFACE

To most lay people the established order of sex relationships andmarriage seems something so self-evident and stable that they cannotconceive the possibility of a variation in the established order. Yethere, as in all things, the law of evolution applies. Our sexual systemis the outcome of a long continuous series of changes beginning with thevery dawn of human history. To understand the modern sex problem rightlyit is essential to know its origin and gradual development.

Most of the material about the sex life of primitive people isinaccessible to the ordinary reader, being hidden away in learnedtreatises and ponderous scientific works. The translators are,therefore, glad to have found in Fehlinger's book a short comprehensiveoutline of the subject, which may serve as a convenient introduction.

S. H.
F. H.

Manchester,
 July, 1921.

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