See another Lanteen booklet, Birth Control: A Health Necessity in Marriage, 1930. 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 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? | e-mail the museum | privacy on this site | who runs this museum?? | Amazing women! | the art of menstruation | artists (non-menstrual) | asbestos | belts | bidets | founder bio | Bly, Nellie | MUM board | books: menstruation and menopause (and reviews) | cats | company booklets for girls (mostly) directory | contraception and religion | costumes | menstrual cups | cup usage | dispensers | douches, pain, sprays | essay directory | extraction | facts-of-life booklets for girls | famous women in menstrual hygiene ads | FAQ | 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 directory | patent medicine | poetry directory | products, current | puberty booklets for girls and parents | religion | Religión y menstruación | your remedies for menstrual discomfort | menstrual products safety | science | Seguridad de productos para la menstruación | shame | slapping, menstrual | sponges | synchrony | tampon directory | early tampons | teen ads directory | tour of the former museum (video) | 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 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 Marriage Hygiene, booklet, 1942, Lanteen Laboratories, U.S.A Main discussion. See another Lanteen booklet, Birth Control: A Health Necessity in Marriage, 1930. Read 1930s criticism of Zonite and Lysol. More douches in the column at left. Contraception and religion. Visit the odor page. I thank the generous donor! Below: P. 1. Below: Relax! Close your eyes for three minutes! Follow your breathing! Good. Now open your eyes. Buy into this obvious (to me) picture of what this booklet is about: it's about SPERM! Did you jump when I said that? Sorry. Remember that this booklet wasn't allowed to mention that horrible word, only hint. But look below, children, at what the clever Lanteen artist drew: three lilies shaped much like sperms. Lilies are associated both with marriage and death - part of the name of this booklet and the death of the sperm! And just to make sure you don't miss the connection the words "man" and "husband" are glued to the unfortunate germ (see below), er, sperm. Whew, that should do it! If I weren't so excited I'd take a nap.  I modified the sperm found at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/19471.htm Below: Pp. 2-3. "Germ" (right-hand page) is an old-fashioned although proper word for sperm (never mentioned here); think of the germination of plants. Today the average person uses it to mean harmful bacteria and viruses; and see an American ad from 1914 using that long-standing meaning. This ambiguity was ingenious since birth control (which was illegal in 1942 if not prescribed by doctors to married women, not single) by diaphragms and douching is never described here, only the stopping of "germs." NEXT | outer covers text pages (unnumbered in booklet): 1-3 4-7 8-11 12-13 See a Lysol birth-control booklet See another Lanteen booklet, Birth Control: A Health Necessity in Marriage, 1930. See also next: Marvel douche liquid ad - Lysol douche-liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Lysol douche-liquid ad, 1948 (U.S.A.) © 2013 Harry Finley. It is illegal to reproduce or distribute work on this Web site in any manner or medium without written permission of the author. Please report suspected violations to hfinley@mum.org 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