Sims's speculum in this museum
Read and see a short history of the examination technique called The Touch.
Read Dr. Soucasaux about the colposcope, used to examine the vulva, vagina and cervix of the uterus.
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? |
Email the museum |
Privacy on this site |
Who runs this museum?? |
Amazing women! |
Art of menstruation (and awesome ancient art of menstruation) |
Artists (non-menstrual) |
Asbestos |
Belts |
Bidets |
Birth control and religion |
Birth control drugs, old |
Birth control douche & sponges |
Founder bio |
Bly, Nellie |
MUM board |
Books: menstruation & menopause (& reviews) |
Cats |
Company booklets for girls (mostly) directory |
Contraception and religion |
Contraceptive drugs, old |
Contraceptive douche & sponges |
Costumes |
Menstrual cups |
Cup usage |
Dispensers |
Douches, pain, sprays |
Essay directory |
Examination, gynecological (pelvic) (short history) |
Extraction |
Facts-of-life booklets for girls |
Famous women in menstrual hygiene ads |
FAQ |
Feminine napkin, towel, pad directory |
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, towel, napkin directory |
Patent medicine |
Poetry directory |
Products, some current |
Puberty booklets for girls and parents|
Religion |
Religión y menstruación |
Your remedies for menstrual discomfort |
Menstrual products safety |
Sanitary napkin, towel, pad directory |
Seguridad de productos para la menstruación |
Science |
Shame |
Slapping, menstrual |
Sponges |
Synchrony |
Tampon directory |
Early tampons |
Teen ads directory |
Tour of the former museum (video) |
Towel, pad, sanitary napkin directory |
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 |
Read 10 years (1996-2006) of articles and Letters to Your MUM on this site.
Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación.


MUSEUM OF MENSTRUATION AND WOMEN'S HEALTH

Treatise on the Diseases of Women for the Use of
Students and Practitioners
by Alexander J. C. Skene, M. D. (New York, 1892)
Excerpts about treatment for menstrual problems in late 19th century America,
Dr. Marion Sim's brilliant gynecological surgery for fistula of the vagina &
urinary bladder (America's first great contribution to gynecology),
Dr. Skene's discovery of the paraurethral gland, & many stories about patients
Menstruation
Case #6: Chlorosis treated before puberty, with apparently good results


Introduction.

I thank SarahAnne Hazelwood for donating this book!

Below:


NEXT | Skene's fame: The female urethra & Skene's glands - Menstruation: CASE STUDIES: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12
#13 #14 #15 #16 #17 - Sims's FAMOUS OPERATION for vesico [bladder]-vaginal fistula - Gynecological examination by the touch:
Exam table Bimanual Rectum Percussion Palpation Speculum Sims's position picture - Development of the sexual organs - Virgin uterus -
Double uterus & vagina - Unicorn uterus - Duplex uterus - Vulva: anatomy DIAGRAM Virgin's vulva Kinds of hymen Hermaphroditism
Diseases of the vulva: Varicose veins Wounds Dissipated woman receives brutal beating from husband Pruritis (itching) Eruptions
of the vulva
- Anatomy of the vagina
Sims's speculum in this museum - Read and see a short history of the examination technique called The Touch.
Read Dr. Soucasaux about the colposcope, used to examine the vulva, vagina and cervix of the uterus.

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