Ramses Bendex Arc-ing Diaphragm Tuk-A-Way Kit
Ramses Bendex Arc-ing Diaphragm Tuk-A-Way Kit
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- contraceptive, diaphragm kit
- date made
- ca 1958
- patent date (spermicide)
- 1952-12-30
- maker
- Julius Schmid, Inc.
- associated place
- United States: Louisiana, Saint Martinville
- Physical Description
- dodecaethylene glycol monolaurate 5%; boric acid 1%; alcohol 5% (jelly active ingredients (by weight))
- cardboard (boxes material)
- alumium (tube material)
- plastic (tube cap material)
- plastic (pouch material)
- paper (booklet material)
- cardboard (tube holder material)
- latex rubber (diaphragm material)
- Measurements
- overall: 18.6 cm x 10.8 cm x 5 cm; 7 5/16 in x 4 1/4 in x 1 15/16 in
- overall, box: 4 1/4 in x 7 1/2 in x 2 in; 10.795 cm x 19.05 cm x 5.08 cm
- ID Number
- 1985.0475.147
- accession number
- 1985.0475
- catalog number
- 1985.0475.147
- Credit Line
- The Fournet Drugstore Collection
- subject
- Birth Control/Contraception
- Women's Health
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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