Marthe Voegeli
Marthe Voegeli MD | |
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Education | medical researcher |
Marthe Voegeli was a Swiss physician and pioneer in the field of male contraceptive research.
Between 1930 and 1950, Voegeli practiced medicine in India at her own private hospital. During this time, with the assistance of 9 volunteers, she experimented with a process of heat-based contraception.[1]
The process was simple and effective. A man would bathe his
Different bath temperatures produced varying lengths of infertility. A bath of 116 °F (46.7 °C) would provide
After fertility returned in the males, the conception of healthy offspring with normal childhood development was recorded.[2]
Voegeli retired from medicine in 1950 and spent the next 20 years involved in efforts to publicise the contraceptive method, which were largely ignored.[3]
References
- ^ Shouldn't You Be on the Pill? Archived 2009-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Male contraception: Heat methods Archived 2008-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ CONTRACEPTION THROUGH TEMPORARY MALE STERILIZATION
External links
- Martha Voegeli papers at the Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College Special Collections
- Correspondence with Indian government