(Introduce into vagina three minutes before act.)
Still another found reliable is:
- Boric acid, 10 grains
- Salicylic acid, 2 grains
- Quinine bisulphate, 3 grains
- Cocoa butter, 60 grains
Practically all vaginal suppositories act as preventives but the most commonly used is the Aseptikon, manufactured by the Chinosol Company. They are to be secured at any reliable druggist's upon demand. They should be kept in a cool place. They are not poisonous and cause no injury to the membranes. They are distributed into a box costing 85 cents. The prescription quoted above can be made up more cheaply however.
It is interesting to note that in the rural districts in France the peasant women make up their preventive suppositories themselves, placing them carefully away in glass jars. This is one of the recipes which has been used:
- Gelatine, 1 part
- Water, 2 parts
- Glycerine, 5 parts
- Bisulphate of Quinine—one-half a part
Make this into a paste. Allow to spread out and solidify, then cut into pieces of 2 grammes each, wrap separately and put in a cool place (air-tight).
I have given in the foregoing pages the most commonly known means of prevention. Personally I recommend every woman to use a well fitted pessary and learn to adjust it.
Carbozine Tablets, obtainable from The Carbozine Laboratory, 3121 South Broadway, St. Louis, Mo., are highly recommended as an antiseptic and cleanser by farmer's wives and others residing in rural districts.
A highly recommended suppository, similar to those made and used successfully in Germany for over twenty years, is now obtainable from the Alotan Manufacturing Company, 2 Rector Street, New York City, at the rate of one dozen for sixty cents and two dozen for one dollar.