Secure the Pessary!

An advertisement for a pessary from the late 1800s read, “a simply devised instrument made of pure soft medicated rubber, to be worn by the female (during coition) as a protection against contraception… and with care will last for years.” Other pessaries from this time included a “Contraceptive Fudge”, made from cocoa butter, borax, salicylic acid, and quinine bisulphate.

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