Here are OPINIONS about menstrual cups
Introduction to a History of the Menstrual Cup, Tassette, Tassaway, The Keeper, Daintette
***The Perils of Vaginal Douching*** (essay by Luci Capo Rome) - the odor page
CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation and Would you stop menstruating if you could?
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The menstrual cup in The Intimate Side of a Woman's Life, by Leona W. Chalmers (1937, Pioneer Publications, Inc., Radio City, New York)

Introduction

Read the rest of the chapter, Vaginal Hygiene (douching), from which this section was taken.

The director of the cytology section of a state public health department kindly donated the book.

Last of Chalmers menstrual cup selections

Cover and cup diagram - first two pages of text - second two pages of text

 
The word "Rugae," at top right, means the ring-like ridges in the vagina.
That section reads,"Double rims engage rugae[,] preventing seepage."
Below that statement are the words "small catheter."

 

End of Chalmers menstrual cup selections.

Read the rest of the chapter, Vaginal Hygiene (douching), from which this section was taken.
Cover and cup diagram - first two pages of text - second two pages of text - Here are OPINIONS about menstrual cups Introduction to a History of the Menstrual Cup, Tassette, Tassaway, The Keeper, Daintette

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