Ad for Ergoapiol, treatment for painful or
                            missing menstrual periods or other
                            irregularities of the menstrual cycle - or
                            for abortion, 
                            1904.
                        
                        Read Malcolm Gladwell's
                          riveting New Yorker magazine article
                          about the invention of the birth control pill.
                        See early
                            contraceptive sponges disguised for other uses.
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
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                                  An early (1964) birth control
                                    pill: Enovid-E 
                                    ("Physician's professional sample"),
                                    U.S.A. 
                                    Package insert
                                      pages 1-3, 10: precautions,
                                      indications, etc.
                                  
                                  A woman who has donated other
                                      items to MUM kindly donated this
                                      package to the museum.
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                                    || Exterior
                                      of package - Interior of the
                                      package with Pills - The
                                    product insert explaining
                                    composition, usage, precautions,
                                    contraindications and side effects
                                    (pages 1-3,
                                      10; 4-7)
                                    - family planning booklet: covers &
                                      pp. 2-3, pp. 4-7, 8-11, 12-15, 16-"inside
                                      back cover," 19-20 |
                                    See 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.
                                    
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