Word: sanyal
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Dates: during 1956-1956
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...Calcutta's Dr. Sudhir Nath Sanyal reports a high degree of success in cutting down the birth rate by using metaxylohydroquinone an extract derived originally from the common Indian garden pea* (Pisum sativum), now synthesized in the laboratory. Taken by mouth, it cut the birth rate among 232 women by about two-thirds over a 15-month period, he reports. Some U.S. researchers scoffed at Dr. Sanyal's methods and results; others listened with interest because they consider him a careful, conscientious worker. The Indian government rated his findings worth a full-scale trial...
...ancient Hindu shastras, Dr. Sanyal reports, prescribed a diet of peas for widows to reduce the sex drive. If it failed in this, it might still cut down fertility...