More contraceptives & information
More douching & vaginal deodorants, including ads.
Boxes of patent medicine for women
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 |
Midol menstrual pain relief tins (containers), old ads, old booklet
Harry Finley created the images.
What did women do about menstruation in the past?
CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation and Would you stop menstruating if you could?
Some MUM site links:
HOMEPAGE |
MUM address & What does MUM mean? |
Email the museum |
Privacy on this site |
Who runs this museum?? |
Amazing women! |
Art of menstruation (and awesome ancient art of menstruation) |
Artists (non-menstrual) |
Asbestos |
Belts |
Bidets |
Birth control and religion |
Birth control drugs, old |
Birth control douche & sponges |
Founder bio |
Bly, Nellie |
MUM board |
Books: menstruation & menopause (& reviews) |
Cats |
Company booklets for girls (mostly) directory |
Contraception and religion |
Contraceptive drugs, old |
Contraceptive douche & sponges |
Costumes |
Menstrual cups |
Cup usage |
Dispensers |
Douches, pain, sprays |
Essay directory |
Examination, gynecological (pelvic) (short history) |
Extraction |
Facts-of-life booklets for girls |
Famous women in menstrual hygiene ads |
FAQ |
Feminine napkin, towel, pad directory |
Founder/director biography |
Gynecological topics by Dr. Soucasaux |
Humor |
Huts |
Links |
Masturbation |
Media coverage of MUM |
Menarche booklets for girls and parents |
Miscellaneous |
Museum future |
Norwegian menstruation exhibit |
Odor |
Olor |
Pad, towel, napkin directory |
Patent medicine |
Poetry directory |
Products, some current |
Puberty booklets for girls and parents|
Religion |
Religión y menstruación |
Your remedies for menstrual discomfort |
Menstrual products safety |
Sanitary napkin, towel, pad directory |
Seguridad de productos para la menstruación |
Science |
Shame |
Slapping, menstrual |
Sponges |
Synchrony |
Tampon directory |
Early tampons |
Teen ads directory |
Tour of the former museum (video) |
Towel, pad, sanitary napkin directory |
Underpants & panties directory |
Videos, films directory |
Words and expressions about menstruation |
Would you stop menstruating if you could? |
What did women do about menstruation in the past? |
Washable pads |
Read 10 years (1996-2006) of articles and Letters to Your MUM on this site.
Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación.


MUSEUM OF MENSTRUATION AND WOMEN'S HEALTH

Smyle Hygienic Capsules (U.S.A., 1940-1960s?)
Prophylactic and/or treatment for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), or a contraceptive,
(spermicide), or both, and for leuchorrhea (white vaginal discharge)
and as vaginal deodorant, for women

Smyle! Help is on the way!

Portland, Oregon, seemed to be a hotbed of of douche and similar products as MUM has other products from that not-large town. Hm, today it's very liberal . . . .

Just as with Pro-Fo Lactic, Smyle uses the word exposure in the instructions and with exact time restrictions. But it does not list its ingredients, making it tough to know what it's combating, STDs or sperm - or both.

SarahAnne Hazlewood generously donated this packet to this museum.

Below: The cardboard box measures 3 1/8 x 2 1/8" (8 x 5.5 cm).
 
Below: One side, showing a seal. There's no other text on the box.
 


NEXT: Instructions & capsule | Nice Pro-Fo Lactic More contraceptives & information What did women do about menstruation in the past?
Douching & vaginal deodorants, including ads.
Boxes of patent medicine for women
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 |
Midol menstrual pain relief tins (containers), old ads, old booklet

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