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...Saturday's contest, Crimson swingman Donald Fleming hit a pressure baseline jumper with two minutes left in regulation time to tie the game up at 63-all and cap a five-minute Crimson comeback from a nine-point deficit...
Like the diaphragm, the cap works by preventing sperm from migrating from the vagina to the uterus and then to the fallopian tubes, where conception occurs. The diaphragm is a thin rubber shield held in place against the vaginal wall by the tension of its springy rim. The cap is a thicker, thimble-shaped rubber or plastic cup that fits snugly around the neck of the uterus, the cervix, and is kept in place by suction. Both devices are used with spermicidal cream or jelly...
...cap does have drawbacks. It can be difficult to insert and remove, especially for women with long vaginas. But the cap has a decided advantage over the diaphragm: it can be reliably left in place for several days (against hours for the diaphragm) and thus affords greater sexual spontaneity. There is even promise of a cap that could be worn for years. In Chicago Gynecologist Uwe Freese and Dentist Robert Goepp are experimenting with custom-fit devices that have a one-way valve to allow menstrual blood to escape automatically...
Feminist health clinics, which have spearheaded the revival of cervical caps, say the device has received impressive notices. Iowa City's Emma Goldman Clinic for Women has fitted 700 caps since 1978, and reports that over half the clients using barrier contraceptives select the cervical cap...
...Food and Drug Administration has designated the cap an "investigational device." Beginning this week, caps will be available only to women enrolled in research studies. The agency notes that no major published work on the caps' safety and effectiveness has appeared since 1953. Says Dr. Lillian Yin of the FDA: "We just don't know if there will be a problem with abrasion of the cervix, and we don't know what will be the rate of infection or the long-term problem with tissue erosion." But critics charge that the FDA is being overcautious...