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WHAT are you looking for?
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Here's WHERE it is.
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| Abortion |
In The Sexual System and Its Derangements, by
Dr. E. C. Abbey (1882) |
Advertising, old (critques, etc.)
See also separate
directories: pad directory, patent
medicine, tampon directory, douches,
pain, sprays and more in the links above.
See many American ads at Duke University |
Are you in the know? (Kotex)
(1944 (Canada), 1944
(USA), 1948, 1949,
1953, 1956 (booklet),
1964) - Australian
(pads & belts, 1900s) (douching
1900)(for Camelia pads, 1952)(for Myzone pain
pills, 1952) - Brevia
confetti panty pads and tampons (1988,
France) - Camelia pads (German, 1920s, 1930s,
1990) (1952, Australia)
- Carefree (U.K.) liner pad ads - Carefree pads, Germany (1990
, pantiliners, 1970s)
- Carefree Teen pantyliner (1991, USA) - Ad-design contest
in Britain - Curads disposable pad
(1920) - Dr. Pierce's patent medicine
- Dr. White's tampons 1987 (United Kingdom)(1989, 3-D glasses) - Elldy
tampon (Japan, 1996) - Famous
people in menstrual hygiene advertising (Cathy Rigby,
Lee Miller, Brenda
Vaccaro, Carol Lynley, Susan
Dey, Mary Lou Retton)
- Flushable menstrual-pad ads (Modess, June 1972; Sani-Flite,
Aug. 1971) - Fems pads (American, 1921)
- Freedom (German; plastic
bag with ad) (French 1990) (U.K.1990) - Fresca
douching powder - Hartmann's pads (Germany, U.S.A., England, 1890s) Kotex
(prototype 1921) (1920s, skating)
(15 Nov 1922) (Jan. 1923)
(July 1923, proof)
(March 1926) (small,
1920s) (1933, Phantom) ("and I promised
Mom - ," 1943)
(March, 1949) (1960)
(1992) (tampons, 1960s
-1970s) (Are you in the know? (1948, 1949, 1953,
1956 [booklet, 1964])(1969,
box, "sci-fi")(stick
tampon 1990) - Liasan genital wash
(German 1, 2, 1980s)
- Lil-lets tampons (U.K., 1988) - Lines pads (Italy) - Lucky
Strike cigarettes - Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound - Lysol douche
(1928, 1948) - Marvel douche (1926) - Meds
tampons (1941) (195?,
Australia)(actual tampon 1967, USA)(ad 1967 USA) Midol
menstrual pain pills (1938; booklet
1959) - Mene (U.K.) 1931
- Modess "Silent
Purchase" June 1928 - (1928) (Modess . . . . because) (1931)
(French) (Modess True
or False? ad, The American Girl magazine, January 1947)- Hartmann's
Mulpa (1890s, first German disposable pad) - Mum
deodorant (1926 USA) - Myzone
ad period pain pills 1952 - New
Freedom adhesive pads, USA (1971)
(1985) (Promotional leaflet
for New Freedom pads, about 1971) - o.b. tampon (Germany 1950s,1970s) (USA, 1989) (France,
1989) - Old Dutch Cleanser
(1920s) - Pursettes tampons (USA) (early,
? 1959) (early, April
1959) (1965) (Feb.
1974) (Oct. 1974) (undated,
1970s?), Pursettes ad offering educational material
- first American ad to feature real person in menstrual
products ad: Lee Miller, 1928, for Kotex
- Rely tampon - Ria
panty pads (German) - Saba pads (Denmark)
(Mimosept Saba, Sweden, 1981) - Spalt-Tabletten
pain pills (Germany, 1936) - Sterizol
douche (1926) - Swedish adhesive pad (1970s)
- Tampax: (first
ad?, 1936) (1939) ("Are
Vaginal Tampons Prejudicial to Health?": proof for a British
Tampax ad, 1952) (Aug. 1965) (Tampax ad promoting
use with thongs, February 1994) ("Are you sure I'll still be a virgin?" Feb.
1990) (1992) - Teenagers,
ads for - Vania
Girl (France, 1991) - Whenever panty
pads (USA, 1987) - "Woman
to Woman" [Camelia pads (German,
1920s), Fems pads (American, 1921)]
- Zonite douche liquid (1928) - See also
Tampons and Pads, below. |
| Africa, contemporary customs |
Report about contemporary practices (2004): "Menstrual
Hygiene and Management in Developing Countries: Taking Stock,"
November 2004, by Sowmyaa Bharadwaj and Archana Patkar |
| Animals and menstrual and vaginal odor |
Bears, sharks, humans, other primates - Some information about the earliest menstruating animals,
etc |
| Apron, sanitary |
See Underwear |
Art of Menopause exhibit; artists
respond to menopause
Art of Menstruation
exhibit; artists respond to menstruation
Awesome ancient
art of menstruation in Peru |
Marie Claire (Italy) featured several of the above artists in an
article in 2003, which aslo discussed this museum.
