Emko Regular Applicator & Vaginal Contraceptive Foam
date: label: Date made
content: after 1987
name: label: maker
content: Schering Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: Pink and purple box containing a pink and white plastic bottle of spermicidal foam, a plastic applicator, and a paper insert. "Copyright 1980, 1985, 1987, Schering Corporation" printed on back of box. "CLINIC / PACKAGE / NOT FOR RETAIL SALE" printed on front of box. Printed on back of box: "RELIABLE PROTECTION: each applicatorful of EMKO Foam provides the correct amount of nonoxynol-9, the most widely used spermicide, to prevent pregnancy effectively. The foam covers the inside of the vagina and forms a layer of spermicidal material between the sperm and the cervix. The powerful spermicide prevents pregnancy by killing sperm after contact."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Kenilworth
topic: label: Subject
content: Birth Control/Contraception
label: associated subject
content: Spermicides
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2004.0129.81
label: patent number
content: 3,487,886
label: accession number
content: 2004.0129
label: catalog number
content: 2004.0129.81
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Contraceptive Foam
label: Object Name
content: contraceptive, vaginal foam
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: nonoxynol-9 (contraceptive active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: benzethonium chloride; glyceryl monostearate; peg; pluronic f-68; quaternium-15; stearic acid; triethanolamine; water (contraceptive ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: paper; cardboard; plastic (packaging material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (applicator material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 cm x 7 cm x 4 cm; 5 1/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 5/8 in; 13.335 cm x 6.985 cm x 4.1275 cm