See the early birth control
pill Enovid-e,
contraceptive sponges,
and Little Doozee, a
contraceptive douche.
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Testamp
fertility test tampon and
Menstro-Rhythm guide
"approved rhythm methods,"
1959
M-R Guide Co., Box
457, Detroit 31, Michigan,
U.S.A.
What a disappointment!
What I thought I acquired was a
menstrual tampon I'd never heard of
turned out to be a way to avoid
pregnancy by the famous rhythm method -
birth control. But
there's room for every kind in the
museum.
So,
what IS a tampon, anyway?
Look at some medical tampons, those
usually used to insert medicine
into body cavities :
But see a list of
the kind of tampons you're
familiar with, for menstruation.
By the way, I found neither
Metro-Rhythm nor Testamp
registered in the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office.
Finally, a well-known adviser to
the Tampax company wrote
in 1945, "
The tampon
used to pay the [gynecologist's]
office rent." He probably
meant the medical tampon since
menstrual 'pons played only a
small part in the female world
before 1945.
See the
early birth control pill Enovid-e,
contraceptive sponges,
and Little
Doozee, a
contraceptive douche.
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Below:
The plastic
container holding the
Testamp(on) and instructions (here)
measures from blue design end to end
6 1/4" (15.8 cm).
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Below:
Back
of the plastic casket-like
container, which is 1/2" (1.3 cm)
deep.
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Below:
Pulling
(arrow) on the plastic cover reveals
the paper
guide (instructions)
and tip of the Testamp.
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Below:
Take out the instructions and
Testamp and you see the top
piece (plastic)
resting on the bottom.
The second object is of course the
sliding top .
Due to different light
sources the colors
of the Testam set vary.
That's my fault.
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Below:
Two views of the plastic Testamp
tampon,
which stretches 5 3/4" (14.5 cm).
Due to different light
sources the colors
of the Testam vary.
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 Below:
Enlargement of the right end
underside.
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Below:
An enlargement of the test end shows
the test
paper, discolored by
50+ years but, loyal to the
end, ready for
action.
There's a lesson
in this for us all.
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Below:
Push the
covering on the
underside to the right (green
arrows) and the user could load
a piece of test paper (red
arrows).
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NEXT:
The instructions (Menstro-Rhythm
guide)
See
the early birth control pill Enovid-e,
contraceptive sponges,
and Little
Doozee, a contraceptive
douche.
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