Under the Covers? Commerce, Contraceptives and Consumers in England and Wales, 1880–1960

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Medicalising birth control at the international conferences (1920–37)

“…37 Haire was assuredly reacting to the commercialisation of contraceptive powders and devices by laypeople. 38 He concentrated on the advantages and disadvantages of different methods of birth control, stating that 'all methods but one are faulty', 39 praising the Dutch Mensinga pessary, which he claimed he had introduced into England. He underscored the necessity of the device being fitted by a medical professional for correct choice of size, which ensured protection, therefore placing birth control under medical responsibility.…”

Sex in the laboratory: the Family Planning Association and contraceptive science in Britain, 1929–1959

“…Historian Claire Jones argues that contraceptives informally fell into this category, and local contraceptive manufacturing flourished during the early twentieth century. 70 Although for some decades previously, consumers could become exposed to, and purchase, contraceptive devices widely, contraceptive clinics were a unique source. They were the only site wherein contraceptives were directly equated with therapeutic treatment, and sold directly to consumers at heavily discounted prices.…”

A Historiographical Review of the History of Western Medicine, 2011–2020 The Diversification of Subject Matter and the Search for a New Methodology

“…. 심장병, 비만, 치매, 당뇨, 피로 등 의 만성질환에 대한 연구도 다수 등장했다 (Timmermann, 2012;Parr, 2014;Tuchman, 2015;Rasmussen, 2018;Blayney, 2019;Fallon, 2019 (Gentilcore, 2016;Savelli, 2012;Chavigny, 2014;Black, 2017;Mills and Adderley, 2017;Herzberg, 2017;Edman, 2020;Karibo, 2020 (Martyr, 2011;Mauger, 2012;Loughran, 2012;Wright, Jacklin, Themeles, 2013;Slijkhuis and Oosterhuis, 2014;Cox and Marland, 2015;Blair, 2016;Parhi and Pietikainen, 2017;Millard, 2017;Cox and Marland, 2018;Adams, 2019;Wake, 2019;Ramos, 2019;Nuriddin, 2019;Dwyer, 2019;Schöhl and Hess, 2019;Marland, 2019;Tomes and Jones, 2019;Tomes, 2020 했다(Bavins, Marland, and Tomes, 2016;Van Andel, 2016;Cavallo, 2016;Baschin, 2016;Jones, 2016; (Newton, 2011;Lloyd, 2012;Geist, 2012;Carstirs, 2014;…”