Prophylactic and Contraceptive Products
that May be Sold
in Oregon by Legally Licensed Outlets during the Year 1957
(brochure)
Pro-Fo Lactic (U.S.A., 1930-40s?)
A short history of contraception and religion
- Egyptian
hieroglyphics from about 1550 B.C.E. describing a tampon used for contraception -
Australian douche ads
(about 1900)in the "Wife's
Guide and Friend"
Fresca douche powder (early 20th century,
U.S.A.)
Selections from the first American edition of Married
Love (first published 1918), Dr. Marie Stopes'
book that was long banned in America. Dr. Stopes founded the first birth-control
clinic in the British Empire, in 1921, and it's still running.
See also early contraceptive sponges disguised for other uses. Ad for Ergoapiol, treatment for painful or missing menstrual periods or
other irregularities of the menstrual cycle - or for abortion, 1904. Patent medicine at this museum.
Enovid (U.S.A.) birth-control pill
package & directions (1964) with booklet Planning
Your Family (also 1964) addressed to married women,
not single.
What did women do about menstruation in the
past?
 
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Control of Conception: An Illustrated
Manual (excerpts)
Book by Robert Latou Dickinson & Louise Stevens Bryant, 1931/32, U.S.A.
contraception, birth control, pregnancy, condom, douche, sponge, tampon,
menstrual period,
pessary, abstinence, mother, marriage, parents
Below: P. 58.
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NEXT | Technique of Control of Conception:
General measures - Abstinence
- Lactation - Safe period
[in the menstrual cycle] -
[chart: Conception from isolated coitus] - Methods employed by the husband: Withdrawal
- Coitus reservatus - Coitus
saxonus -
Suburethral opening - Australian "Mika" operation - The Condom
- [Illustration: The Condom] - Rubber
versus Skin - Patched Skin Condoms -
Rubber Condoms - Sizes
- Tests - Shape -
Practical Considerations - Lubrication
- Methods employed by the wife: The
Douche -
[Figs. 16 & 17: Vaginal douche, fountain syringe]
- [Figs. 18 & 19: Vaginal douche, whirling spray]
- Pressure douche - Medication
-
Lathering - Spermicides
- Jellies - [Figs. 20 & 21: Jelly
& Tablet] - Suppositories - Foam tablets - Powders - Summary on Chemicals -
Vaginal Barriers: Tampons, Sponges and Pessaries
- [Fig. 22: Sponge as Vaginal Diaphragm] - Russian Hard Rubber Ball -
Pessaries - [List of Figs. 23-46: Fitting
of Pessaries: Illustrations start here] -
Cervix Occlusive Pessaries - Vaginal
Diaphragms -
Fitting the Pessary - Types
of Diaphragm Pessary - Degree of Safety -
[Table: Comparative Safety of Usual Methods of Conception
Control] -
Omissions - Intrauterine
stems & rings - [illustrations of stems
& accidents & cavities] - Gräfenberg
of G-spot fame -
Shape of uterine cavity - Rhythmic
contraction of the uterus - Forms of stems causing
trouble - Silkworm & silver rings -
Conclusions on intrauterine devices - Heat to the testicle - X-rays
- Reversible operations (includes vasectomies)
- Hormones -
Spermatoxins - FEDERAL
LAWS on prevention of
conception - State-by-state laws - Eugenical sterilizations laws in United States -
Supreme Court decision in Virginia
sterilization case, Buck vs Bell (1927), quoting Justice
Oliver Wendell Holmes -
Legal status of contraception & sterilization
- Practical application to physicians - Eugenical sterilization laws
Pro-Fo Lactic - Doozee
douche for soda pop bottles - Lysol douche liquid
ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) -
Lysol douche liquid ad, 1948 (U.S.A.) - Marvel douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Midol
ad, 1938 -
Midol booklet (selections), 1959 (U.S.A.) - Enovid (U.S.A.) birth-control pill package &
directions (1964)
with booklet Planning Your Family (also 1964)
addressed to married women, not single.
Prophylactic and Contraceptive Products that
May be Sold in Oregon by Legally Licensed Outlets during the Year 1957
(brochure)
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