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| Art and Artists,
non-menstrual |
FISH (early 20th cent. American woman)- Max Brödel - Harry Finley |
| Articles in the monthly news |
News, Notes and You |
| Articles, Essays, Zines (but not
scientific ones; see Medicine, Menarche, Odor, Safety, Synchrony, Tampons
for other articles) |
"Terms of Endearment," movie review by
Geneva Kachman - "In
Search of Menarche: An Interview with Molly Strange,"
by Geneva Kachman - "If Men Could Menstruate,"
by Gloria Steinem - "Before I Grew Up,"
by "Michelle" |
| Asbestos and other harmful material
in tampons and pads |
The rumor of asbestos in tampons,
which has been alive since the 1970s, according to Nancy Friedman's Everything You Must Know About Tampons (1981, Berkley
Books, New York) |
| Asia |
China: belts with pad holders, 2000
& 2005 - Belt with pad (2000) - Disposable
pad and panty pad
India: Some menstrual customs, with suggestions for improved ways
of absorbing menses and education:
Teaching girls about menstruation and how to make
washable pads, in the state of Rajasthan, by MacArthus FLD Fellow Lakshmi
Murthy
Washable pads for women in Almora, Uttar Pradesh state,
giving them more freedom, contributed by Dr. Margaret Greene
See also Report about contemporary practices (2004): "Menstrual Hygiene and Management in Developing Countries:
Taking Stock," November 2004, by Sowmyaa Bharadwaj and Archana
Patkar
Japan: Early 20th cent. menstrual belts
(and comparison with a drawing by English artist Aubrey Beardsley) - early
20th cent. instructions for homemade belts and
pads and discussion of the "pony," uma) - early 20th cent.
menstrual underpants - Shampon
Young stick tampons (1977) - ad for Elldy tampons
(1996) - tampons with finger cots - Anshin tampons (origami applicator), 1977 - words
and expressions for menstruation |
| Bags, disposal for
used menstrual pads |
From Europe and America
Ads for bags: Germany (with Camelia pad ad, 1990),
America (with Whenever panty-pad ad, 1987) (with
New Freedom pad ad, 1985) |
| Belts, sanitary napkin |
Ads: Sears, 1928, 1946-47)
(Modern belts)(washable) (Modess, 1960s
)
Actual belts, including just pictures: Main list.
1945, U.S.A., "Classic" - packaging:
before 1930: "Tru-Fit"
- miscellaneous American in packaging - Swedish
ad showing woman wearing belt - Kotex
belt (1990) on mannequin - Dutch ads for Stayfree showing women wearing
belts: 1972, 1973.
Australian, about 1900. |
| Bidet allows men and women to wash feet,
hair, beards, genitals and perineum in a toilet-like device. The bather
usually rides it like a pony; Pony
is what the word meant in the French of 400 or so years ago. |
Portable, French (1928) |
| Bimanual (two-handed) and other kinds
of pelvic examination of women |
Using doll (China,19th century)
Sims position (started 19th cent.)
The Touch (le toucher) 19th cent. U.S.A.
The gynecologic palpation, article by Dr.
Nelson Soucasaux |
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| Birth control pill (The Pill) |
Enovid-E, 1964, physician's professional sample
Oral hormonal contraceptives, article by Dr.
Nelson Soucasaux
Site-visitors' opinions intermingled in other discussions in the discussion
of stopping menstruation with birth control pills
and by other means.
Uninterrupted use of hormonal contraceptives for
menstrual suppression: why I do not recommend it, by Brazilian gynecologist
Dr. Nelson Soucasaux |
| Board of Directors of MUM |
Board of Directors |
| Booklets, menarche education, puberty,
menstruation, facts of life, for parents, women and girls: see here for a detailed list. |
Article by Lynn Peril: Growing Up and Liking It
- Growing Up and Liking It (by Modess) booklets
(complete booklets: 1944, 1972)
- Health Facts on Menstruation, by Lloyd Arnold,
M.D. (Kotex, U.S.A., 1933) - Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday (Kotex booklet,
Australia, 1928, USA 1938)
- Modess teacher's manual - Preparing
for Womanhood (by Kotex, Australia, ca. 1928) - How
shall I tell my daughter? (by Modess) booklets - Getting
to Know Yourself (Pursettes, 1962) - now you are
10 (Kotex, 1958) - Teaching guides (Modess 1962,
Tampax 1986) - "What
a trained nurse wrote to her young sister," menarche booklet (The
Personal Products Corp., maker of Modess pads, probably from the late 1930s
or early 1940s) - "You're a young lady now"
(booklet from Kotex, U.S.A., 1952) |
| Booklets, other |
Personal Digest (Modess, Personal Products
Company, 1966-67)
Promotional leaflet for New Freedom pads (about
1971 |
| Books and articles about menstruation |
Bibilography of Menstruation - Menstruation
and religion - Bücher auf deutsch (German
books) - Magic and Medicine in Menstruation (booklet
from Schering Corporation, Medical Research Division, U.S.A., 1934, promoting
Progynon) |
| Books and pamphlets, advice
for women |
Sex Facts for Women, by Richard J. Lambert, Ph.G.
