Read 1930s criticism of
douche products Zonite
and Lysol. See Lysol information in old newspapers and Lysol ads from 1948 and 1934.
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Lehn & Fink New
Improved [menstrual,
contraceptive?] Tampon
with hydroxyquinoline
(1930s-1940s? Lehn & Fink Products
Corporation [Lysol],
U.S.A.)
Procter & Gamble kindly
donated the box and contents as
part of a gift of scores of
menstrual products.
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Below:
I peeled the cellophane off, which
took a piece
of the cotton with it;
age (of the cellophane, not of me)
probably affected the material.
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Below:
The cotton
plug measures about 2 x
3/4" (about 5.1 x 2 cm), the string 3
1/2" (about 9 cm), the smaller outer
tube 2 x 11/16" (about 5
x 1.7 cm) and - whew! - the larger inner
tube 2 1/4 x 5/8" (about
5.6 x 1.5 cm).
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Below:
The end of the 'pon.
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