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From: jeff@rtech.UUCP (Jeff Lichtman)
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Subject: Re: Coke isn't it (for contraception)
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Date: Sat, 7-Dec-85 03:56:13 EST
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> > 
> > 	Based on the anecdotal accounts of the use of a coca-cola douche as
> > a form of contraception in the third world, and the recent New Coke/Classic 
> > Coke debate, 3 doctors at Harvard Medical School published a letter in the
> 
> 
> 	As I recall, it turns out that Diet Coke is an even more effective
> spermicide than either, Coke Classic or New Coke! In any case, while it's
> apparent that none of these beverages constitute an effective means of
> birth control, they are probably better than nothing in the case of an
> emergency, say a rape, or a case or rapid-onset fulminant irresponsibility.
> 
> 					John Wurzelmann

I'm not a doctor, but plain old common sense tells me that Coke is for
drinking.  Before you recommend using Coke as a douche, why don't you go
through your kitchen cabinet and try all of the substances you find there in
your various body orifices?  You might find some beneficial effect in some
of your trials.  For instance, what would happen if you put mustard up your
nose?  You never know, it might cure a cold.  Then again, it could cause
permanent damage to your nasal membranes.

Seriously, Mr. Wurzelmann's posting disturbs me.  He seems to be saying that
a woman who finds herself in danger of an unwanted pregnancy should try
something which is medically inadvisable (if only because no one knows what
it could do), instead of seeing a doctor.
-- 
Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.)
"Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent..."

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