[sic?], M.D. (booklet, 1936) - Married Love, by
Maria Carmichael Stokes, D.Sc., London; Ph.D., Munich, founder of the first
birth control clinic in the British Empire. This is the first American edition
allowed by censors, published in 1931 by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York (The
Knickerbocker Press) |
| Bowl |
For soaking used washable menstrual pads New
Cycle, early 1990s, with links to more such bowls
Pre-Columbian bowl (menstruating vagina) from
the Nasca culture on the coast of Perú, c. 200 BCE - 600 AD |
| Breasts |
Articles by gynecologist Dr. Nelson Soucasaux: The
breasts: some morphological aspects - Premenstrual
congestion of the breasts - Women's experience
of the breasts |
| Carrier or Case
for tampons and pads |
Vinnie's (1998) |
| Cats of the Museum of Menstruation (many,
among them Prof. Dr. Mack C. Padd, Maxine Padd, Minnie Padd, Pam T. Padd,
The Supreme Kitten, Sarah Tonin, Neku Wafu (Necco Wafer with a Japanese
twist meaning Japanese cat), Meds, fax, Fibs and Wix ) |
Prof. Mack C. Padd, the Distinguished Service Institutional
Wallace C. Meyer Memorial Pouncer - Slacking
off (tenure review) and discussion of three cats - meowing order (organizational structure) of the cats |
| Cats in general |
Essays, etc. |
| Celtic views on menstruation and religion |
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| Charts |
"Standing Female Pelvic Organs"
for the Tampax Educational Department
"Female Reproductive Organs" for
the Tampax Education Department
See a Tampax sculpture. |
| Chinese pads, pad holders and belts |
Belts with pad holders, 2000 & 2005 - Belt with pad (2000) - Disposable pad
and panty pad |
| Chlorosis "green sickness,"
a form of anemia common among 19th-century adolescent girls, often attributed
to masturbation, indolence, etc. Read a long,
interesting discussion in Drawing Blood, by
Keith Wailoo, 1997, Johns Hopkins Press |
In The Science of a New Life (1875) |
| Colposcopy examination of the cervix
of the uterus and of the vagina by a special instrument |
Article by Dr. Nelson Soucasaux |
| Comics |
Frauen gemeinsam ("Common to women"),
about menstrual sychronization, Germany, Brigitte magazine, 1992
Sylvia by Nicole Hollander (episode
about this museum)
Single (Dutch, 2005) Comic strip about three
nurses. This episode features PMS.
A "Visit to the (Future) Museum of Menstruation"
by its director, Harry Finley (art and story). Not finished! |
| Companies, menstrual hygiene |
SCA Mølnlycke (Norway) - What does o.b. mean? - Tampax gives MUM
big gift - The Keeper
menstrual cup - Instead menstrual
cup - InSync Miniform interlabial pads |
| Company booklets (facts of life) for girls and
their parents (whole list) |
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| Congressional bills H.R. 2900 and 890 |
Tampon Safety and Research Acts of 1997 and 1999
(sponsored by Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Democrat of New York) |
| Constipation |
In The Intimate Side of a Woman's Life, by Leona
Chalmers, 1937, U.S.A. - Dr. Young's Improved Rectal
Dilators (U.S.A., 1900?-1940?); it's probably a masturbation device |
| Contraception |
The "Pill": Oral hormonal contraceptives,
technical article by Dr. Nelson Soucasaux
A short history of contraception and religion
- Egyptian
hieroglyphics from about 1550 B.C.E. describing a tampon used for contraception
Australian douche ads
in the "Wife's
Guide and Friend":
The Australian government prosecuted this publication for being obscene
because it advertised contraceptives and contained birth control information.
Fresca douche powder (early 20th century, U.S.A.);
the label contains language possibly hinting at contraceptive use.
Current discussion about using birth control pills to stop
menstruation (including Seasonale)
Selections from Married Love (first published
1918), Dr. Marie Stopes' book that was long
banned in America. Dr. Stopes founded the first birth-control clinic in
the British Empire, in 1921, and it's still running
Uninterrupted use of hormonal contraceptives for
menstrual suppression: why I do not recommend it, by Brazilian gynecologist
Dr. Nelson Soucasaux |
| Costumes |
Menarche costume from British Columbia, Canada
Ancient Greece: "Dress, Gender and the Menstrual Culture of Ancient Greece,"
by Amy Pence-Brown
Dress made of Instead cups, worn by the
founder of the Ultrafem company on public relations occasions
drawing, and letter giving costume to MUM
- photo
Halloween costume worn by a member of the
team at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A., that developed
the Instead menstrual cup
photo and story
"Priest's" robe of pads, etc.,
that caused a controversy in Canada
newspaper photo and story |
| Cups, menstrual, history,
your comments |
Catamenial sack (1867) - Comparison
between the Keeper and Instead (also in News) - Daintette
- Foldene - Leona Chalmers patent
for Tassette (1937) - The Keeper - Tassaway (history) (1970s)
- Tassaway stock certificate - Tassette |
| Customs, menstrual |
Report about contemporary practices (2004): "Menstrual
Hygiene and Management in Developing Countries: Taking Stock,"
November 2004, by Sowmyaa Bharadwaj and Archana Patkar
India:
Teaching girls about menstruation and how
to make washable pads, in the state of Rajasthan, by MacArthus FLD Fellow
Lakshmi Murthy
Washable pads for women in Almora, Uttar Pradesh state,
giving them more freedom, contributed by Dr. Margaret Greene
Slapping the girl who starts menstruating,
in Jewish custom:
The Tradition of Slapping Our Daughters, by Caren
Appel-Slingbaum
Slapping questionnaire for you, by Lana Thompson
Connected with religion:
Books about menstruation and religion - Religion and Menstruation: e-mail exchanges - Leviticus 15 (Old Testament) and verses from Luke, Matthew and Mark
And there are many contributions through the Letters to your MUM section
of news pages |
| Cuts |
Why the founder of this museum, Harry Finley, cut his
arms over 100 times as a teenager (among other things) and how this
might relate to his starting this museum. |
| Daintiness advertisers often used this
word in menstrual products ads |
Nupak menstrual pads, 1926, 1927
- Kotex menstrual pads, 1932 - Daintette
menstrual cup (by Dainty Maid, Inc., U.S.A.) - Personal
Daintiness, booklet by "Mrs. Barton," for Fems pads, 1921 |
| Developing countries, menstruation in |
Report about contemporary practices (2004): "Menstrual
Hygiene and Management in Developing Countries: Taking Stock,"
November 2004, by Sowmyaa Bharadwaj and Archana Patkar |
| Diaper |
Pads compared to: Italy, Australia,
U.S.A. (two Tampax ads) |
| Disney, Walt, film for Kotex |
Still-frame excerpts |
| Dispensers, tampon and pad |
Kotex (1920s-1930s) (1960s?)
