See the roughly contemporary Cashay and Dale tampons, and very early Tampax and fax.
See a longer version of the report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, 1945.
DIRECTORY of all topics (See also the SEARCH ENGINE, bottom of page.)
CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation and Would you stop menstruating if you could?
Some MUM site links: homepage | LIST OF ALL TOPICS | MUM address & What does MUM mean? | e-mail the museum | privacy on this site | who runs this museum?? |
Amazing women! | the 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, current | puberty booklets for girls and parents | religion | Religión y menstruación | your remedies for menstrual discomfort | menstrual products safety | science | Seguridad de productos para la menstruación | 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
Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación.

Tampons as Menstrual Guards ("The Dickinson Report"), 1945, U.S.A.

This is the third and last page of a report of Dr. Robert L. Dickinson, in the Journal of the American Medical Association, about tampon and pad use, as modified in the September 1945 issue of Consumer Report.

Go to the previous page, the first page of the report or to Early Commercial Tampons.

Read the full version of this report.

The report is copyright 1945 Consumers Union

END. Read the full version of this report. Go to the previous page, the first page of the report or to Early Commercial Tampons. See the roughly
contemporary Cashay and Dale tampons, and very early Tampax and fax.

copyright 1998 Harry Finley