Saf-T-Coil 33-S, Intra-Uterine Contraceptive Device (IUD)
date: label: date made
content: ca 1967
name: label: maker
content: Julius Schmid, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: White plastic intrauterine device and inserter. Device is held in place with paper tabs on a blue-green and white paper card. Two paper inserts include insertion directions, information for the physician, and patient instructions (dated August 1, 1966). Made by Deseret Pharmaceutical Company, Inc., Sandy, Utah for Julius Schmid, Inc. The Saf-T-Coil was introduced in 1967 and discontinued in 1982. The plastic IUD was one of the least expensive on the market and considered to be one of the easier devices to insert.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: place made
content: United States: Utah, Sandy City
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: ZZ.RSN82850X30
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Intrauterine Device
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (packaging material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 14 1/4 in x 1/4 in; 5.08 cm x 36.195 cm x .635 cm