YOUR remedies for menstrual period
pain and problems.
"Faultless Feminine Syringe,"
No. 240, made by the Faultless Rubber
Company, Ashland, Ohio, U.S.A., perhaps from the 1960s or 1970s.
Read 1930s criticism of Zonite and Lysol
douche liquids.
Many ads for douching
and pain pills.
 
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Dellery cosmetic(?!) vaginal douche powder (customer sample)
Tampax [menstrual tampons] Incorporated, U.S.A. (1950s-1960s?)
Through much of the 20th century many companies in America sold equipment for squirting liquids
up the vagina. One of the main reasons was to eliminate
the odor thought to poison marriages and
physically close relationships. Americans - who
knows why? - seemed and seem to regard any body odor as repellent.
Other reasons were to kill sperm and to
heal a sick vagina.
But as you probably know indiscriminate flushing of the vagina reduces
the millions of bacteria and normal fluids that keep
the normal vagina healthy (more). (Read
1930s criticism of Zonite and Lysol douche liquids.)
Tampax, present at the birth of the menstrual
tampon, added its liquid treatment with Dellery, possibly in the 1950s
or 1960s judging from the appearance of the type.
In the most detailed statement I've ever
seen on such products, Tampax educated its customers with possibly
too much science; I wonder if the readers of the instructions understood
the rationale. But Tampax seemed to be hyperalert to the dangers of douching
and to the necessity of keeping the vagina acidic.
By doing so it narrowed the purpose of the fluid's action to "cleansing"
- "cosmetic" - probably meaning elimination of odor and harmless discharge while
retaining the conditions for keeping the user's vagina in tip-top shape.
Whether this justified offering women yet another douching solution,
I don't know.
I thank Procter & Gamble for donating the packages and literature!
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NEXT page: Instructions - "Faultless
Feminine Syringe," No. 240, made by the Faultless Rubber
Company, Ashland, Ohio, U.S.A., perhaps from the 1960s or 1970s.
Read 1930s criticism of Zonite and Lysol
douche liquids.
Many ads for douching and pain pills.
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