Clinical Contraception (eBook)

Gladys M. Cox (Autor)

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2016 | 2. Auflage
206 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4832-2548-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Clinical Contraception, Second Edition considers the clinical significance and complexities of birth control. This book contains 12 chapters that focus on various types and methods of contraception.
After providing an overview of classification of methods of contraception, this book goes on considering certain aspects of reproduction that have a definite bearing on the control of conception. Considerable chapters are devoted to various methods of contraception, including chemical contraceptives, occlusive pessaries, tampons and sponges, condom, intra-uterine contraceptives. The remaining chapters highlight the contraception permitted for woman under normal and special circumstances. These chapters also examine the legal and public health issues of contraception.
This book will be of value to general physicians and health practitioners.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Clinical Contraception 6
Copyright Page 7
Table of Contents 12
Introduction 8
Foreword to the First Edition 10
Foreword to the Second Edition 11
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY 14
MEDICAL INDICATIONS FOR THE PREVENTION OF PREGNANCY 17
CLASSIFICATION OF METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION 23
METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION 24
CHAPTER II. PHYSIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION IN RELATION TO THE PROBLEM OF CONTRACEPTION 26
OVARIAN HORMONES 43
TESTICULAR HORMONE 43
PITUITARY SEX HORMONES 43
Formation of Spermatoxins 44
Conclusion 46
CHAPTER III. METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION CHEMICAL CONTRACEPTIVES 49
Desirable Characteristics of Chemical Contraceptives 50
Pure Substances Graded according to Spermicidal Power with Cavy Sperms in B.G.S. or A.G.S. 52
Standard Test of Pure Substances with Cavy Sperms in Albumen Saline 53
TYPES OF CHEMICAL CONTRACEPTIVES 65
Some Proprietary Suppositories 66
COMPARATIVE SPERMICIDAL POWER OF CERTAIN CHEMICAL CONTRACEPTIVES 74
EFFECTS OF CHEMICALS ON THE VAGINA AND UTERUS 75
Possibility of Genetic Modification of Sperms by Chemical Contraceptives 77
CHAPTER IV. METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION OCCLUSIVE PESSARIES 80
SPERMICIDAL LUBRICANTS SUITABLE FOR USE WITH OCCLUSIVE PESSARIES 112
CHAPTER V. METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION TAMPONS AND SPONGES. THE DOUCHE 113
CHAPTER VI. METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION THE CONDOM OR MALE SHEATH 121
RUBBER CONDOMS AND WASHABLE SHEATHS 122
DIRECTIONS FOR THE USE OF THE RUBBER SHEATH 124
SKIN CONDOMS 126
CHAPTER VII. METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION INTRA-UTERINE CONTRACEPTIVES 130
Clinical Results 140
CHAPTER VIII. OTHER METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION 144
Coitus Interruptus 144
Coitus Saxonus 147
Coitus with Incomplete Penetration 148
Lactation 148
The Safe Period 148
Heat to the Testes 148
Application of X-rays to the Ovaries 149
CHAPTER IX. CONTRACEPTION FOR THE NORMAL WOMAN 150
General Considerations 150
The Normal Woman 153
Special Circumstances 155
CHAPTER .. CONTRACEPTION FOR THE ABNORMAL WOMAN 158
Local Conditions 160
General Conditions 163
CHAPTER XI. EVALUATION OF CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS 167
I.—Additional Statistics from North Kensington Clinic 174
II.—Statistics from Cambridge Clinic 174
EFFECTS ON HEALTH OF CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS 177
CHAPTER .II. CONTRACEPTION AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES 182
Powers of Local Authorities 182
Administration and Equipment of a Municipal Birth Control Clinic 185
For Patients supplied with Occlusive Pessaries 190
APPENDIX: MINISTRY OF HEALTH MEMORANDUM 153/M.C.W. AND CIRCULAR 1208 195
Birth Control 195
ACTION TAKEN BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES UNDER MINISTRY OF HEALTH MEMORANDUM 153/M.C.W., CIRCULAR 1208/M.C.W. AND CIRCULAR 1408/M.C.W. 201
BIRTH CONTROL CLINICS 204
CONTRACEPTIVES 210
LIST OF MANUFACTURERS OR AGENTS 211
BIBLIOGRAPHY 214
INDEX 216

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.1.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
• ISBN-10: 1-4832-2548-8 / 1483225488
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4832-2548-7 / 9781483225487