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THE MUSEUM OF MENSTRUATION
AND WOMEN'S HEALTH
Sponges for contraception -
birth control - and absorbing
menstrual discharge
Thanks
very much for this sponge to the
retired teacher who has
contributed much information and
many items to the museum!
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Below:
The metal sponge case measures
1.75" (4.4 cm) in diameter and is
1" (2.5 cm) thick,
basically the same as the other sponge
cans. Not imaging the cover
straight on produced
the lopsided left and center
images; the design is actually
symmetrical.
It might date from the first half of the 20th
century and seems
American.
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Below:
The sponge sits in the case; the
inside of the top is at right. It
probably
looks very much like the unfurled
sponge on the introductory
page.
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NEXT:
Beautiful
(Australian?) sponge can with
sponge lacking a net.
Cardboard
American sponge can with sponge.
Orange-design can
with sponge. Black
can and sponge.
Anna Health Sponge
(U.S.A., 1940s?)
The contemporary Sea
Pearls (from the U.S.A.) menstrual
sponge
The contemporary Gynotex
(from the Netherlands) menstrual sponge
Main sponge page
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