See a real American douche set from the 1920s.
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.)
Vaginal hygiene in The
Intimate Side of a Woman's Life, by Leona W. Chalmers (1937, Pioneer
Publications, Inc., Radio City, New York), with photo of American bulb syringe
from the 1960s or 1970s.
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Douche, enema, etc., syringes from the Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalog,
1908, U.S.A
Women have practiced douching - flushing the vagina out with water or
other liquid (in Germany, a Douche - pronounced
DOO-sha - is what Americans call a shower) - probably for thousands of years.
When Sears made this catalog, douching was popular as a way to "clean"
the vagina (read why women should normally not
do this) and as a birth-control method, chasing the sperm out with a torrent
of water or other liquid, some pretty harsh (see the links above). Women
had few legal ways to prevent conception in America, and this was not a
very good one.
I enlarged Sears's top-of-the-line syringe (below the upper ad), which
was "wearever," meaning it would "wear" forever, not
that you could use it "wherever" - please! Sears copywriters had
their way with words.
And I'm not sure why the company makes such a point about its being
attractive and "tastefully trimmed" - but maybe for the same reason
a bidet looked so attractive.
See a real American douche set from the 1920s.
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See a real American douche set from the 1920s.
The Perils of Vaginal Douching
(essay by Luci Capo Rome) - the odor page-
Lysol douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Lysol douche liquid ad, 1948 (U.S.A.)
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