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Bodies of Evidence:
Uncovering the Lost History of Contraceptives in America
This unique collection includes a wide range of contraception items, prototypes, and manufacturing devices. The Dittrick Medical History Center learned in August of 2004 that it would receive the Percy Skuy Collection on the History of Contraception. Mr. Skuy, past President of Ortho Pharmaceutical (Canada), assembled the world's most comprehensive collection of historical contraceptive devices, numbering over 650 artifacts. The Dittrick is currently working with Guest Curator, Jimmy Wilkinson Meyer, Ph.D., on the reinterpretation and installation of the Skuy Collection in a dedicated 846-sq.-ft. gallery at the Dittrick Museum of Medical History (Cleveland, Ohio). The permanent exhibit will examine the interface between contraceptive development and innovations in science and technology, and explore the impact of changes in contraception upon daily life and public policy.
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