- Modess (1960s?) - Kotex dispenser
offer (flyer, 1968) - Modess Because
- Neps - Pure Nap
Home tampon dispenser (cabinet) from Sweden,
of beechwood, contemporary and for sale from maker. |
| Douches, vaginal
lotions and gels, deodorants |
Amolin, The Personal Deodorant Powder (U.S.A.,
1930s?) - Daintette douche (USA) - Kotique
douche (USA 1972) - Lysol douche ad (USA, 1928,
1948) - Liasan genital wash ad (Germany, 1980s a, 1980s b) - Marvel ad (USA, 1926) - Mum deodorant ad (1926,
USA) - Sterizol ad (1928, USA) - Vionell
genital spray deodorant with Cheryl Tiegs (Germany, 1970) - Zero-Jel
vaginal cream (USA) - Zonite douche liquid (USA,
1928)
Douche syringe ("Faultless"), 1960s-1970s?,
U.S.A.
Douche syringe ("Mon Docteur" from
Mary Coleman) in box, douche tablets in box and assorted printed material,
American, about 1928-29.
Little Doozee, douch nozzle for carbonated beverage
bottle
The Perils of Vaginal Douching (essay by Luci
Capo Rome)
Read 1930s criticism of douching with Zonite
and Lysol.
Thalysia catalog, Germany, 1933, offering
douche apparatus |
| Education, menstrual |
List of facts-of-life booklets companies made
for girls and parents.
German article in Bravo, magazine for teens
(1980s) |
| Endocrinology of the menstrual cycle,
current ideas |
Article by Brazilian gynecologist Dr. Nelson
Soucasaux |
| Endometriosis |
Caused by menstrual cups? Not enough evidence, says the FDA. Read the FDA's
decision. |
| Enovid-E birth control pill |
Physician's professional sample, 1964 |
| Eugenics the definition from Sir Francis
Galton: "the science which deals with all the
influences that improve the inborn qualities of a race. It has also been
called the science of improving the human race by better breeding." |
Safe Counsel/ or/ Practical Eugenics, excerpts, by B. G. Jeffries, M.D.,
Ph.D., J. L. Nichols, A.M., Ozora S. Davis, Ph.D., and Dr. Emma F. A. Drake
(39th edition, 1928, J. L. Nichols & Co., Naperville, Illinois, U.S.A.) |
| Examination woman's physical, pelvis,
genitals |
Using doll (China,19th century)
Sims position (started 19th cent.)
The Touch (le toucher) 19th cent. U.S.A.
The gynecologic palpation, article by Dr.
Nelson Soucasaux |
| Facts-of-life booklets for girls and
their families |
List of those on this site. |
| FAQ |
Frequently Asked Questions about this museum, with
biography of the founder, Harry Finley |
| Female sexual response |
Article by Dr. Nelson Soucasaux |
| Films, videos |
In Search of Juan Colorado - Under Wraps |
| G-spot (Gräfenberg Spot) An alleged
area in the vagina and urethra that is very sexually responsive |
Gräfenberg Spot, article by Dr. Nelson Soucasaux |
| Germany, a Note from, by Petra Habiger |
Camelia pad ad and Frau Habiger's introduction
- Agevis menstrual pain medicine, and cartoon |
| Gilbreth report (1927) to Johnson &
Johnson about what women wanted in menstrual pads, by Dr.
Lillian Gilbreth: perhaps the first formal
study of the menstrual-hygiene wishes of women |
Gilbreth report (summary and discussion, with
excerpts) |
| Gräfenberg Spot (G-spot) An alleged
area in the vagina and urethra that is very sexually responsive |
Gräfenberg Spot, article by Dr. Nelson Soucasaux |
| Greek (ancient) menstrual culture and
dress |
"Dress, Gender
and the Menstrual Culture of Ancient Greece," by Amy Pence-Brown |
| Gynecological assistance |
The three basic areas: article by Dr. Nelson
Soucasaux
Psychosomatic gynecology, article by Dr. Nelson
Soucasaux |
| Hair, too much on a woman's body |
Hypertrichosis, Hirsutism and Androgenic Manifestations
in Women by Dr. Nelson Soucasaux at MUM |
| History of Menstruation |
Prehistory of Menstruation (in English) - (in
German): Frühgeschichte der Menstruation
What did European and American women use for menstruation
in the past?
The first Kotex ad campaign, 1921, with four
ads from 1921: January, May,
July, November
How Tampax tampons began |
| How much menstrual "fluid" do
women lose in menstruation? |
Tampax company estimate (about
1950) - The Dickinson estimate (Journal
of the American Medical Association, 1945) |
| Huts, menstrual, and menstrual seclusion |
Dogon of Mali - Hawaiian
- in India - Suriname
(discussed by Sally Price, Dittman Professor of American Studies at the
College of William and Mary) |
| India |
Some menstrual customs, with suggestions for improved ways of absorbing
menses and education:
Teaching girls about menstruation and how to make
washable pads, in the state of Rajasthan, by MacArthus FLD Fellow Lakshmi
Murthy
Washable pads for women in Almora, Uttar Pradesh state,
giving them more freedom, contributed by Dr. Margaret Greene
See also Report about contemporary practices (2004): "Menstrual
Hygiene and Management in Developing Countries: Taking Stock,"
November 2004, by Sowmyaa Bharadwaj and Archana Patkar |
| Jokes, menstrual - main
humor page |
Advertisements (Freedom, by Kimberly-Clark, in
Germany, U.K., and France) - Dr. Michael Abramson's
poetry - Humor in Advertising - "If Men Could Menstruate," by Gloria Steinem - menstrual humor in general - Norwegian
joke (in Norwegian, about blondes) |
| Karnaky, Dr. Karl John |
American doctor who published an article about using a powder
and pill inserted into the vagina to make the menstrual discharge disappear
(1959) |
| Leucorrhea ("the whites")
white or colorless vaginal discharge |
In The Sexual System and Its Derangements, by
Dr. E. C. Abbey (1882) |
| Letters (see also much e-mail in the
News, Notes and You) |
About Pads - Interesting
ones to MUM - Letter page |
| Links to other sites |
NetConnect - but also see the hundreds of news
updates for links I have not yet added (I'm overwhelmed) |
| Marie Claire magazine, Italian edition
(September[?] 2003) |
"Profondo Rosso," article about menstruation
featuring artists and products from this Web site; it discusses this museum
and the culture of menstruation. |
| Masturbation |
In the following: The Science of a New Life,
by John Cowan, M. D. (1875) - Plain Facts
for Old and Young: Embracing the Natural History
and Hygiene of Organic Life, by J. H. Kellogg, M. D. (1892) - Dr.
