Lysol Douche?

[neptunebob]

Would it not burn? Could be couples "put up" with i

During the Great Depression the birth rate dropped dramatically, yet the birth control pill would not come for another 30 years. It is possible that Lysol was used for population control. People could not afford any more kids in the 30s and most of the large families were started in the roaring 20s. Today, according to Planned Parenthood, douching is no longer considered effective since pills came along. Not only that, but guys probably did not want to buy or use condoms, they were not as available then as they are now.

If I were in charge of a place like a zoo or a museum that had environmental education I would have free condoms in the men's room and exhibits that talked about PP and birth control, as nothing ruins the environment as much as parenthood. I could be the most jet-setting, steak eating every night, Corvette and Harley racing playboy living in a huge house and not damage the environment as much than if I fathered children.

 

[johnrk]

re 'askolover'

I was going to mention that blue Lysol but I figured no one else had ever used it! I really liked it, it smelled so much better than the brown bottled stuff. I always thought immediately of Betadine with the brown bottle, and I couldn't stand using that stuff. I always used Hibiclens in the hospitals where I worked. I guess the blue kind just didn't sell enough.

I stopped doing direct patient care back in the 80's when I got bumped into administration. But I certainly used to put a little Lysol in the wash when I got my cotton scrubs nasty, before that.

 

[johnrk]

Lysol Laundry Sanitizer

I've noticed on Amazon that Lysol also sells jugs of Lysol Laundry Sanitizer. It's advertised to kill 99.9% of Staph. aureus and Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Has anyone here ever used it? I've seen some postings on here by people are caregivers for the ill at home.

 

[askolover]

Remember the Lysol laundry sanitizer powder back in the 80's?  My mother used it then for our colored towels. Check out the Westinghouse front loader too.

 

[ptcruiser51]

Massengill and Norforms

Absent the mention of these two products is perplexing. I recall stopping at the drugstore (1960s) with mom, for my acne Rx (I was a pizza-face in my teens). She would often purchase Massengill (I don't know if it was powder or liquid). Also occasionally Norforms suppositories. In the cabinet under our bathroom vanity, my mom kept an enormous syringe marked "fountain syringe" in a large mason jar. I assumed that was what the Massengill was used for. As for Norforms, I only saw it advertised in my mom's "Good Housekeeping" (no pun intended) with admonitions that it would keep you "fresh and dainty". I never really gave these things much thought.

In our 'hood in the slums, we had a small grocery down the block. My mom would send me now and then for cat food, tuna fish, tomato sauce, and a couple other things including a box of "Super Kotex". I never asked about this, just one of those childhood mysteries.

BTW, I have never used Lysol in any form or function. For our family it was always Mr. Clean, Formula 409, or Lestoil. Not even Pine-Sol, the old man couldn't stand the smell....

 

[iej]

This old advert for Dettol is quite odd. Trying to make old fashioned disinfectant seem “sexy”.

1977:

 

[iej]

More recent

 

[mralex]

Lysol/Dettol here in U.K. still has directions for skin cleansing

Antibacterial skin cleansing

83 ml to 1 litre of warm water.
Apply onto the desired area for 5 minutes and rinse

 

[circlew]

While we occasionally had the liquid Lysol for cleaning use, I'm sure my mother didn't use it for the purpose stated in the ad.

I do remember her having Massengill, which was a yellow powder that came in a glass jar. Once I poured some in a paper cup and made a paste out of it, and smeared it on the counter. Needless to say, mom wasn't happy about it.

 

[mralex]

Actually looked at the 4 litre bottle and it actually has directions for douching