"Faultless Feminine Syringe," No.
240, made by the Faultless Rubber Company, Ashland, Ohio, U.S.A., perhaps
from the 1960s or 1970s.
 
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Mon Docteur vaginal douche set (incomplete?), with (separate?) documents,
American, 1928-29?
Booklet: "Why Haven't We Women Been Told This
Thing Before?" pages 1/2-3/4
Mon Docteur - French for "My Doctor" (a nice medical connection
with French haughtiness and naughtiness, huh?) - douche apparatus allegedly
cured many ills, beautified the user and even could prevent her from dying.
This was an era when a "germ"-free vagina led to better health
rather than to worse health as believed today. (Read Luci Rome's essay on why women should not douche. And for the heck
of it, surprise yourself with what causes
menstrual odor.)
Women could also buy an early menstrual cup associated with the same
company. See it as well as more literature about the beauty-douching connection
(!) here and here.
And read what Leona Chalmers, who developed an early menstrual cup,
writes about douching in a roughly contemporary book, The
Intimate Side of a Woman's Life.
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Senator Royal Copeland, mentioned below,
former dean of a homeopathic medical school and not a medical doctor, was
the "author of several scientific works [and] nationally known for
his writings and radio broadcasts on health problems" and served in
the U. S. Senate from 1923-1938, according to http://bioguide.congress.gov/.
He was also loyal to New York's Tammany Hall political machine.
But at the start of the great flu pandemic of 1918-20, which killed
millions worldwide, as head of the New York City health department, Dr.
Copeland and the port authority health officer
jointly stated that there was "not the slightest danger of an
epidemic" because the disease seldom attacks "a well-nourished
people." (Even had he been right, a study by his own health department
had just concluded that 20 percent of city school children were malnourished.)
He took no action whatsoever to prevent the spread of infection.
[from "The Great Influenza. The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague
in History" by John M. Barry (New York, 2005)]
"Spank all the flappers" is priceless, flappers being the
wild young women of the 1910s and 1920s in America. I believe H. L. Mencken
brought the term from England when he was editor of either The American
Mercury magazine or Smart Set.
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of Why Haven't We Women Been Told This Thing Before?
Box - douche syringe
- tablets - Leaflet: The
"Mon Docteur" Way to Health[,] Vitality[,] and Beauty (covers, pages 1, 2/3) - Leaflet: This is It
(covers, pages 2/3,
4/5, 6/7/8) - Leaflet:
Every Woman Wants to be Lovely and Belovèd
(pages 1/4, 2/3) -
Booklet: Why Haven't We Women Been Told This Thing
Before? (covers, pages 1/2-3/4,
5/6-7/8, 9/10-11/12,
13/14-15/16, 17/18-19/20,
21/22) - Booklet: The Mon
Docteur Treatments (pages 12/1, 2/3, 4/5, 6/7,
8/9, 10/11) - order form
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Copyright 2006 Harry Finley
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