Encare Vaginal Contraceptive
date: label: date made
content: ca 1983
label: product expiration date
content: 1984-01
name: label: maker
content: Norwich Eaton Pharmaceuticals
notes: label: Description
content: Silver-colored cardboard box with blue and black print. Box has an oval "window" in the front though which the contents of the box can be seen. Box is sealed in plastic wrap.
label: Description
content: Printed on front: "Encare / Vaginal contraceptive for the prevention of pregnancy" "Reliable / Easy / to Use / No / Hormonal / Side / Effects"
label: Description
content: Printed on back: "Reliable -- Encare is introduced into the vagina as a small, solid insert. When used properly, Encare effervesces to disperse a spermicide within the vagina. Each Encare insert contains a premeasured dose of the most widely used spermicide, nonoxynol 9. This potent spermicide prevents pregnancy by killing sperm on contact."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Norwich
topic: label: Subject
content: Birth Control/Contraception
label: Subject
content: Women's Health
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Norwich Eaton Pharmaceuticals, Inc
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0198.018
label: accession number
content: 1986.0198
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0198.018
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Contraceptive
label: Object Name
content: contraceptive, vaginal suppositories
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper; plastic wrap (packaging material)
label: Physical Description
content: nonoxynol 9, 2.27% (contraceptive active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 4 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 3.175 cm x 11.1125 cm x 6.0325 cm