The historiography of the campaign against the Contagious Diseases Acts has been deeply influenced by the opposition's eight general charges against the acts, and by the Antis' attractive and voluminous presentation of their cause. I have tried to test their allegations against the evidence adduced by supporters of the acts and to reconsider the consequences of some of the leading Antis' behaviour. I find the standing of the allegations to be more ambiguous than historians have allowed and the tactics of the leaders to be debatable.