R. V. Pierce's "Spermatorrhea" section
of The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser
(63rd edition, 1895) - The Sexual System and Its Derangements,
by Dr. E. C. Abbey (1882) - Sexology, by Prof.
William H. Walling, A.M., M.D. (1912) - Gynecology,
by Howard A. Kelly, A. B., M.D., LL. D. (1928) - Dr.
Young's Improved Rectal Dilators for the Auxiliary Treatment of Piles and
Constipation (U.S.A., 1900?-1940?), probably a masturbation device
And Rachel Maines wrote an amazing book about doctors'
masturbating their patients, male and female, as a treatment, in the late
19th and early 20th centuries: The Technology
of Orgasm: "Hysteria," the Vibrator, and Women's Sexual Satisfaction
(Johns Hopkins Press, 1999) - |
| Media (TV, radio, print, Internet) reaction
to MUM |
The Media and MUM
Maclean's magazine (Canada): December 2005
story about indefinitely stopping menstruation, link to article, three pages
on MUM, paragraphs about MUM director. |
| Medicine, Patent Medicine and Medical Problems
with products |
Patent medicines: Cardui - Dr. Grace Feder Thompson - Dr.
Pierce's - Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
- Orange Blossom - Dr.
Schenck's Mandrake Pills, on a trade card for journalist Nellie
Bly.
Rochester Patriot newspaper: early articles
about Rely tampon (1975-76) |
| Medical aspects of menstruation, current |
Articles by Dr. Nelson Soucasaux: Anatomical drawings - Anovulatory
cycles - Archetypal aspects of the female genitals
- The breasts: some morphological aspects - Colposcopy - Endocrinology
of menstruation - The curious relations between
androgens and estrogens in women - Female sexual
response - Gynecological assistance: the
three basic areas - Gynecologist versus obstetrician:
what lies behind the combination? - "Gyneco-obstetric-surgical"
stubborness and the perpetuation of one of the greatest mistakes of
women's medicine - Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser
(MRKHauser) Syndrome - Menstrual toxin: An
old name for a real thing? - Nature and the ovaries
- Oral hormonal contraceptives (the "Pill")
- The ovaries: some functional and archetypal considerations
- Peculiarities of the female genitals' sensory innervation
- Physiology of menstruation - Polycystic
ovaries syndrome - Premenstrual congestion of the
breasts - Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) - Psychosomatic and symbolic aspects of menstruation - Psychosomatic gynecology - Symmetric
patterns in the female genitals - Uninterrupted
use of hormonal contraceptives for menstrual suppression: why I do not recommend
it - The uterine cervix - Uterine
contractility - The Uterus and the female "passive-active"
- Women's corporeal consciousness and experience,
Women's Experience of the Breasts,, and see his
Art of Menstruation |
| Menarche articles and company
booklets for girls and their parents(whole
list). See also here for a detailed list. |
"Growing Up and Liking It" (article
by Lynn Peril) - "Menarche in America"
(article by Shirley Landis) - Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday (Kotex booklet,
Australia, 1928, USA 1938)
- Envelope with return address of Mary Pauline
Callender, author of Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday,
etc. - Preparing for Womanhood (Kotex, ca.
1928) - How shall I tell my daughter? booklets
(by Modess) - Growing up and liking it booklets
(by Modess) - "Before I Grew Up" -
"What a trained nurse wrote to her young sister,"
menarche booklet (The Personal Products Corp., maker of Modess pads, probably
from the late 1930s or early 1940s) - now you are
10, (Kotex, 1958) - "The Periodic Cycle,"
booklet for older teenage girls (The Personal Products Corp., 1938) - "You're a young lady now" (booklet from
Kotex, U.S.A., 1952)
Average age at menarche in various
cultures |
| Menstrual extraction |
Menstrual blood extractor - Web
site about menstrual extraction |
| Menstrual huts |
Engraving of hut in Caucasia - Dogon
of Mali - Hawaiian - in India
- New Guinea carving on hut - Suriname
(discussed by Sally Price, Dittman Professor of American Studies at the
College of William and Mary) |
| Midol pain reliever (headache, toothache,
hiccups, menstrual pain) (U.S.A.) See Kurb pain reliever |
Ads 1911-1961. Ads (magazine): 1938,
1939, 1948, 1960 - Midol booklet
(selections), 1959. Slogan contest, 1911. |
| Mikvah ritual bath for Orthodox Jews |
Engraving, of 18th century mikvah - Read also a
book about medieval-to-modern Jewish menstrual history: "Niddah.
