See Kurb, a Midol competitor from Kotex. Midol newspaper ads 1911 ad with ingredients: NOT! - Slogan contest, 1911, etc. More Midol ads (magazine): 1938, 1939, 1948, 1960 Midol booklet (selections), 1959 HOMEPAGE CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation and Would you stop menstruating if you could? Some MUM site links: HOMEPAGE | MUM address & What does MUM mean? | Email the museum | Privacy on this site | Who runs this museum?? | Amazing women! | Art of menstruation | Artists (non-menstrual) | Asbestos | Belts | Bidets | Founder bio | Bly, Nellie | MUM board | Books: menstruation and menopause (and reviews) | Cats | Company booklets for girls (mostly) directory | Contraception and religion | 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 | Read 10 years (1996-2006) of articles and Letters to Your MUM on this site. Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación. Midol menstrual pain & PMS reliever tins, U.S.A., 1911-1970s? 1961-67 See the first page. More Midol ads (magazine): 1938, 1939, 1948, 1960 Midol newspaper ads 1911 ad with ingredients: NOT! - Slogan contest, 1911, etc. Midol booklet (selections), 1959 I thank the retired teacher who generously sent these tins! Below: The outside of the 1961-67 open metal box, pill-containing bottom at top, measures 3 3/16 x 1 3/16" (8 x 3 x 0.5 cm). The donor writes, "This is what my sister carried."   Below: The last lines on the outside back, enlarged, showing the ingredients. "Cinnamedrine. Alpha-[1-(Cinnamylmethylamino)ethyl]benzyl alcohol [is] a smooth muscle relaxant used in the treatment of menstrual cramping," states cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?cinnamedrine. Bad news: http://physchem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/PH/phenacetin.html writes about phenacetin (picture above): " Harmful if swallowed or inhaled. Reported as causing cancer in laboratory animals. NTP anticipated human carcinogen." Harmful if swallowed?? A 1911 Midol ad brags that Midol doesn't contain phenacetin!   Below: Inside the box.   NEXT | 1911 - ca. 1936 - ca. 1943 - 1948-mid 1950s - mid-late 1950s to 1960 - 1961-67 - 1967-70s? Midol newspaper ads 1911 ad with ingredients: NOT! - Slogan contest, 1911. See Kurb, Midol's competitor from Kotex. Other Midol ads (magazine): 1938, 1939, 1948, 1960 - Midol booklet (selections), 1959 © 2007 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 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