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Box MSS 00-04, S1, SS5, Box 7

 Container

Contains 11 Results:

Brochures about the Dalkon Shield, November 1970, March 1971

 File — Box: MSS 00-04, S1, SS5, Box 7
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Production commenced on the Dalkon Shield intrauterine device in 1968 under the direction of inventors Hugh Davis, gynecologist, and Irwin Lerner, electrical engineer. In early 1970 Davis and Lerner looked for a pharmaceutical company to market their product more widely, and by June of that year, AHR agreed to purchase it. The Dalkon Shield came in two sizes: standard, for women who had already had children (multiparous), and small, for women who had never had children...
Dates: Majority of material found in November 1970, March 1971

Instructions for Physician and Patient, July 1972, August 1972 & January 1973

 File — Box: MSS 00-04, S1, SS5, Box 7
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Production commenced on the Dalkon Shield intrauterine device in 1968 under the direction of inventors Hugh Davis, gynecologist, and Irwin Lerner, electrical engineer. In early 1970 Davis and Lerner looked for a pharmaceutical company to market their product more widely, and by June of that year, AHR agreed to purchase it. The Dalkon Shield came in two sizes: standard, for women who had already had children (multiparous), and small, for women who had never had children...
Dates: Majority of material found in July 1972, August 1972 & January 1973

"Cold Sterilization" Procedures...; instructions in English, French and Spanish, n.d.

 File — Box: MSS 00-04, S1, SS5, Box 7
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Production commenced on the Dalkon Shield intrauterine device in 1968 under the direction of inventors Hugh Davis, gynecologist, and Irwin Lerner, electrical engineer. In early 1970 Davis and Lerner looked for a pharmaceutical company to market their product more widely, and by June of that year, AHR agreed to purchase it. The Dalkon Shield came in two sizes: standard, for women who had already had children (multiparous), and small, for women who had never had children...
Dates: n.d.

Brochure about Dalkon Contraceptive Foam, March 1973

 File — Box: MSS 00-04, S1, SS5, Box 7
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Production commenced on the Dalkon Shield intrauterine device in 1968 under the direction of inventors Hugh Davis, gynecologist, and Irwin Lerner, electrical engineer. In early 1970 Davis and Lerner looked for a pharmaceutical company to market their product more widely, and by June of that year, AHR agreed to purchase it. The Dalkon Shield came in two sizes: standard, for women who had already had children (multiparous), and small, for women who had never had children...
Dates: March 1973

General Instructions for Physicians in English, French, and Spanish, May 1973

 File — Box: MSS 00-04, S1, SS5, Box 7
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Production commenced on the Dalkon Shield intrauterine device in 1968 under the direction of inventors Hugh Davis, gynecologist, and Irwin Lerner, electrical engineer. In early 1970 Davis and Lerner looked for a pharmaceutical company to market their product more widely, and by June of that year, AHR agreed to purchase it. The Dalkon Shield came in two sizes: standard, for women who had already had children (multiparous), and small, for women who had never had children...
Dates: May 1973

Supramid Extra, Size 0; 2 rolls white and 8 rolls black; "Synthetic, polyamide, non-absorbable, polyfilament, Class II, surgical suture."

 File — Box: MSS 00-04, S1, SS5, Box 7
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Production commenced on the Dalkon Shield intrauterine device in 1968 under the direction of inventors Hugh Davis, gynecologist, and Irwin Lerner, electrical engineer. In early 1970 Davis and Lerner looked for a pharmaceutical company to market their product more widely, and by June of that year, AHR agreed to purchase it. The Dalkon Shield came in two sizes: standard, for women who had already had children (multiparous), and small, for women who had never had children...
Dates: 1938 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1998

Inserter Sticks, 8

 File — Box: MSS 00-04, S1, SS5, Box 7
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Production commenced on the Dalkon Shield intrauterine device in 1968 under the direction of inventors Hugh Davis, gynecologist, and Irwin Lerner, electrical engineer. In early 1970 Davis and Lerner looked for a pharmaceutical company to market their product more widely, and by June of that year, AHR agreed to purchase it. The Dalkon Shield came in two sizes: standard, for women who had already had children (multiparous), and small, for women who had never had children...
Dates: 1938 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1998

[Foam models for insertion practice?], 4

 File — Box: MSS 00-04, S1, SS5, Box 7
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Production commenced on the Dalkon Shield intrauterine device in 1968 under the direction of inventors Hugh Davis, gynecologist, and Irwin Lerner, electrical engineer. In early 1970 Davis and Lerner looked for a pharmaceutical company to market their product more widely, and by June of that year, AHR agreed to purchase it. The Dalkon Shield came in two sizes: standard, for women who had already had children (multiparous), and small, for women who had never had children...
Dates: 1938 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1998

Two bags of loose multiparous shields

 File — Box: MSS 00-04, S1, SS5, Box 7
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Production commenced on the Dalkon Shield intrauterine device in 1968 under the direction of inventors Hugh Davis, gynecologist, and Irwin Lerner, electrical engineer. In early 1970 Davis and Lerner looked for a pharmaceutical company to market their product more widely, and by June of that year, AHR agreed to purchase it. The Dalkon Shield came in two sizes: standard, for women who had already had children (multiparous), and small, for women who had never had children...
Dates: 1938 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1998

Two medical instruments probably used for Dalkon Shield removal

 File — Box: MSS 00-04, S1, SS5, Box 7
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Production commenced on the Dalkon Shield intrauterine device in 1968 under the direction of inventors Hugh Davis, gynecologist, and Irwin Lerner, electrical engineer. In early 1970 Davis and Lerner looked for a pharmaceutical company to market their product more widely, and by June of that year, AHR agreed to purchase it. The Dalkon Shield came in two sizes: standard, for women who had already had children (multiparous), and small, for women who had never had children...
Dates: 1938 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1998

Dalkon Shield Insertion film prepared by the Dalkon Corporation, n.d.

 File — Box: MSS 00-04, S1, SS5, Box 7
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Production commenced on the Dalkon Shield intrauterine device in 1968 under the direction of inventors Hugh Davis, gynecologist, and Irwin Lerner, electrical engineer. In early 1970 Davis and Lerner looked for a pharmaceutical company to market their product more widely, and by June of that year, AHR agreed to purchase it. The Dalkon Shield came in two sizes: standard, for women who had already had children (multiparous), and small, for women who had never had children...
Dates: n.d.