More contraceptives & information
More douching & vaginal deodorants, including ads.
Boxes of patent medicine for women
Murray & Nickell Blue Cohosh Root
| Murray & Nickell Cotton Root Bark | Allaire Woodward & Co. Oak Bark-White |
Wampole's Vaginal Cones with Picric Acid | Humphreys "31" | Orange Blossom Suppositories |
Dr. Pierce's Vaginal Tablets | Micajah's Medicated Wafers | Santrex Formula 52T | Sedets |
Midol menstrual pain relief tins (containers), old ads, old booklet
Harry Finley created the images.
What did women do about menstruation in the past?
CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation and Would you stop menstruating if you could?
Some MUM site links:
HOMEPAGE |
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

Smyle Hygienic Capsules (U.S.A., 1940-1960s?)
Prophylactic and/or treatment for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), or a contraceptive,
(spermicide), or both, and for leuchorrhea (white vaginal discharge)
and as vaginal deodorant, for women

Introduction & first page.

SarahAnne Hazlewood generously donated this packet to this museum.

Below: Each page of the 4-page leaflet inside the box measures 3 5/16 x 5 5/8" (8.6 x 14.3 cm).
The first page is at right, the last, at left.
 
Below: The interior 2 pages.
Read about some of the mentioned dangerous douching methods. But
the company does not state what's in the capsules - surprising
after having criticized other companies' ingredients and while allegedly addressing the medical profession.
"[A]t least three minutes and not more than one half hour before exposure"
seems to give away the purpose of the powder: it's a contraceptive as most of the douches were
in much of the 20th century and before when contraception was illegal
in the U.S.A. But maybe it's also to prevent sexual disease. (More about douching & vaginal deodorants, including ads.)
The dictionary says GERM can mean both dangerous bacteria & other tiny organisms as well
as sperm. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
Below: One of the 18 1" long (2.54 cm) capsules packed cheek by jowl in the box.
 


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Boxes of patent medicine for women
Murray & Nickell Blue Cohosh Root
| Murray & Nickell Cotton Root Bark | Allaire Woodward & Co. Oak Bark-White |
Wampole's Vaginal Cones with Picric Acid | Humphreys "31" | Orange Blossom Suppositories |
Dr. Pierce's Vaginal Tablets | Micajah's Medicated Wafers | Santrex Formula 52T | Sedets |
Midol menstrual pain relief tins (containers), old ads, old booklet

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