Douche apparatus: Germany (1933, as
Hitler was coming to power), Australia, an
American book
promoting the practice, and instructional
material for an American
company
that sold douche equipment and menstrual cups at
Tupperware-like parties in
women's houses! See an American douche set, Mon Docteur (My Doctor
in French), with instructions and booklets,
from about 1929.
Magic and
Medicine in Menstruation,
booklet from Schering Corp., U.S.A.,
1934
pages 8 - 11
Mikvah
See the first page for a discussion
of the booklet.
The booklet identifies the fourth engraving,
below and enlarged, as an
eighteenth-century mikvah, the ritual bath used
by Orthodox Jewish women who have
just completed their menstrual
period, even today. Read the
biblical reason in religion and menstruation.
See more booklets from companies. See
another Jews' bath,
from the 18th century.
And speaking of cleaning, see some douche
apparatus: Germany
(1933, as Hitler was coming to power), Australia, an
American book
promoting the practice, and instructional
material for an American
company
that sold douche equipment and menstrual cups at
Tupperware-like parties in
women's houses! See an American douche set, Mon Docteur (My Doctor
in French), with instructions and booklets,
from about 1929.