hysteria wasn't taken out of the have fischel health manuals until 1980. that is 1980.that they did not know how to diagnose. so if we're clear here, if i don't know how to diagnose something, it's 1979, and i am wanted to try and figure out what something is, to call it hysteria. women being the amazing people that they are pushed forward through this history and manage their menstrual cycles the best where they could. for a while, that actually meant using linens, or even leaves to absorb blood so they could go about their day and be amazing. the first sanitary pad was not even invented until the first world war, when nurses realized that the bandages they were using to stop wounded soldiers from bleeding would actually be more affective than the typical homemade solutions they have become accustomed to. then came actual products to help manage and conceal period blood. they were rubber underwear, sanitary suspenders, and of course, tampons. including a tampon created by the band, rely, which was meant to be worn for the entirety of the users period. needless to say,