More:
Sex Facts for Women, by Richard L. Lambert,
Ph.G. [Graduate Pharmacist], M.D., 1936, New York
The Intimate Side of a Woman's Life, book by
Leona W. Chalmers (1937, Pioneer Publications, Inc., Radio City, New York):
excerpt about her menstrual cup and douching
[Douching] The "Mon Docteur" Way
to Health[,] Vitality[,] and Beauty (1928-29? leaflets, booklets: Leaflet:
This is It (covers,
pages 2/3, 4/5, 6/7/8) - Leaflet: Every Woman
Wants to be Lovely and Belovèd (pages 1/4,
2/3) - Booklet: Why Haven't
We Women Been Told This Thing Before? (covers,
pages 1/2-3/4, 5/6-7/8,
9/10-11/12, 13/14-15/16,
17/18-19/20, 21/22)
- Booklet: The Mon Docteur Treatments)
Booklets menstrual hygiene companies made
for girls, women and teachers - patent medicine
- a list of books and articles about menstruation
See early tampons and a list of tampons on this site - at least the ones I've cataloged.
 
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Home Treatment of Female Diseases, booklet,
1894
Chattanooga Medicine Company, Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.A.
Wine of Cardui, Rev. R. L. McElree, M. A. Thedford, liver, gynecology, menstrual
disturbances, black draught, girl, women, health, menstruation, period,
hygiene,
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Below: P. VAGINAL INJECTIONS [douches]
- How to Administer Them.
See later techniques in douching (1937)
See an American douche set, Mon Docteur (My Doctor
in French),
with instructions and booklets, from about 1929.
And see an American douche syringe from probably
1960-70
and read what a woman once famous in "feminine hygiene" wrote
about douching.
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Below: BATHS - How to Take Them.
A contemporary Japanese inventive genius (Kenji Kawakami) describes
in a
book how to take a bath - without getting WET.
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