Douche apparatus: Germany (1933, as Hitler was coming to power), Australia, an American book promoting the practice, and instructional material for an American company that sold douche equipment and menstrual cups at Tupperware-like parties in women's houses! See an American douche set, Mon Docteur (My Doctor in French), with instructions and booklets, from about 1929. 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.) ***The Perils of Vaginal Douching*** (essay by Luci Capo Rome) - the odor page CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation and Would you stop menstruating if you could? Some MUM site links: HOMEPAGE | MUM address & What does MUM mean? | Email the museum | Privacy on this site | Who runs this museum?? | Amazing women! | Art of menstruation | Artists (non-menstrual) | Asbestos | Belts | Bidets | Founder bio | Bly, Nellie | MUM board | Books: menstruation and menopause (and reviews) | Cats | Company booklets for girls (mostly) directory | Contraception and religion | Costumes | Menstrual cups | Cup usage | Dispensers | Douches, pain, sprays | Essay directory | Extraction | Facts-of-life booklets for girls | Famous women in menstrual hygiene ads | FAQ | Founder/director biography | Gynecological topics by Dr. Soucasaux | Humor | Huts | Links | Masturbation | Media coverage of MUM | Menarche booklets for girls and parents | Miscellaneous | Museum future | Norwegian menstruation exhibit | Odor | Olor | Pad directory | Patent medicine | Poetry directory | Products, some current | Puberty booklets for girls and parents| Religion | Religión y menstruación | Your remedies for menstrual discomfort | Menstrual products safety | Seguridad de productos para la menstruación | Science | Shame | Slapping, menstrual | Sponges | Synchrony | Tampon directory | Early tampons | Teen ads directory | Tour of the former museum (video) | Underpants & panties directory | Videos, films directory | Words and expressions about menstruation | Would you stop menstruating if you could? | What did women do about menstruation in the past? | Washable pads | Read 10 years (1996-2006) of articles and Letters to Your MUM on this site. Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación. Magic and Medicine in Menstruation, booklet from Schering Corp., U.S.A., 1934 pages 8 - 11 Mikvah See the first page for a discussion of the booklet. The booklet identifies the fourth engraving, below and enlarged, as an eighteenth-century mikvah, the ritual bath used by Orthodox Jewish women who have just completed their menstrual period, even today. Read the biblical reason in religion and menstruation. See more booklets from companies. cover of the Schering booklet, inside front cover, 3 (New Guinea menstrual hut carving) 4 5 (Caucasian menstrual hut) 6 7 (British Columbian menstrual garment) 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 back cover & REFERENCES (enlarged) Next page of the Schering booklet next page of the Schering booklet cover, inside front cover, 3 (New Guinea menstrual hut carving) 4 5 (Caucasian menstrual hut) 6 7 (British Columbian menstrual garment) 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 back cover & REFERENCES (enlarged) See more booklets from companies. See another Jews' bath, from the 18th century. And speaking of cleaning, see some douche apparatus: Germany (1933, as Hitler was coming to power), Australia, an American book promoting the practice, and instructional material for an American company that sold douche equipment and menstrual cups at Tupperware-like parties in women's houses! See an American douche set, Mon Docteur (My Doctor in French), with instructions and booklets, from about 1929. © 2006 Harry Finley. It is illegal to reproduce or distribute work on this Web site in any manner or medium without written permission of the author. Please report suspected violations to hfinley@mum.org