Sunday, December 19, 2010

The Origin of Women's Pads

Starting from the time of Ancient Egypt, the ancient Egyptians are familiar with pads that at that time still made of papyrus leaves are softened and shaped like a tampon.Then flourished in ancient Greece by using soft cotton material and wrapped in a small timber.Various kinds of materials used for sanitary napkins such as dry grass, wool, cotton, cloth, or fiber vegetables.The form that is inserted into the bag and tucked between his legs.
In 1867 found menstrual cup (bowl of menstruation).These bowls are placed into a cloth bag which is connected with a belt tied at the waist.At that time, women do not use anything behind her skirt, so if you are menstruating, they wear these pads.In 1876, the material of the menstrual cup is replaced ingredients into rubber material that allows to collect menstrual blood, and then continues to flow through the hose leading to the reservoir bag is used outside the body.However, using a menstrual cup that only certain people only.Poor people are still using washable cloth that can be used repeatedly, because they can not afford the menstrual cup.
It was only in the first world war, the precursor to disposable pads (pads today) found.A nurse first World War, when they realized that the pads that they use to bind their wounds soldier could actually use while menstruating.Then in the 1900s, disposable pads are made.
Kotex is the first brand to pads that dilaunched in America in 1920.Innovation ensued.In the 1960s, the pads that use a belt being replaced with a bandage that uses glue.Glue it serves to hold at the bottom of panties.The material was replaced, initially using wood fiber material and cotton fiber, to other materials such as gels.Until now, innovation sanitary napkins continues to be done, which is tailored to the needs and development of women.
The thing that is useful to accommodate this menstrual blood was already appears in the written records since the 10th century.Throughout history, women use a variety of menstrual protection.Some examples which can be viewed at the Museum of Menstruation (wow!), Among others, that stitching is a type of bearing and menstrual aprons.Inuit (Eskimo) wearing a rabbit skin while in Uganda who used the papyrus.A fairly common way is to use a piece of old cloth.
Disposable napkins of the first distributed in the world is the product of Curads and Hartmann's.
 
The idea for this product came from the nurses who wore a bandage from wood pulp to absorb menstrual blood.Bearing of this type is considered quite inexpensive to be discarded after use and easy to obtain their raw materials.
 
Some maker's first disposable sanitary napkins are also manufacturers of bandages (modern napkins can be used for first aid in wound dressings because if there is no ability to absorb high sanitary napkins and sterile).It took some time for the new product widely used by women. This is mainly due to price issues.
Initially disposable napkins made of cotton wool or something, a square and given a layer of absorbent.Penyerapnya layer extended in front and rear to be linked in a special belt worn below the underwear.Designs like this model because love to slip into the troublesome front or rear.Then, the designer pads have bright idea to give the adhesive on the bottom of the bandage to stick on underwear.In the mid-1980s belted pads disappeared from the market replaced adhesive bandage.
In line with developments Ergonomic, sanitary design also evolved since the 1980's until now.First, the bandage can be up to two centimeters thick and therefore less effective penyerapnya materials, like leaking.To overcome this, various variations applied, such as adding a wing, reducing the thickness by using certain materials and so forth.Design square pads that was only made to be more curvy and turns, the type of dressing was so diverse.Types include disposable napkins panty liners, ultra thin, regular, maxi, night and maternity.
Some pads even given a deodorant to disguise the smell of blood and there is some kind of panty liner that is designed to be fitted is used together with G-string.Although the disposable pads have been widely used, pads of fabric (of course with a better design, not just pieces of cloth that disumpalkan) re-emerged around the 1970's and is quite popular in the 1980s until the 1990s.Women choosing to use cloth for reasons of comfort, health, environmental impact and cheaper because it can be washed.
and now various Kinds and Types of Bandages were adjusted according to user needs.

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