See also Australian douche
ad (ca. 1900) - Fresca
douche powder (U.S.A.) (date ?) - Kotique douche
liquid ad, 1974 (U.S.A.) - Liasan (1) genital
wash ad, 1980s (Germany) - Liasan (2) genital
wash ad, 1980s (Germany) - Lysol douche liquid
ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Lysol
douche liquid ad, 1948 (U.S.A.) - Marvel douche liquid
ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Midol
menstrual pain pill ad, 1938 (U.S.A.) - Midol booklet
(selections), 1959 (U.S.A.) - Mum deodorant cream
ad, 1926 (U.S.A.) - Myzone
menstrual pain pills ad, 1952 (Australia) -
Pristeen genital
spray ad, 1969 (U.S.A.) - Spalt pain tablets,
1936 (Germany) - Vionell
genital spray ad, 1970, with Cheryl Tiegs
(Germany) - Zonite
douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.)
The Perils of
Vaginal Douching (essay by Luci Capo
Rome) - the odor
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Museum of Menstruation and Women's Health
Marriage Hygiene, booklet, 1932,
Lysol vaginal douche, U.S.A
Lehn & Fink, Inc.
Women often squirted Lysol (and
soft drinks,
etc.) into the vagina as a way to
kill sperm as well to reduce odor
and treat infections. As Andrea
Tone emphasizes in Devices &
Desires: A History of
Contraceptives in America, most
sperm eluded Lysol and many women
suffered burns and irritation and
worse. (But an 89-year-old
Canadian wrote to MUM about
her positive experience - at least
that's what she can remember -
with Lysol douches.)
This booklet from the heyday of
douching quotes European women
doctors - if they existed - about
the benefits of douching, European
medicine being seen as probably
more impressive, the names
certainly attention getting,
especially the women with the
first name George.
Read 1930s criticism
of Zonite and Lysol. More douches
in the column at left.
Visit the odor
page.
Lehn & Fink also
produced a tampon
- another birth control
device?
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Below:
The cover of the 24-page, 4.25 x
5.5" (10.8 x 14.1 cm)
black-and-white booklet
(except for the cover). The back
cover is blank.
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Below:
Pages 2 (inside front cover) &
3. "Planned" certainly smacks of
"no pregnancy" - think
Planned Parenthood - doesn't it?
Women often used Lysol to kill
sperm in their vaginas - uh, they
thought they were but apparently
it was hardly effective except in
injuring their tissue, according
to Andrea Tone, in Devices &
Desires, (2001, Hill
& Wang).
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See also
Australian
douche ad (ca. 1900) - Fresca
douche powder (U.S.A.) (date ?) -
Kotique
douche liquid ad, 1974 (U.S.A.) -
Liasan (1)
genital wash ad, 1980s (Germany) -
Liasan (2)
genital wash ad, 1980s (Germany) -
Lysol
douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) -
Lysol
douche liquid ad, 1948 (U.S.A.) -
Marvel
douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) -
Midol
menstrual pain pill ad, 1938
(U.S.A.) - Midol
booklet (selections), 1959
(U.S.A.) - Mum
deodorant cream ad, 1926 (U.S.A.)
- Myzone
menstrual pain pills ad, 1952
(Australia) - Pristeen
genital spray ad, 1969 (U.S.A.) -
Spalt
pain tablets, 1936 (Germany) - Vionell
genital spray ad, 1970, with
Cheryl Tiegs (Germany) - Zonite
douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.)
The Perils
of Vaginal Douching (essay
by Luci Capo Rome) - the odor page
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