Word: diaphragmic
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Though the Pill and intrauterine device are among the most effective ways of preventing pregnancy, increased concern over their side effects has led many women and their partners to switch to the less hazardous "barrier" contraceptives, the condom and diaphragm. Now interest is reviving in yet another barrier device, the centuries-old cervical...
...Like the diaphragm, the cap works by preventing sperm from migrating from the vagina to the uterus and then to the fallopian tubes, where conception occurs. The diaphragm is a thin rubber shield held in place against the vaginal wall by the tension of its springy rim. The cap is a thicker, thimble-shaped rubber or plastic cup that fits snugly around the neck of the uterus, the cervix, and is kept in place by suction. Both devices are used with spermicidal cream or jelly...
...18th century, Casanova advised women to use halves of squeezed lemons. The modern version was developed in 1838 by F.A. Wilde, a German gynecologist. It gained widespread acceptance in Europe but never caught on in the U.S., although it was thought to be as reliable as the diaphragm. A major reason: Birth Control Pioneer Margaret Sanger championed the diaphragm...
...undergraduate, seeking safe contraceptives, called UHS for an appointment to be fitted for a diaphragm. She was told that the earliest appointment was six weeks away--she made an appointment, having little choice: After waiting five weeks and six days, she received an anxious call from UHS. It seems that there was some sort of "emergency" requiring that her appointment be cancelled. The nurse then rescheduled the appointment, another month and a half later...
...Glass. But the effect was much more violent, since-in a piece like Habitat Group for a Shooting Gallery, 1943-it suggested the rupture of a sanctuary, an attack upon Eden. The glass pane of Cornell's boxes, the "fourth wall" of his miniature theater, is also the diaphragm between two absolutely opposite worlds. Outside, chaos, accident and libido; inside, order, sublimation, memory and peace...