“Fructulet”: Nassauer’s 1920s Pessary for facilitating fertilization
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"Fructulet": Nassauer's 1920s Pessary for facilitating fertilization
Dimensions
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Circa
1920s
Maker
Katsch, Munich
Country of manufacture
Germany
Description
“Fructulet”: Nassauer’s 1920s Pessary for facilitating fertilization. Length of instrument: 2.5″. Box and instrument in vg condition.
Donna J. Drucker, in her 2023 MIT Press monograph FERTILITY TECHNOLOGY, notes:
” To take another example, the Munich-based gynecologist Dr. Max
Nassauer (1869–1931) encouraged patients to use a pessary that he
designed, the Fructulet, which had a flat base to occlude the vaginal canal
and a stem that kept the cervix open so that sperm were not blocked from
reaching the uterus. Nassauer’s Fructulet was subject to wide debate among
members of the German medical community.”
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M and R Gordon
Michael and Roberta Gordon have been dealing in medical and dental antiques for more than four decades. They have helped build a number of major private collections and have contributed to the holdings of many museums. They also deal in other scientific and technology related items, including calculating instruments, office machines, patent models and wine-related accessories such as corkscrews. ROBERTA GORDON IS A SKILLED RESTORER WHO CAN HELP YOU WITH ANY INSTRUMENTS AND CASES THAT NEED ATTENTION. Feel free to contact them for details at: [email protected] or 718-541-5974
