Dalkon Shield Intrauterine Device (IUD)
date: label: date(s) of previous ownership
content: 1985 07 30
notes: label: Description
content: The Dalkon Shield, the first commercial intrauterine device (IUD) for contraceptive purposes, was developed by Irwin S. Lerner, an engineer, and Hugh J. Davis (1927-1996), a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Johns Hopkins University who was concerned about the hazardous side effects of birth control pills. This example was inserted in 1971 and removed in 1985.
label: Description
content: Ref: Irwin S. Lerner, “Intrauterine Contraceptive Device,” U.S. Patent 3,633,574 (Jan. 11, 1972), assigned to A. H. Robbins Co.
label: Description
content: “Hugh J. Davis, 69, Gynecologist Who Invented Dalkon Shield,” New York Times (Oct. 26, 1996), p. 13.
label: Description
content: Milton Mintz, “Questions Arose Early On Contraceptive’s Safety,” Washington Post (April 7, 1985), p. A1.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Women's Health
label: Subject
content: Birth Control/Contraception
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0892.01
label: accession number
content: 1985.0892
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0892.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Intrauterine Device(Iud)
label: Object Name
content: contraceptive, intrauterine device
label: Other Terms
content: Intrauterine Device(Iud); Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in x 1/8 in; 5.715 cm x 5.715 cm x .3175 cm