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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

HABERLANDT, Ludwig (1885 – 1932)

1885 – 1932

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1931

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Die hormonale Sterilisierung des weiblichen Organismus.

HABERLANDT, Ludwig (1885 – 1932)

Halberlandt, professor of physiology at Innsbruck, invented the first hormonal contraceptive, Infecundin, using corpus luteum extracts from females rich in the hormone progesterone. His initial report on the contracep…