Stories
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Female masturbation and the perils of pleasure
Dr Kate Lister exposes the brutal 19th-century ‘cures’ for women who indulged in masturbation.
- In pictures
A brief history of contraception
From douches to diaphragms, and condoms to caps, discover the wide range of contraception methods people have used over the centuries.
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The law of periodicity for menstruation
Dr Edward Clarke's Law of Periodicity claimed that females who were educated alongside their male peers were developing their minds at the expense of their reproductive organs.
Catalogue
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The "Onah" Douche.
Date: 1896- Ephemera
Harrogate royal baths : a Vichy Douche room.
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The douche, a method for calming violent lunatics.
- Books
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Aix-les-Bains thermal treatment : the douche-massage / [Henri Forestier].
Forestier, Henri.Date: 1908- Books
Two cases illustrating the successful employment of the cold douche / by W.H. Broadbent.
Broadbent, W. H. (William Henry), Sir, 1835-1907Date: 1884