See Kotex's first successful tampon, Fibs; early Kotex tampon attempts; and an early Tampax. Procter & Gamble tampons from the 1970s: Trust, Rely. SEE the directory of all tampons on this site. DIRECTORY of all topics (See also the SEARCH ENGINE, bottom of page.) CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation and Would you stop menstruating if you could? Some MUM site links: HOMEPAGE | LIST OF ALL TOPICS | MUM address & What does MUM mean? | Email the museum | Privacy on this site | Who runs this museum?? | Amazing women! | Art of menstruation (and awesome ancient art of menstruation)| Artists (non-menstrual) | Asbestos | Belts | Bidets | Birth control and religion | Birth control drugs, old | Birth control douche & sponges | Founder bio | Bly, Nellie | MUM board | Books: menstruation & menopause (& reviews) | Cats | Company booklets for girls (mostly) directory | Contraception and religion | Contraceptive drugs, old | Contraceptive douche & sponges | Costumes | Menstrual cups | Cup usage | Dispensers | Douches, pain, sprays | Essay directory | Extraction | Facts-of-life booklets for girls | Famous women in menstrual hygiene ads | FAQ | Founder/director biography | Gynecological topics by Dr. Soucasaux | Humor | Huts | Links | Masturbation | Media coverage of MUM | Menarche booklets for girls and parents | Miscellaneous | Museum future | Norwegian menstruation exhibit | Odor | Olor | Pad directory | Patent medicine | Poetry directory | Products, some current | Puberty booklets for girls and parents | Religion | Religión y menstruación | Your remedies for menstrual discomfort | Menstrual products safety | Seguridad de productos para la menstruación | Science | Shame | Slapping, menstrual | Sponges | Synchrony | Tampon directory | Early tampons | Teen ads directory | Tour of the former museum (video) | Underpants & panties directory | Videos, films directory | Words and expressions about menstruation | Would you stop menstruating if you could? | What did women do about menstruation in the past? | Washable pads | Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación. Daints menstrual tampons (1930s? U.S.A.) Procter & Gamble kindly donated the boxes and contents as part of a gift of scores of menstrual products. Below: The absorbent part of the tampon - the plug - measures about 2.25 x 0.75" (about 6 x 2.1 cm); the string extends 4" (about 9 cm). Cellophane holds two tampons; each box contains six 'pons although two were missing when P&G sent it to me. The strings were inside the wrapping, below. But one string penetrated the wrapper in the second bundle, below, showing a certain sloppiness. Below: The uterus end of the first bundle. Below: At right, the string curls around the end of one of the tampons in the first bundle. Below: One of the tampons. The string coils around the right end. A woman would have to uncoil it before using. The arrow shows the string at one end.  The other end of the same tampon.     Below: The string of the left-hand tampon was stuck so firmly against the plug that I was convinced it threaded back into the 'pon. Later it popped loose when I tugged hard. A bad experience if you're sitting on a public toilet - or anywhere, actually. The string at right was free without a struggle. I couldn't figure out what the grooves were for or the result of. A menstrual mystery!   NEXT | box - instructions | Procter & Gamble tampons from the 1970s: Trust, Rely. See Kotex's first successful tampon, Fibs; early Kotex tampon attempts; and an early Tampax. SEE the directory of all tampons on this site. © 2008 Harry Finley. It is illegal to reproduce or distribute any of the work on this Web site in any manner or medium without written permission of the author. Please report suspected violations to hfinley@mum.org\