Sannette Douche Powder
date: label: date made
content: early-1930s to mid-1940s
notes: label: Description
content: Paper-wrapped metal cannister with screw-on metal cap and paper label. The paper wrapper is sealed on top with a round paper label reading: "Sannette / DOUCHE / POWDER / SOOTHING / FRAGRANT". Net weight 5 ounces. Made by Sannette Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio.
label: Description
content: Use and Directions as provided on the product packaging: "Sanette is a fragrant and effective Hygienic Powder, prepared for women's personal use. Sannette solution is not too astringent. It may be recommended as a sanitary wash for daily use. Sannette should not be confused with mercury, caustics, acids, cresols or similar poisonous solutions. Sannette solution, while powerful, is cooling, soothing and cleansing to mucous surfaces.
label: Description
content: Directions: For vaginal douche: Use a heaping teaspoonful of Sannette to a quart of warm water. Properly dissolved, Sannette gives a clear solution."
label: Description
content: "Sannette Antiseptic Powder" (or "Sannette Powder") first appears in advertisements in the early/mid-1920s where it is described as a female remedy, patent medicine, or antiseptic. It begins being referred to in ads as a "douche" beginning in the 1930s, and appears to disppear from advertisements in the mid-1940s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Cincinnati
topic: label: Subject
content: Women's Health
label: Subject
content: Feminine hygiene products
label: Subject
content: Birth Control/Contraception
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Menstruation: Odor
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content: Beauty and Hygiene Products: Feminine Care
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content: Beauty and Health
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.254865.34
label: accession number
content: 254865
label: catalog number
content: 254865.34
objectType: label: Object Name
content: douche powder
label: Object Name
content: feminine hygiene product
label: Other Terms
content: Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: boric acid; alum; zinc sulphate; zinc chloride; phenol; methyl salicylate; menthol (product active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (container material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 5/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 9.2075 cm x 6.35 cm