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From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath)
Newsgroups: net.med,net.women
Subject: Re: Re: Coke isn't it (for contraception)
Message-ID: <51@ttidcc.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 9-Dec-85 13:52:09 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec  9 13:52:09 1985
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Summary: 

In article <2119@aecom.UUCP> wurzelma@aecom.UUCP (John Wurzelmann) writes:
>                                                              ... Finally
>no one is realistically proposing that Coke be used as contraception, even
>though the fact of the matter is, that it is used for just this purpose
>in some third world countries, and that there have not, to my knowledge, been
>any fatalities or cerbrovascular accidents reported as a result.

You yourself stated that  douching  with  Coke  might  be  "...better  than
nothing."  in  the  event  of  rape or other unprotected intercourse.  Even
ignoring the dangers of douching with Coke at all, this is  inadvisable  as
the   Coke  could  well  force  the  semen  higher  into  the  uterus  thus
_increasing_ the likelihood of pregnancy (this can happen with _any_ douche
and  is  one  reason  they  are  ineffective  as  contraceptives).  Such  a
procedure could also destroy material evidence in a rape case.

Dr. David Reuben also proposed douching with Coke in his  book  _Everything
You  Always  Wanted to Know About Sex (but were afraid to ask)_.  This book
was subsequently lambasted by  experts  in  the  field  as  being  full  of
misinformation, old wives' tales, and apocryphal nonsense.  With respect to
his recommendation of Coke as a douche the critics  (medical  doctors  all)
stated  that  the  procedure  could  lead to " ... infection, embolism, and
death.".

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