See the 1970s P&G tampon
Trust and the later
notorious Rely. See
the other tampons
Procter & Gamble sold around the time of
Rely.
Read also the important following
articles (issues
listed) in the Rochester
(New York)
Patriot newspaper, which
investigated Rely in 1975 and 1976, years
before the toxic shock crisis: 23 July-5 August
1975 (front cover)
- 6-26 August
1975 - 11 December
1975-13 January 1976 - 1-14 September
1976) - a letter
to a customer assuring her that Rely was
safe (April 1980) - and a letter from
Procter & Gamble (22 September 1980)
announcing that it was stopping distribution
of Rely because of health concerns
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Soft
Shape menstrual tampon
(Procter & Gamble, 1968,
U.S.A.)
Devil
worship, said
Fundamentalist groups
The former Tambrands, which
made Tampax, kindly donated this
box.
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Below:
Right out of the box: cellophane-like
material wraps each 'pon.
One side is opaque, the other has
a transparent window (at right).
The three
illustrations are obviously not
proportional.
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Below:
This is not
an x-ray.
The cotton plug and string are
faintly visible through the translucent
plastic applicator. The
whole thing is about 5" long
(about 12.5 cm).
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Below:
The 2 parts of the plastic delivery
system (applicator). The smaller
plastic tube measures 2 3/4 x
5/16" at its narrowest (7 x 0.9
cm), the larger 2 3/4 x 1/2 x
3/16" (smaller end) (7 x 1.8 x 1
cm).
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Below:
The business
part of the tampon. The
cotton plug measures 2 1/4 x 1/2"
(about 5.5 x 1.7 cm), the string
about 5 1/2" (about 14 cm).
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Below:
The instructions, remarkable for
having no
pictures.
The company might have assumed
that tampons were so common
no one would need them. But beginners
would.
There's no warning of the potential
dangers of tampons;
that would come after the toxic shock
crisis a decade later.
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End - First
page of Soft Shape - See
the 1970s P&G tampon Trust and the later
notorious Rely.
See the other tampons
Procter & Gamble sold around the time
of Rely.
And see
early
newspaper articles about the danger of
Rely - from CANCER!
All tampons,
pads, belts, bidets, miscellaneous, puberty booklets,
art, underpants, teen ads
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