The revanche du berceau (“revenge of the cradle”) dreamed of by some romantic nationalists as retaliation for the British conquest of 1759 didn't seem so far-fetched.
Approved by the FDA in 2001, the patch is sold by prescription and releases ethinyl estradiol (a type of estrogen), and a progestin called norelgestromin via the skin into the bloodstream.
And everything seemed great until later the next year, when thousands of infants were born with severe birth defects, like brain damage and deformed limbs.
A group responsible for designing the Spanish pavilion at a world's fair, to be held in Paris the following summer, comes to visit Picasso in his studio.