Read 1930s criticism
of Zonite and Lysol.
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.) - Zero-Gel Vaginal Cream magazine
ad (U.S.A., 1932) -
The Perils of Vaginal
Douching (essay by Luci Capo Rome) - the odor page
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Zonite - antiseptic, floor cleaner,
douche, mouth wash, for dandruff -
advertisements (black & white)
1914 and
1916
Zonite
was an American douche liquid produced
for decades. It probably at least
irritated many women, besides
destroying normal bacteria - and sperm
- in the vagina, just as many douche
products did, ironically creating the
conditions for disease rather than
eliminating them. Read why you shouldn't douche.
Zonite is Dakin's solution (sodium
hypochlorite), essentially weak bleach
(see comments
here). Chlorinated drinking
water using sodium hypochlorite
started in the United States in 1908
in Jersey City, New Jersey, and within
the next couple of decades had helped
(with filtration) almost eliminate
cholera and typhoid fever in America.
Compare the later Australian
menstrual pain pill Myzone, which
also "zones" off the woman's body from
the rest of the world.
Read 1930s criticism
of douching with Zonite and Lysol.
See a magazine ad from September 1928.
and another
Zonite newspaper ad, from 1916.
I thank a
genealogy researcher for these
ads!
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Above left: July
14, 1914, in the Fort Wayne Weekley
Sentinel, Indiana; Right: March
25, 1916, Lima Daily News, Ohio
Below:
June 21, 1916, Fort Wayne Weekley
Sentinel, Indiana
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See another Zonite
newspaper ad, from 1916.
NEXT:
Zero-Gel Vaginal Cream magazine ad
(U.S.A., 1932) - See a Zonite
magazine ad from September 1928.
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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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