What did American and European women use in the past for menstruation?
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Compare Dr. Pierce's The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser; or, Medicine Explained, (cover) 1895, Buffalo, New York, from Pierce's own press at his World's Dispensary Medical Association: "Spermatorrhea' (loss of semen without copulation, which usually means masturbation)


The Sexual System and Its Derangements, (selections), by Dr. E. C. Abbey, 87 or more pages (the last pages may be missing)
(1882; Buffalo, New York, U. S. A. )
Sex

The pictures show chunkier ideals than we would probably choose today and are curiously "wrapped" to hide the pubic hair and genitals; the author shows them elsewhere in great detail.
The last paragraph on this page starts with "The size of the testicles marks the courage and determination of the man," language typical of the book.
See the first page for discussion of the book.

end of selections
title page - youth - manhood - masturbation (spermatorrhea) - menstruation - menopause - uterine problems - sterility - abortion - nymphomania - leucorrhea ("the whites")

The booklet is a gift from SarahAnne Hazlewood.

   

end of selections
title page - youth - manhood - masturbation (spermatorrhea) - menstruation - menopause - uterine problems - sterility - abortion - nymphomania - leucorrhea ("the whites")
What did American and European women use in the past for menstruation?
news | first page | contact the museum | art of menstruation | artists (non-menstrual) | belts | bidets | Bly, Nellie | MUM board | books (and reviews) | cats | company booklets directory | costumes | cups | cup usage | dispensers | douches, pain, sprays | essay directory | extraction | famous people | FAQ | humor | huts | links | media | miscellaneous | museum future | Norwegian menstruation exhibit | odor | pad directory | patent medicine | poetry directory | products, current | religion | menstrual products safety | science | shame | sponges | synchrony | tampon directory | early tampons | teen ads directory | tour (video) | underpants directory | videos, films directory | washable pads | LIST OF ALL TOPICS
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