Assertion: tampon | /r/HasProperty | since 18th century
Facets:
value: as a medical device
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: As a medical device, the tampon has been around since the 18th century, when antiseptic cotton tampons treated with salicylates were used to stop the bleeding from bullet wounds so that soldiers could survive battle,  and there have been reports of modern menstrual tampons being used for the same purpose by soldiers in the Iraq War.