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THE DIAPHRAGM METHOD

IS PROVED SUPERIOR

is now the standard *
The Diaphragm and Jelly Method has CONDOMS
been proven so completely reliable 73% DEPENDABLE
with the vast majority of couples using Their delicate tissue thinness
offers always the liability of
it that it pre- breakage. Their "dead" feeling
is usually highly dissatisfactory
scription given by every Birth Control to sensitive persons.
compiled from the case © 61% DEPENDABLE
Clinic in the United States. CERVICAL PESSARY
This chart also shows the percentage A crude imitation of the diaphragm
of couples who received protection method. Difficult to place and easily
from other birth control methods. dislodged.
It was
control ©
histories of more than 12,000
women, revealing the history VAGINAL JELLY
of 17,520 pregnancies, of 56 DEPENDABLE
which 12,089 had been A jelly alone can never be dependable, regardless
undesired, and occur- of its antiseptic qualities, as it does not provide
a positive barrier over mouth of womb.
ring through the failure
of the birth —,
© A dangerous menace to the physical health of those who
method used. "COITUS INTERRUPTUS"
DEPENDABLE
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use this method. Pelvic congestion and
prostate trouble
practice
usually
result from continued
this method.
of
© Any douche solution, regardless of its germicidal efficacy, merits
DOUCHE
32% DEPENDABLE
it occurs after impregnation
no consideration whatsoever because
may have taken place. Solutions of great germicidal strength are
harmful to the delicate vaginal membranes.
o The theory that there is a definite period in the monthly cycle of every
SAFE PERIOD
, DEPENDABLE
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woman when she is, for a few days, completely barren because of absence
of ovum, is contradicted by the record of failures showing that these periods
are totally unsafe
if no other protection is used.
SUPPOSITORIES
18 DEPENDABLE
(D method, popularized only by sordid commercialism. The melted oil provides no
One of the poorest attempts at contraception and now an almost totally discarded
barrier whatever over the opening into the uterus.