Witness History

The man who invented the Pill

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09:59 | Jul 14th, 2022

In 1951, in a lab in Mexico City, Austrian chemist Dr Carl Djerassi created a synthetic hormone from wild yams. It would go on to become the Pill's active ingredient. Rachel Naylor brings together ar...Show More



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