Lorsque les juifs conceptualisent la menstruation" ("Niddah. When
the Jews conceptualized menstruation") by Evyatar Marienberg, 2004
(in French) |
| Miller, Lee (Life magazine photographer) |
Appeared in first menstrual hygiene ad to use
a real person |
| Miscellaneous |
The Society for Menstrual Cycle Research conference
(1997) - Tampax sign (World War II) - Love Mirror magazine cover (1932) |
| Mosher, Clelia Duel, M.D. Well-known
American advocate of reducing menstrual flow, etc. |
Woman's Physical Freedom, by Clelia Duel Mosher,
M.D., The Woman's Press, New York City, 1923 |
| Museum cybertours |
MUM (static, on this site) - MUM
video (on another site) - Norwegian museum |
| Napkins, sanitary (sanitary towels,
menstrual pads) |
See Pads and Washable
pads |
| Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman)
famous American journalist |
Nellie Bly trade cards |
| Norwegian museum exhibit about menstruation |
Norwegian Museum (showing the history of the SABA/SCA
Mølnlycke pad company) |
| Nymphomania |
In The Sexual System and Its Derangements, by
Dr. E. C. Abbey (1882) |
Odor, pheromones
menstrual, vaginal, etc.
Olor, Traducido por María García
(Translation of the MUM odor page into Spanish by
©María García 2005) |
Animals' reaction to menstrual odor - role in reproduction - Quest napkin
powder (for odor), Regulation of ovulation by human pheromones
- (in German) "Wenn Frauen sich riechen können"
- U.S. patent for "vulvar deodorant system,"
1976
Menstrual synchrony, including Martha McClintoch's
famous article Menstrual Synchrony and Suppression, in Science magazine
(1971)
A patent medicine, Orange Blossom Suppositories: "A deodorant
for unpleasant vaginal odors"
What causes the odor of menstruation? |
| Ovary |
Articles by Dr. Nelson Soucasaux: Nature and the
Ovaries, The Ovaries: Some Functional and Archetypal
Considerations |
Pads (sanitary napkins, towels, also
padettes), napkin powder. See also Advertising, above. DIRECTORY of actual pads and pad ads on this site.
See demonstration that tabs in back must be longer
than those in front |
(Partial list; see Directory of pads for complete
list) Carefree panty pads for teens - Cellu-Ettes
(Sears, 1928) - Chinese (Anerle
brand) - Confidets (U.S.A., 1961-1980s) - Diapers compared to pads - Early Australian
(c. 1900) - Early German disposable - Gilbreth report (1927) to Johnson & Johnson about
improving pads - inSync between-the-labia pads
("miniforms") - Italian washable (ca.
1890) - Knitted Norwegian 19th cent. washable pads
(also here) - Kotex (in
Sears, 1928) (how to dispose of, 1920s)
- Kotex box 1969 (U.S.A.) - Wrapped
Kotex pad for West Disinfecting Company dispenser (mid 1930s) - Miniform (formerly
Padettes) (interlabial pads) - Wrapped Modess
pad for dispenser (1930s?) - Montgomery Ward catalog, 1924-25
- New Freedom, an early beltless pad (American,
by Kotex; box bears a copyright of 1970) - Quest
napkin powder - Ria panty pads - Venus
pads, traveling package, 1930-1940s (USA) - Washable
Pads |
| Pain, menstrual |
PMS, article by Dr. Nelson Soucasaux
Midol ad (1938) Ads 1911-1961.
Ads (magazine): 1938, 1939,
1948, 1960 - Midol
booklet (selections), 1959. Slogan
contest, 1911.
Myzone pain pills ad 1952 (Australia) - Spalt-Tabletten (Germany, 1936)
Kurb pain reliever from Kotex , newspaper ads
1936-61
PMS Crunch snack
In The Sexual System and Its Derangements, by Dr.
E. C. Abbey (1882) - The Science of a New Life,
by John Cowan, M. D. (1875)
Readers' remedies for pain relief |
| Panties (women's underpants) |
Complete list of underpants on this site |
| Panties, sanitary |
Complete list of underpants on this site |
| Patent medicine |
Main page - Dr. Young's
rectal dilators - Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
etc. - Cardui medicine - Dr. Grace Feder Thompson's letter appealing
for patients, and biography, with documents - Dr.
Pierce's medicines - Dr. E. C. Abbey's The Sexual
System and Its Derangements (1882) - Orange Blossom
medicine.
Small boxes of old American patent medicine:
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 |
| Pelvis, woman's |
Examination:
Using doll (China,19th century)
Sims position (started 19th cent.)
The Touch (le toucher) 19th cent. U.S.A.
The gynecologic palpation, article by Dr.
Nelson Soucasaux
Showing position of pad during menstruation and demonstrating
that attachment tabs in the rear must be longer than those in the front
(not that you asked) |
Perú
|
Pre-Columbian bowl from the Nasca culture on
the coast of Perú, c. 200 BCE - 600 AD, showing what seems to be
a menstruating vagina. |
| Pessary and prolapse of the uterus |
The uterus can protrude from the vagina and a pessary can hold it in; photographs |
| Pheromones and
odor |
Animals' reaction to menstrual odor - role in reproduction - Quest napkin
powder (for odor), Regulation of ovulation by human pheromones
- (in German) "Wenn Frauen sich riechen können"
- U.S. patent for "vulvar deodorant system,"
1976
Menstrual synchrony, including Martha McClintoch's
famous article Menstrual Synchrony and Suppression, in Science magazine
(1971) |
| Physiology of menstruation, current
ideas |
Article by Brazilian gynecologist Dr. Nelson Soucasaux |
| (The) "Pill" (meaning the
birth control pill, an oral hormonal contraceptive) |
Enovid-E, 1964, physician's professional sample
Oral hormonal contraceptives, article by Dr.
