Marthe Voegeli

Marthe Voegeli MD
Education	M.D., University of Paris and University of Berlin , Masters Degree from Columbia University
Years active	1921-1950
Known for	Heat based male contraceptive
Profession	Physician and medical researcher

Marthe Voegeli MD (born unknown date), a Swiss physician, was a pioneer in the field of male contraceptive research.

Between 1930 and 1950 Voegeli practiced medicine in India at her own private hospital. During this time, with the assistance of 9 volunteers, she experimented with a process of heat-based contraception.^[1]

The process was simple and effective. A man would bathe his testes in a hot bath for 45 minutes a day for 3 weeks. On the completion of the 3 weeks, a period of infertility was recorded by the volunteers.

Different bath temperatures produced varying lengths of infertility. A bath of 116˚ Fahrenheit (46.7˚ Celsius) would provide contraceptive protection for 6 months. A bath of 110˚ (43.3˚ Celsius) would provide contraception for at least 4 months.

After fertility returned in the males, the conception of healthy offspring with normal childhood development was recorded.^[2]

Voegeli retired from medicine in 1950 and spent the next 20 years involved in efforts to publicise the contraceptive method which were largely ignored.^[3]

References

1. ^ Shouldn’t You Be on the Pill?
2. ^ Male contraception: Heat methods
3. ^ CONTRACEPTION THROUGH TEMPORARY MALE STERILIZATION

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