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 pill, 1952 (Australia)
- Pristeen genital spray ad, 1969 (U.S.A.) -
Spalt pain tablets, 1936 (Germany) - Sterizol douche liquid ad, 1926 (U.S.A.) - Vionell
genital spray ad, 1970, with Cheryl Tiegs (Germany) - Zonite
douche ad, 1928 (U.S.A.)
See a German catalog offering many of the
same things in 1933, when Hitler came to power. See many ads for douche
supplies in different countries - Read The Perils
of Vaginal Douching - Criticism of douching
with Lysol & Zonite (1936) - See an actual
douche set (Mon Docteur) from 1928-29 - "Faultless
Feminine Syringe," No. 240, made by the Faultless Rubber Company,
Ashland, Ohio, U.S.A., perhaps from the 1960s or 1970s. - Read what a doyenne of douching wrote
in 1937
 
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Violet Page douche & menstruation supplies, patent medicine and
health books, U.S.A. 1920s-1930s?
In the past hundred years catalogs in America and Europe sold women
cures for their "female problems" (see some pages from the Sears catalog and a German
catalog from 1933). The Internet has partly taken over that duty today.
Women could buy a huge variety of patent medicine (here
and here), including from the very successful
Mrs. Lydia Pinkham, some of which was to prevent
babies in an era - most of the 20th century - when this was illegal. (Sponges could also kill sperm when used with the right
addition.)
This page, probably from a catalog, shows a typical selection of remedies
for distress that doctors had trouble curing. Many of the remedies would
be discouraged today as they possibly contained harmful chemicals or destroyed
necessary bacteria in the vagina.
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Click on a section to enlarge it. You see
the front and back of the page, probably from a catalog.
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The black and white paper page measures 7 x 14" (17.6 x 35.5 cm).
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See a German catalog offering many of the same
things in 1933, when Hitler came to power. See many ads
for douche supplies in different countries - Read The
Perils of Vaginal Douching - Criticism of douching
with Lysol & Zonite (1936) - See an actual
douche set (Mon Docteur) from 1928-29 - "Faultless
Feminine Syringe," No. 240, made by the Faultless Rubber Company,
Ashland, Ohio, U.S.A., perhaps from the 1960s or 1970s. - Read what a doyenne of douching wrote
in 1937 - The odor page
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