Page:Contraception; 1st ed. (IA in.ernet.dli.2015.94163).pdf/195

This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.

CHAPTER SIX

advised by Dr. Anton Nystroem.[1] The size used should be about 1⅛ to 1¾ inches in diameter. The principle of their application is similar to the Dutch cap (see p. 160) but they should avoid some of the disadvantages of those caps. They are, however, difficult to remove without discomfort. Some continental medical practitioners advise them.

I have never known any case of their use.

(29) Large membranous or rubber sheaths, the "Capote Anglais" calculated to cover the internal female organs completely, acting like the male sheath in preventing contact of the seminal fluid with the vaginal surface (Pl. IV, fig. 10).

A variety of these large internal sheaths for the vagina are made in one form or another. For instance one is advertised as "Dr. Kings" another as the "Mother of a family." All have an oval inflated rim with a long condom-like sheath of thinner rubber attached. In theory they resemble the condom, being merely in one way a reversed condom applied as a lining for the vagina instead of a covering for the penis.

From the point of view of the woman they have all the disadvantages of the condom in so far as they prevent contact

  1. ↑ See p. 79 in G. Hardy's "How to Prevent Pregnancy." Pp. 94, 39 illustrations. Paris, 1916.

169

This article is issued from Wikisource. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.