Private Sex Advice to Women: For Young Wives and those who Expect to be MarriedArmitage, Robert B.
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Private Sex Advice to Women: For Young Wives and those who Expect to be Married
Armitage, Robert B.
Marriage; Sex instruction; Women -- Health and hygiene
A popular writer on the subject gives the following prescription for a
vaginal injection: White Fluid Hydrastics, 2 ounces; Borax, 1/2 ounce;
Distilled Witch Hazel Extract, 1 pint. Use of this preparation ONE
OUNCE, DILUTED IN A PINT OF LUKEWARM WATER, as a vaginal injection,
taken twice each day.
A well-known authority gives the following advice concerning treatment
of Leucorrhea: "One of the simplest things is an alum tampon. You take a
piece of absorbent cotton, about the size of a fist, spread it out, put
about a tablespoonful of powdered alum on it, fold it up, tie a string
around the center, insert it in the vagina as far as it will go, and
leave it in twenty-four hours. Then pull it gently by the string and
syringe yourself with a quart or two of warm water. Such a tampon may be
inserted every other day or every third day, and I have known where this
simple treatment alone produced a cure. In some cases, however, douches
work better, and the two best things for douching are: tincture of
iodine and lactic acid. Buy, say, four ounces of tincture of iodine, and
use two teaspoonsful in two quarts of hot water in a douche bag. This
injection should be used twice a day, morning and night. Of the lactic
acid you buy, say, a pint, and use two tablespoonsful to two quarts of
water. The lactic acid has the advantage over the tincture of iodine
that it is colorless, while the iodine is dark and stains whatever it
comes in contact with. Sometimes I order the use of the tincture of
iodine and the lactic acid alternately: for one douche the tincture of
iodine, for the next the lactic acid, and so on. When the condition
improves, it is sufficient to use one teaspoonful of the tincture of
iodine and one tablespoonful of the lactic acid to two quarts of water.
These injections are quite efficient and have the advantage of being
perfectly harmless. One point about the injections: they should be taken
not in the standing or squatting position (in which position the fluid
comes right out), but while laying down, over a douche pan. The douche
bag should be only about a foot above the bed, so that the irrigating
fluid may come out slowly; the patient, after each injection taken in
the daytime, should remain at least half an hour in bed (in the
nighttime she stays all night in bed.) This gives the injection a better
chance to come in contact with all the parts of the vagina, and a
portion of it comes in contact with the cervix, where it exerts a
healing effect. Avoid the use of patent medicines."
UTERINE DISPLACEMENT. The woman suffering from Uterine Displacement
should, of course, consult a competent physician and be governed by his
advice. The following suggestions, however, will be found to be of
service in many cases:
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