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Do you suffer from bad breath? Constipation? Insanity? Ask your doctor if rectal dilators are right for you. [View all]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Young%27s_Ideal_Rectal_DilatorsDr. Young's Ideal Rectal Dilators
Dr. Young's Ideal Rectal Dilators were medical devices sold in the United States from the late nineteenth century until at least the 1940s, part of the burgeoning market for patent and proprietary medicines and devices at the time.[1] They came in sets of four "torpedolike" [2] hard rubber[3] (later, plastic) instruments varying in diameter from 1⁄2 inch (12.7 mm) to 1 inch (25.4 mm) and in length from 3 to 4 inches (76.2 to 101.6 mm),[4] and according to a retrospective article in The American Journal of Gastroenterology, were no different from modern rectal dilators.[5]
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Young admitted that some patients panicked at the sight of the devices.[7]
Condemnation by Food and Drug Administration
In 1940 the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York seized a shipment of the devices as misbranded. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's subsequent Drugs and Devices Court Case Notice of Judgment[8] (captioned "U.S. v. 67 Sets of Dr. Young's Rectal Dilators and 83 Packages of Dr. Young's Piloment" ) the product's labeling claimed it corrected constipation, promoted more refreshing sleep, and could relieve foul breath, bad taste in the mouth, sallow skin, acne, anemia, lassitude, mental hebetude, insomnia, anorexia, headaches, diarrhea, hemorrhoids, flatulence, indigestion, nervousness, irritability, cold extremities, and numerous other ailments. The instructions warned, "Do not neglect to use your Dilators ... It is advisable to use [them] occasionally as a precautionary measure. You need have no fear of using them too much."
The devices were held to be "dangerous to health when used with the frequency and duration prescribed, recommended or suggested in the labeling", and the shipment was ordered to be destroyed.[4]
[...]
Detroit Medical Journal, August 1905
The New Way, September 1893. The case, according to this advertisement, was "handsome and permanent."
Dr. Young's Ideal Rectal Dilators were medical devices sold in the United States from the late nineteenth century until at least the 1940s, part of the burgeoning market for patent and proprietary medicines and devices at the time.[1] They came in sets of four "torpedolike" [2] hard rubber[3] (later, plastic) instruments varying in diameter from 1⁄2 inch (12.7 mm) to 1 inch (25.4 mm) and in length from 3 to 4 inches (76.2 to 101.6 mm),[4] and according to a retrospective article in The American Journal of Gastroenterology, were no different from modern rectal dilators.[5]
[...]
Young admitted that some patients panicked at the sight of the devices.[7]
Condemnation by Food and Drug Administration
In 1940 the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York seized a shipment of the devices as misbranded. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's subsequent Drugs and Devices Court Case Notice of Judgment[8] (captioned "U.S. v. 67 Sets of Dr. Young's Rectal Dilators and 83 Packages of Dr. Young's Piloment" ) the product's labeling claimed it corrected constipation, promoted more refreshing sleep, and could relieve foul breath, bad taste in the mouth, sallow skin, acne, anemia, lassitude, mental hebetude, insomnia, anorexia, headaches, diarrhea, hemorrhoids, flatulence, indigestion, nervousness, irritability, cold extremities, and numerous other ailments. The instructions warned, "Do not neglect to use your Dilators ... It is advisable to use [them] occasionally as a precautionary measure. You need have no fear of using them too much."
The devices were held to be "dangerous to health when used with the frequency and duration prescribed, recommended or suggested in the labeling", and the shipment was ordered to be destroyed.[4]
[...]
Detroit Medical Journal, August 1905
The New Way, September 1893. The case, according to this advertisement, was "handsome and permanent."
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