Nelson Soucasaux
Site-visitors' opinions intermingled in other discussions in the discussion
of stopping menstruation with birth control pills
and by other means.
Uninterrupted use of hormonal contraceptives for
menstrual suppression: why I do not recommend it, by Brazilian gynecologist
Dr. Nelson Soucasaux |
| PMS (Premenstrual syndrome), current
ideas |
Article by Brazilian gynecologist Dr. Nelson Soucasaux
Premenstrual congestion of the breasts, article
by Dr. Nelson Soucasaux |
| Poetry, Songs see
complete list here |
Poems by Michael Abramson, M.D. - "timeless," poem by Joe Davis - "A
Death in the Family," by Ellaraine Lockie |
| Polycystic ovaries syndrome |
Article by Lynn Dunning - Article
by Dr. Nelson Soucasaux |
| Pre-Columbian bowl (menstruating vagina) |
From the Nasca culture on the coast of Perú,
c. 200 BCE - 600 AD |
| Profuse menstruation |
In The Sexual System and Its Derangements, by
Dr. E. C. Abbey (1882) - The Science of a New Life,
by John Cowan, M. D. (1875) |
| Prolapse of the uterus & pessary |
The uterus can protrude from the vagina and a pessary can hold it in; photographs |
| Psychology (see
also item below) |
Women's corporal consciousness and experience,
article by Dr. Nelson Soucasaux |
Psychosomatic and Symbolic Aspects of Menstruation
|
Article by Dr. Nelson Soucasaux
Psychosomatic gynecology, Article by Dr. Nelson
Soucasaux |
Rectal dilators
|
Dr. Young's Improved Rectal Dilators for the
Auxiliary Treatment of Piles and Constipation
(U.S.A., 1900?-1940?) |
Religion and menstruation
Religión y menstruación
(Religion and Menstruation in Spanish) |
Books about menstruation and religion - Religion and Menstruation: e-mail exchanges - Leviticus 15 (Old Testament) and verses from Luke, Matthew and Mark |
| Remedies for menstrual problems, your |
Your remedies |
| Reports about MUM |
Television, Radio, Newspapers, Magazines, Books
- Letters - Comedy
Central - Sylvia comic strip
- The Village Voice
(New York City) |
Safety of tampons, pads, sponges,
menstrual cups, douching
Seguridad de productos para la menstruación |
Products safety
Tampax's defense: "Are Vaginal Tampons Prejudicial
to Health?" (Proof for a British Tampax ad, 1952)
1930s criticism of douching with Zonite and
Lysol.
The Perils of Vaginal Douching (essay by Luci
Capo Rome)
The report by Dr. Dickinson (1945) in the Journal
of the American Medical Association about the safety of tampons and comparing
pads and tampons. Dickinson was associated with Tampax.
Criticism of the Rely tampon, later associated
with toxic shock syndrome, from a tiny Rochester, New York, newspaper (1975-76). |
| Sales pamphlets, etc., for sellers of
menstrual products |
How to sell Kotex (page for trade publications,
probably early 1920s, U.S.A.)
"Your Image is Your Fortune!," Modess
sales-hints booklet for stores, 1967 (U.S.A.) |
| Sanitary apron |
American, 1914, based on Sears, Roebuck
model
Box for FORM-FIT sanitary apron, U.S.A., 1900-1920? |
Scientific and medical news items
See also the medical articles by Nelson Soucasaux
(below) |
The Science of Menstruation page - Product safety |
| Sculpture |
Sculpture of the female pelvis for Tampax
Incorporated, used on an educational chart, probably 1940s.
Sculptured bowl showing a menstruating vulva from the Nasca
culture (on the coast of Perú), c. 200 BCE - 600 AD |
| Seasonale proposed 90-day pill package
suppressing menstruation for three months, by Barr Laboratories (August
2000) |
Short discussion |
| Sex during menstruation |
Is it safe? |
| Sexual response (female) |
Article by Dr. Nelson Soucasaux |
| Shame in menstrual hygiene advertising |
Kotex (1992) - Pursettes (1974)
- Shame in advertising |
| Sponges, menstrual, contraceptive and
for introducing medicine into the vagina |
World War II (?) sponge with case - undated sponges with container - Anna
Health Sponge and container |
| Steinem, Gloria |
"If Men Could Menstruate" (funny article) |
| Sterility |
In The Sexual System and Its Derangements, by
Dr. E. C. Abbey (1882) |
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Opinions sent in by visitors to this site
Maclean's magazine (Canada): December 2005
story about indefinitely stopping menstruation, link to article, three pages
on MUM, paragraphs about MUM director. |
| Stopes, Maria Carmichael, D.Sc., London;
Ph.D., Munich, founder of the first birth control
clinic in the British Empire. Readers of
the Guardian newspaper, in the United Kingdom, voted Dr. Stopes "Woman
of the Millennium." |
Married Love, first
American edition allowed by censors, published in 1931 by G.P. Putnam's
Sons, New York (The Knickerbocker Press) |
| Stopping or suppressing menstruation |
Seasonale, seeking FDA approval to stop menstruation
for three month periods (August 2000) |
| Surveys |
A student at a large public university in the United States conducted
a small survey among students and others about their knowledge and use of
alternative menstrual products: read the 2004 survey
and the results.
