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he AD 2h 0-88 Of course, this rule cuts both ways. Material distributed to the public at large may not be judged by its appeal to the most sophie ticated,?° nor by its appeal to the most susceptible.-! And I believe that the cases establish that material whose use will be restricted to those jn whose hands it will not have a prurient appeal is not to be judged by its appeal to the populace at large. In Commonwealth v. Landis, 8 Phila. 453 (Q.8. 1870) defendant had been convicted of publishing an obscene 11be1.28 fhe court approved a charge to the Jury in which it was stated that the publication vould be justified if “made for a legiti- mate and useful purpose, and .. mot made from any motive of mere gain or with a corrupt desire to debauch society." . 8 Phila. 453, 454 (Q.S. 1870). While scientific end medical publications "in proper hands for useful purposes” may contain 16 see the charge to the ery quoted in Roth v. United | States, 354 U.S. 476, 490 (1957 onenneeenemaas 17 Butler v. Michigan, 352 U.S. 380 (1957); Yolanski v. United States, ° (6th Cir. ean 18 me book was entitled "Secrets of Generation." _ Commonwealth v. Gordon, 66 D. & C. 101, 12) (Phila. Q.8. 1949).