Between the Covers

Softcover. Offprint. Slim octavo. Two small quarto leaves folded and stapled to make eight pages. Owner name and stamp of a noted American psychologist on the first page, pages tanned, first page with a tiny stain, and foredges with creasing and tiny tears, very good. A study of the chemical phenylmercuric acetate for use as a spermicidal contraceptive, that begins with a discussion of the British brand Volpar. (The chemistry was not suitable for most American climates, so a new jelly was formulated.) The authors are hopeful for the possibility of use as a contraceptive; phenylmercuric acetate is now considered a hazardous substance. Reprinted from *Human Fertility*, Volume 9, Number 2, June 1944.

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