Box of Ortho-Novin oral contraceptive pills

PART OF:
Collection of early contraceptive pills
Made:
1960-1968 in Saunderton
maker:
Ortho Pharmaceutical Limited
Box of combined monophasic contraceptive pills, 'Ortho-Novin' Box of combined monophasic contraceptive pills, 'Ortho-Novin' Box of combined monophasic contraceptive pills, 'Ortho-Novin' Combined monophasic contraceptive pills, "Ortho-Novin"

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Box of combined monophasic contraceptive pills, 'Ortho-Novin'
Science Museum Group Collection
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Box of combined monophasic contraceptive pills, 'Ortho-Novin'
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Box of combined monophasic contraceptive pills, 'Ortho-Novin'
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Combined monophasic contraceptive pills, "Ortho-Novin"
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Box of combined monophasic contraceptive pills, 'Ortho-Novin', box with 5 dialpaks, 1960-1968. Instruction leaflets, and one dialpak were not seen. Each tablet contains Norethisterone 2.0mg and mestranol 0.1mg.

‘Dial packs’ reminded women when to take the pill. Manufacturers designed special packaging such as this soon after the oral contraceptive pill was launched in the 1960s. Monophasic pills such as Ortho-Novin are taken for 21 days, at the same time each day, with a week in between packets. The pill suppresses ovulation, which is the release of eggs into the womb. It also makes it difficult for sperm to reach an egg, or for an egg to implant itself in the lining of the womb. Each pill contains the same amount of oestrogen.

Details

Category:
Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception
Object Number:
1986-248/22
Materials:
cardboard, plastic (unidentified), materia medica and incomplete
Measurements:
overall (Box): 96 mm x 87 mm x 73 mm,
overall (Dialpak): 4 mm x 85 mm x 76 mm,
overall weight: 0.16 kg
type:
oral contraceptive pill
credit:
Donated by the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, Contemporary Medical Archive Centre

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Box for "Ortho-Novin" contraceptive pills

Box for "Ortho-Novin" contraceptive pills

Box for combined monophasic contraceptive pills, 'Ortho-Novin', England, 1960-1968

Measurements:
overall: 96 mm x 87 mm x 73 mm,
Materials:
cardboard
Object Number:
1986-248/22/6
type:
box