Read the Gilbreth Report, which surveyed American
college and high school girls in the mid-1920s. |
| Symbolism of menstruation |
Article by Dr. Nelson Soucasaux - also his Archetypal Aspects of the Female Genitals |
| Synchrony, menstrual (women living
together menstruating together) |
Part of the menstrual odor discussion
- the article (from Nature) Menstrual synchrony and
suppression" by Martha McClintock (1971) - Pheromones
influence the menstrual cycle (K. Stern and Martha McClintock, 1998,
a summary from Nature magazine) |
| Talk: my experiences with the museum |
Getting Personal |
Tampax Bulletins (U.S.A.), probably from
the 1950s, answering 19 frequently asked questions
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| Tampons see complete
list - See also Advertising, above |
Colleens: "New Internal Sanitary Protection"
(1961) - Early commercial tampons (fax,
Fibs, Tampax, Wix, Nunap, Slim-pax, Nappons, Moderne Women) - Earliest
history of tampon - "The Dickinson Report"
(article comparing pads and tampons, 1945, based on JAMA article) - ad for
Elldy tampons (Japan, 1996) - Freedom
box (Kimberly-Clark, France) - Lil-lets (South
Africa, 1978) - Japanese tampon with finger cots
- Meds: main page with tampon, instructions
1, instructions 2 - Nunap
(fax in disguise?) - Pursettes, tampon,
box and tote - Rely tampon - Rochester
Patriot newspaper: early articles about Rely tampon (1975-76) - Russian tampon - Shampon
Young tampons (Japan, 1977) - Syngyna (instrument
for testing tampon absorption capacity) - San-Nap-Pak
tampon ad - Tampax sign (World War II) - first
tampon with applicator, 1931-33? box, tampon,
instructions - (1936) Tampax box,
tampon, patent,
ad , instructions,
dealer's instructions, dealers' advisory |
Tampon and Other Products Safety Asbestos,
dioxin, viscose rayon, toxic shock
See also the Tampax Bulletins the company published
around 1950 |
Dr. Philip Tierno, Jr. answers questions
"Are Vaginal Tampons Prejudicial to Health?"
(Proof for a British Tampax ad, 1952) |
| Tampon Safety and Research Acts of 1997 and 1999,
H.R. 2900 and 890 |
Discussion - Statement by
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, the sponsor |
| Teachers' materials |
Teacher's kit from Modess: "Educational
Portfolio on Menstrual Hygiene" (early 1950s) |
| Testing tampons and pads |
Syngyna (instrument for testing tampon absorption
capacity) |
| The Touch |
See Examination |
| Third World countries, menstruation
in |
Report about contemporary practices (2004): "Menstrual
Hygiene and Management in Developing Countries: Taking Stock,"
November 2004, by Sowmyaa Bharadwaj and Archana Patkar |
| Toys |
Kotex boxes for a doll house |
| Travelers' boxes for pads and tampons |
Here |
| Underwear, menstrual & regular,
belts, aprons, underpants, etc. Complete list of women's underpants
on this site |
Very short history, 1700-1900
APRONS (1914 Sears)
(1928 Sears) - Box
for Form-Fit sanitary apron - BELTS
(ads: Sears, Roebuck 1902, 1928,
1946-47) (Modern belts)(washable)
(Modess, 1960s) (real: 1945, "Classic")
(packaging: before 1930, "Tru-Fit") - Ad for Hickory sanitary
napkin belts (1920s?) - (Japanese ads, early
20th century) - Montgomery Ward catalog, 1924-25
- miscellaneous packaging - SUSPENDERS
(various ads
and how suspenders worked) THONGS
panty pad to be used with a thong,
from SCA (1999) - Tampax tampon ad promoting use
with thongs - UNDERPANTS
(non-menstrual): Complete list of those on this site, (open-crotch
drawers, U.S.A., 1890s) (first brief, Sears,
1935) (actual SheShells underpants, 1970s)
- "SANITARY" UNDERPANTS, i.e., menstrual (Sears, 1928, 1946-47) (bloomers, Sears,
1922) (step-in, Hickory, 1928) (Modess,
1960s) - Montgomery Ward catalog, 1924-25
- (actual Modess "Sanitary Shield,"1972)
(Japanese, ads from early 20th century) - actual
Pursettes tampon panty (1968) |
| Unusual |
Wax anatomical figure (18th century) - Halloween costume made from menstrual pads and tampons
- Dress made from Instead menstrual cups, made
and worn on certain occasions by the inventor of the cup; donated to this
museum |
| Uterus (womb) |
Problems: in The Sexual System and Its Derangements,
by Dr. E. C. Abbey (1882)
The uterine cervix, Uterine
contractility, articles by Dr. Nelson Soucasaux |
| Washable pads |
General subject - German
pattern for making pads at home, ca. 1900 - Proposal for a German washable pad and belt, 1894 - India
(in Almora, Uttar Pradesh state) - 19th century Italian
- early 20th Japanese, with instructions for
making at home, successor of the pony, or uma -19th century
Norwegian - Contemporary pattern
for home sewing, - Snap-on - With underpants - With belt
- Sears, Roebuck, 1908 (USA) - Were there special laudries for washable menstrual pads in the
U.S.A.? |
| Wave, menstrual |
An apt 19th and early 20th description of the effect
of hormones on a woman's body during the menstrual cycle. |
| "Woman to woman" named women
as spokepeople for, or somehow representing, companies |
Woman to woman (Mrs. Barton for Fems,
1921, U.S.A.; Schwester Thekla for Camelia, 1920s?, Germany)
Mary Pauline Callender, author of the
Marjorie May menarche booklets for girls, for Kotex |
| Words and expressions for menstruation |
List: U.S.A. and many other countries |
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Opinions sent in by visitors to this site |
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