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.)
 
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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.
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Next page of the Schering booklet
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.
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