Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Henry Arthur Allbutt
Standard Name: Allbutt, Henry Arthur
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By 1880: The German gynaecologist C. Haase (under...
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By 1880
The German gynaecologist C. Haase (under the pseudonym Dr Wilhelm Mensinga
) had invented a flat rubber cervical cap, the first diaphragm.
Fryer, Peter. The Birth Controllers. Secker and Warburg, 1965.
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Craig, Sue, and Sue Hepburn. “Barrier Methods”. The Control of Human Fertility, edited by John F. Porter, 2nd ed., Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1987, pp. 78-91.
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Fryer has the invention date as in the 1870s, whereas Craig...
1886: Henry Allbutt published The Wife's Handbook,...
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1886
Henry Allbutt
published The Wife's Handbook, which included a chapter on birth control.
Porter, John F., editor. The Control of Human Fertility. 2nd ed., Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1987.
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Fryer, Peter. The Birth Controllers. Secker and Warburg, 1965.
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Bristow, Edward. Vice and Vigilance: Purity Movements in Britain Since 1700. Gill and Macmillan, 1977.
126
John Porter has the date of publication as 1885 rather than 1886. I have given Peter Fryer's 1886...
