See
an American douche set from the 1920s.
Fresca douche powder from the 1920s.
Similar books:
Lydia Pinkham's Private Text-Book Upon Ailments Peculiar to Women
(1905-1910?) - The Happy Baby (Pinkham Co., 1920s-30s?) Woman's Physical Freedom (1923) by Clelia Duel Mosher, M.D.
The Intimate Side of a Woman's Life by Leona W. Chalmers (1937)
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.

Special Book for Women
Booklet (complete) by Gilbert Thayer
(20 pages, Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A., 1920s?)

Introduction.

Below: Pp. 10-11
Maternity: "While the woman should have skillful assistance during labor, it is far
more important
that, throughout pregnancy, she eat physiologically [?], and take care not
to overeat
, that she exercise regularly, and that she keep her body in prime condition."
"Morning sickness occurs in women who eat wrong and who have done so all their lives."

NEXT | cover - introduction (p.1) - 2-3 (Female trouble, corsets) - 4-5 (Vaginal douche) - 6-7 (Pelvic troubles in females,
The generative organs of females) - 8-9 (Treatment) - 10-11 (About the difficulties of maternity) - 12-13 - 14-15 -
16-17 (Nervousness) - 18-19 (Headache, Acid stomach, Cancer can be prevented, Childbirth) - 20
See an American douche set from the 1920s - Fresca douche powder from the 1920s -
SIMILAR BOOKS: Lydia Pinkham's Private Text-Book Upon Ailments Peculiar to Women
(1905-1910?) - The Happy Baby (Pinkham Co., 1920s-30s?) - The Intimate Side of a Woman's Life
by Leona W. Chalmers (1937) - Woman's Physical Freedom (1923) by Clelia Duel Mosher, M.D.
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