See another Lanteen booklet, Birth Control: A Health Necessity in Marriage, 1930.
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 pills ad, 1952 (Australia) - Pristeen genital spray ad, 1969 (U.S.A.) - Spalt pain tablets, 1936 (Germany) - Vionell genital spray ad, 1970, with Cheryl Tiegs (Germany) - Zonite douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.)
The Perils of Vaginal Douching (essay by Luci Capo Rome) - the odor page
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Museum of Menstruation and Women's Health

Marriage Hygiene, booklet, 1942, Lanteen Laboratories, U.S.A

First off, marriage hygiene means birth control in marriage.

Second, in 1942 the Comstock laws in America prohibited the selling and promotion of contraception to unmarried women.

This booklet uses terminology that allows the reader to infer what is really meant.

I'm assuming the date of 1942 because of what was in the newspaper clippings the donor sent that were found with the booklet. One ad in the clipping had a copyright date of 1942. But probably the definitive proof is the last line of text in the booklet.

See another Lanteen booklet, Birth Control: A Health Necessity in Marriage, 1930.

Read 1930s criticism of Zonite and Lysol. More douches in the column at left.

Contraception and religion.

Visit the odor page.

I thank the generous donor!


Below: Back cover and cover of the (each page) 3 5/8 x 5 1/2" (9.1 x 14.1 cm)
16-page (including covers) booklet.

Below: The mayor of Dodge City started the Palace Drug Store in 1883 to sell
medicinal liquor since Kansas prohibited liquor as such (source).
Companies like Mrs. Pinkham's in the East also sold such medicine.

But that must have been after the Wild West-hombres like Wyatt Earp
and Doc Holliday
gained their fame in this town made even more
famous to us by Marshall Mat Dillon and his deputy Chester Proudfoot
in the radio and TV series Gunsmoke.


This can't be right but let me speak!: Look at the first letter of the
name of the drug store. Sure looks like an F to me.
The Falace Drug Store? Phallus?
Why, that fits right into the theme of this booklet!


NEXT | outer covers text pages (unnumbered in booklet): 1-3 4-7 8-11 12-13

See a Lysol birth-control booklet

See another Lanteen booklet, Birth Control: A Health Necessity in Marriage, 1930.

See also next: Marvel douche liquid ad - Lysol douche-liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Lysol douche-liquid ad, 1948 (U.S.A.)



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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 pills ad, 1952 (Australia) - Pristeen genital spray ad, 1969 (U.S.A.) - Spalt pain tablets, 1936 (Germany) - Vionell genital spray ad, 1970, with Cheryl Tiegs (Germany) - Zonite douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.)
The Perils of Vaginal Douching (essay by Luci Capo Rome) - the odor page