See also Australian douche
                            ad (ca. 1900) - Fresca
                            douche powder (U.S.A.) (date ?) - Kotique douche
                            liquid ad, 1974 (U.S.A.) - Liasan (1) genital
                            wash ad, 1980s (Germany) - Liasan (2) genital
                            wash ad, 1980s (Germany) - Lysol douche liquid
                            ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Lysol
                            douche liquid ad, 1948 (U.S.A.) - Marvel douche liquid
                            ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Midol
                            menstrual pain pill ad, 1938 (U.S.A.) - Midol booklet
                            (selections), 1959 (U.S.A.) - Mum deodorant cream
                            ad, 1926 (U.S.A.) - Myzone
                            menstrual pain pills ad, 1952 (Australia) -
                            Pristeen genital
                            spray ad, 1969 (U.S.A.) - Spalt pain tablets,
                            1936 (Germany) - Vionell
                            genital spray ad, 1970, with Cheryl Tiegs
                            (Germany) - Zonite
                            douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) 
                            The Perils of
                              Vaginal Douching (essay by Luci Capo
                            Rome) - the odor
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                                    Birth
                                        Control: A Health Necessity in
                                        Marriage, folder, 1930,
                                      Lanteen Laboratories, U.S.A
                                    As Andrea Tone mentions in
                                      Devices & Desires: A History
                                      of Contraceptives in America, the
                                        man on the cover of this folder
                                        wasn't an MD but a professional
                                        model; Dr. Carr didn't exist.
                                       
                                    
                                    This hockum seemed to pervade
                                      the contraception and patent
                                        medicine trade in general.
                                      But it was profitable: Tone writes
                                      that at 10 cents each 14 million
                                      copies landed in buyers' hands by
                                      the late 1930s. During the
                                      Depression that was real money.
                                    See another Lanteen birth
                                        control booklet, Marriage
                                          Hygiene (1942). 
                                    
                                    Read 1930s criticism
                                        of Zonite and Lysol. More douches
                                          in the column at left. Contraception
                                      and religion.
                                    Visit the odor
                                      page.
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                                    Below:
                                      The cover (3 3/16 x 6 5/8", 8 x
                                      16.8 cm) of the 12-page folder. 
                                      Pages 2 and 3 are below.
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                                    See also
                                      Australian
                                      douche ad (ca. 1900) - Fresca
                                      douche powder (U.S.A.) (date ?) -
                                      Kotique
                                      douche liquid ad, 1974 (U.S.A.) -
                                      Liasan (1)
                                      genital wash ad, 1980s (Germany) -
                                      Liasan (2)
                                      genital wash ad, 1980s (Germany) -
                                      Lysol
                                      douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) -
                                      Lysol
                                      douche liquid ad, 1948 (U.S.A.) -
                                      Marvel
                                      douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) -
                                      Midol
                                      menstrual pain pill ad, 1938
                                      (U.S.A.) - Midol
                                        booklet (selections), 1959
                                      (U.S.A.) - Mum
                                      deodorant cream ad, 1926 (U.S.A.)
                                      - Myzone
                                      menstrual pain pills ad, 1952
                                      (Australia) - Pristeen
                                      genital spray ad, 1969 (U.S.A.) -
                                      Spalt
                                      pain tablets, 1936 (Germany) - Vionell
                                      genital spray ad, 1970, with
                                      Cheryl Tiegs (Germany) - Zonite
                                      douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) 
                                      The Perils
                                        of Vaginal Douching (essay
                                      by Luci Capo Rome) - the odor page
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