Ortho Coil Spring Diaphragm

Description:

An inscription on the box containing a contraceptive diaphragm reads “Ortho / coil spring / diaphragm / ORTHO PHARMACEUTICAL / CORPORATION / Raritan, New Jersey, 08869.” Ortho Products, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, was established in Chicago in 1931 to market Ortho-Gynol, the first prescription spermicidal contraceptive jelly. The firm bought a building in Linden, N.J., in 1940, and became Ortho Pharmaceutical in 1945.

Date Made: ca. 1986Date Made: ca 1986Product Expiration Date: 1986-01

Maker: Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New Jersey, Raritan

Subject: Birth Control/ContraceptionWomen's Health

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine

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Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Steven Radoff

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1993.0014.12Catalog Number: 1993.0014.12Accession Number: 1993.0014

Object Name: Diaphragmcontraceptive, diaphragmOther Terms: Diaphragm; Contraceptive

Measurements: average spatial: 12 cm x 12 cm x 2.2 cm; 4 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in x 7/8 inoverall, box: 5 in x 4 7/8 in x 1 in; 12.7 cm x 12.3825 cm x 2.54 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-ba25-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1127352

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