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Harry
Finley created the images.
What did women do about menstruation in
the past?
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MUSEUM OF MENSTRUATION AND WOMEN'S HEALTH
Smyle Hygienic
Capsules
(U.S.A., 1940-1960s?)
Prophylactic and/or treatment for sexually
transmitted diseases (STDs), or a
contraceptive,
(spermicide), or both, and for leuchorrhea
(white vaginal discharge)
and as vaginal deodorant, for women
SarahAnne
Hazlewood generously donated
this packet to this museum.
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Below:
Each page of the 4-page leaflet
inside the box measures 3 5/16 x 5
5/8" (8.6 x 14.3 cm).
The first page is at right, the
last, at left.
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Below:
The interior 2 pages.
Read about some of the mentioned dangerous
douching methods. But
the company does
not state what's in the capsules
- surprising
after having criticized other
companies' ingredients and while
allegedly addressing the medical
profession.
"[A]t least
three minutes and not more than
one half hour before exposure"
seems to give away the purpose of
the powder: it's a contraceptive
as most of the douches were
in much of the 20th century and
before when contraception was
illegal
in the U.S.A. But maybe it's also
to prevent sexual
disease. (More about douching &
vaginal deodorants, including
ads.)
The
dictionary says GERM can
mean both dangerous
bacteria & other tiny
organisms as well
as sperm.
Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
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Below:
One of the 18 1" long (2.54 cm) capsules
packed cheek by jowl in the box.
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& information What did women do
about menstruation
in the past?
Douching & vaginal
deodorants, including ads.
Boxes of patent
medicine for women
Murray & Nickell Blue Cohosh Root
| Murray &
Nickell Cotton Root Bark | Allaire Woodward &
Co. Oak Bark-White |
Wampole's Vaginal
Cones with Picric Acid | Humphreys "31" | Orange Blossom
Suppositories |
Dr. Pierce's Vaginal
Tablets | Micajah's
Medicated
Wafers | Santrex
Formula 52T | Sedets
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Midol menstrual
pain relief tins
(containers), old ads, old booklet
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