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And
read comments from people who have
used a cup.
Do cups
cause endometriosis? Not enough evidence,
says the FDA.
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history information menstrual cup
menstruation menstrual cycle Chalmers period
rubber latex
education tampon sponge old advertising ad
douche vagina feminine hygiene period blood
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Introduction to a History of the Menstrual Cup
(PICTURES of cups
at the bottom of this page)
The commercial menstrual cup
(photos below),
a device inserted into the vagina
to collect, but not absorb,
menstrual blood, has been around
at least since the 1930s,
when the American Leona W.
Chalmers patented it (see
part 1
of the history of the menstrual
cup); an earlier
patent also exists for
the Daintette
cup - its history is less clear.
(Read more about
the history of
the menstrual cup - First cup?
Tassette,
Tassaway,
The Keeper,
Daintette,
Foldene
Women
didn't buy many of the Chalmers
cups when the company sold the
hard rubber cup right before
World War ll, and it failed.
It wasn't until 1959 that
Tassette, Inc., began marketing a
softer version, in collaboration
with Leona Chalmers. It also
failed, in the early 1960s.
Women today can buy the reusable
The
Keeper, sold since the late
1980s; the one-time use Instead
(1-800-INSTEAD, or Web
site), which Ultrafem
started selling in the fall of
1996 in the western part of the
U.S.A.; the British Mooncup (Web
site); the Canadian DivaCup,
made of silicone (Web
site); and the Finnish
Lunette cup (Web
site). I'll add MUM pages
for the latter four cups later.
(PICTURES
of cups at the bottom of this
page)
MUM board member Dr. Philip
M. Tierno, Jr., director
of clinical microbiology and
immunology at the New York
University Medical Center,
kindly donated both the rare
Tassette and Tassaway cups
(below) to this museum. Robert
Oreck, president of the company
that made the Tassette cup, gave
the cup to Tierno, who then gave
it to MUM. Dr.Tierno is world
renowned for his research into
the safety of menstrual hygiene
products. Harry Finley, director
of MUM, took the photos of the
cups, which are in the museum
collection.
Long
download time!
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Harry Finley, director of
MUM, took the photos of the
cups, which are in the museum
collection.
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© 1997-2006 Harry Finley.
It is illegal to reproduce or
distribute any of the work on this
Web site in any manner or medium
without written permission of the
author. Please report suspected
violations to hfinley@mum.org
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