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{{Infobox medical person
|name = Marthe Voegeli MD
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|known_for = Heat-based male contraceptive
|education = [[Doctor of Medicine|M.D.]], [[University of Paris]] and University of Berlin, Masters Degree from [[Columbia University]]
|profession = [[Physician]] and [[Biomedical research|medical researcher]]
|years_active = 1921–1950
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'''Marthe Voegeli''' was a Swiss [[physician]] and pioneer in the field of male [[Birth control|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]].<ref>[http://www.malecontraceptives.org/articles/gifford_article.php Shouldn't You Be on the Pill?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130020533/http://www.malecontraceptives.org/articles/gifford_article.php |date=2009-01-30 }}</ref>

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 °F (46.7 °C) would provide [[contraceptive]] protection for 6 months. A bath of 110° (43.3 °C) 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.<ref>[http://www.newmalecontraception.org/heat.htm Male contraception: Heat methods] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705192856/http://www.newmalecontraception.org/heat.htm |date=2008-07-05 }}</ref>

Voegeli retired from medicine in 1950 and spent the next 20 years involved in efforts to publicise the contraceptive method, which were largely ignored.<ref>[http://www.puzzlepiece.org/bcontrol/voegeli1956.txt CONTRACEPTION THROUGH TEMPORARY MALE STERILIZATION]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==

* [https://findingaids.smith.edu/repositories/2/resources/516 Martha Voegeli papers] at the [[Sophia Smith Collection]], Smith College Special Collections
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[[Category:Swiss women physicians]]
[[Category:Swiss andrologists]]
[[Category:Human reproduction]]
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[[Category:University of Paris alumni]]
[[Category:Columbia University alumni]]

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