Read the influential 1945 report favoring tampons over pads.
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Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación.

MUSEUM OF MENSTRUATION AND WOMEN'S HEALTH

Rating American menstrual pads and tampons for absorption in 1949 (Consumer Reports, selections)
Page 4 (last)

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I thank Tambrands, the former maker of Tampax tampons, for giving me this photocopy!

Below: Comments and additions to the text: Read about what menstrual odor comes from (sit down first).
Leaving tampons in the vagina too long can have much worse consequences than odor.
Some of the mentioned products: Sanapak (note that the top-rated products don't exist today),
Modess, Kotex, Venus, Curads, Meds, Holly-Pax, Fibs, Wix, Tampax Super, Junior & Regular.
 

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