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Gabriele Falloppia
Standard Name: Falloppia, Gabriele
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Gabriele Falloppia
(1523-1562) of Modena, Italy, gave scientific names to the vagina, placenta, and fallopian tubes, and was the first to describe the male contraceptive sheath, meant for prevention of venereal disease.
Talbott, John H. A Biographical History of Medicine: Excerpts and Essays on the Men and Their Work. Grune and Stratton, 1970.
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Hordern, Anthony. Legal Abortion: The English Experience. Pergamon, 1971.