Sanitary Health Sponge
notes: label: Description
content: The Sanitary Health Sponge was designed for contraceptive use. Joseph Cecil McKinney, of Paris, Ill., doing business as Sanitary Health Sponge Co., registered a trademark for “Prevento” in 1924.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Birth Control/Contraception
label: Subject
content: Menstruation
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of William H. Helfand
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0678.51
label: accession number
content: 1980.0678
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0678.51
objectType: label: Object Name
content: contraceptive, sanitary sponge
label: Other Terms
content: contraceptive, sanitary sponge; Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.2 cm x 4.1 cm; 7/8 in x 1 5/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall, tin: 7/8 in x 1 5/8 in; x 2.2225 cm x 4.1275 cm