Ortho Diaphragm, Coil Spring Type
name: label: maker
content: Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: Vaginal diaphragm in a circular white plastic case. Inscriptions on the outer cardboard box read in part “Ortho Diaphragm / COIL SPRING TYPE / MANUFACTURED EXCLUSIVELY FOR / ORTHO PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION / RARITAN, N.Y. MADE IN U.S.A.” and “SIZE 90.” Ortho Pharmaceutical was formed in 1931 as a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, to produce Ortho-Gynol, the first prescription spermicidal contraceptive jelly. The firm introduced the coil-spring diaphragm in the 1940s. 
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Raritan
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: Dr. Robert J. Locurto
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0160.04
label: accession number
content: 1980.0160
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0160.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Diaphragm
label: Object Name
content: contraceptive, diaphragm
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (booklet, instruction material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (box material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, box: 4 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 3/4 in; 11.43 cm x 11.43 cm x 1.905 cm