Somers H. Sturgis

Estrogens, Progestogens and Breast Cancer

There is as yet no unanimity of medical opinion concerning the risks attending the use of oral drugs for contraception. Recently, one aspect of the controversy — the possible relation of these comp...

Alan Guttmacher, M.D. — A Life Fulfilled

As little as seven years ago, it was a criminal offense here in Massachusetts for a registered physician to prescribe any measure for the prevention of pregnancy, let alone any steps leading to its...

Contraception Sine Comstockery

ON July 6, 1970, Judge Bailey Aldrich, of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, in a classic decision, upset previous rulings by the Massachussetts Supreme Judicial Court and de...