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CONTRACEPTION

    1. Cap-like pessary similar to above, but covered with sponge on the convex surface (see p. 157).
    2. Flat lens-shaped cap (Dumas') designed to close the end of the vaginal canal (see p. 158).
    3. Hemispherical-shaped caps with spring rim designed to close the end of the vaginal canal: the "Dutch" cap (see p. 160).
    4. Cap-shaped pessary with separate ring and soft detachable cap, called the "Mizpah" (see p. 166).
    5. "Matrisalus" pessary, rubber cap of turtle-back shape (see p. 168).
    6. Balls of soft rubber (see p. 168).
    7. Large membranous or rubber sheath, or "Capote Anglaise," calculated to cover the internal female organs completely, acting like the male sheath in preventing contact of the seminal fluid with the vaginal surface (see P. 169).
    8. Springs, studs, metal buttons, the "Gold Spring" or "Wishbone" pessary, metal cigar-like structures in a great variety of shapes and forms, designed to enter the cervical canal, and some also to

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