Japanese tampon with finger cots
See a real American douche set from the 1920s.
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.)
Vaginal hygiene in The
Intimate Side of a Woman's Life, by Leona W. Chalmers (1937, Pioneer
Publications, Inc., Radio City, New York), with photo of American bulb syringe
from the 1960s or 1970s.
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TamPak menstrual tampons, no applicator, Turkey, 1973
Tampons
Never have I seen tampons visibly vary in size
like these. (But see L&F tampons.)
Maybe the company intended to give women a choice depending on the amount
of flow. Somehow I doubt it - it looks haphazard.
Tampax is famous for having invented the tampon with applicator; these
have none. But see the "super" version
of TamPak!
Tambrands kindly donated the box as part of a large
gift from its archives.
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The length of the tampons varies from 1" to about 1.325" (2.54
- 3.5 cm); they're 0.5" (1.3 cm) in diameter. The almost even inch
measurements (the string, too) suggests that inches were used in the manufacture,
not the metric system. Odd. Maybe the machine came
from America. But the uneven sides and different lengths mean - what?
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Yes, the string is yellow.
The arrow points to black material - dirt? - and a piece of the string
that were in the sealed cellophane-like package. The right drawing shows
how the string nestles in a depression in one end before it's pulled before
use. The string stretches 6.5" (about 16.5 cm).
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