 Ceramic paperweight of the contraceptive pill, c 1970.
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Picture Number:10323430
Credit:Science Museum/Science & Society Picture Library
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Description:
This paperweight was made to represent a contraceptive pill. The contraceptive pill became available in 1960. It uses female hormones to control fertility and became commercially viable when it was discovered that the Mexican yam was a cheap natural source of these hormones. The paperweight is ceramic.
Object Number: 1994-1329
Date Made: 1965-1975
Place of Production:
In Collection of: Science Museum
Subject(s) > Medicine & Health > Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception
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