Drug Store windows

In our town the local pharmacy was a small corner shop with a large orange and blue Rexall sign outside over the entrance. There was a couple who owned the store, he was the pharmacist and she did whatever including run the cash register. They often had a high school kid working there and she did whatever needed to be done. When I was a senior in high school one of my classmates, a girl named Lynne, worked there. She was somewhat of a looker and I found myself liking to look at her rather than check out the feminine items area, which given the size of the shop was rather large. My guess is that there had to have been a lot of douching and enema giving in those days.

Yes I still enjoy browsing the enema section which seems to have moved to the feminine care aisle. Also it seems that bulb douches not prefilled have disappeared in the last 5 years. Does anyone remember the electric douching machines that were sold in drug stores in the first half of the '70's? Douche devices can also be used for enemas although they carry an extra titillation since I know where they were intended to be inserted!

That douche device was an Aqua Fem. It really just looked like a water pick with a douche nozzle instead of the pick.

For Chicago members, the new Walgreen's at State and Randolph, on the Randolph side is several store windows with large pictures of old Walgreen store windows, almost all of which are of all sorts of enema bags, hotwater bottles nozzles etc. All easily recognized and for many of us, fondly remembered!

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Ilffer,

I remember those Aqua-Fem machines in magazines. As I recall, they were quite expensive and since they were AC powered, one would have to be careful of water contacting electricity. My imagination wondered what it would feel like up the other opening.

I think that all of us enema sensitive preverts here cherish the memories of the old drugstore "rubber goods"displays as well as the Sears and Wards catalogues.They, and the girdle ads,were my generations version of a later groups Playboy spreads.Does anyone else here think that the douche and enema displays were aimed at the ladies prurience?I do!

We were out last evening and in the restroom were a lot of vintage photographs. One of these pictured a duo of riders on an antique motorcycle. While the subject was interesting, the drug store window in the background had an amazing display of enema bags. There must have been at least a half dozen flat boxes opened to show the contents. While the photo was fuzzy, one could discern the contents. I recall seeing some medical supplies in store windows during the 60's, I never saw anything like that display in the photograph.. Golden age indeed!

As a young boy in the early 1950s, I remember seeing window displays in the local Rexall drugstore of combination enema/douche syringes in the flat boxes they came in. Usually the display included a few different brands of those syringes. I was always sneaking looks at them as I passed by with my mother. That one and only soapsuds enema she gave me in the late 1940s, when I was about 5 years old, had flipped my enema switch to the permanently on position, so I was fascinated by enemas and enema syringes and have been ever since then.

I wish they would be on display again, which would indicate that enemas were making a comeback into the mainstream again. Maybe one day...

The January windows were clothed in white back ground then prominently displayed was the largest variety of enema and douche equipment I have ever viewed then or since. One window had a very large variety of hot water bottles, enema/douche bottles all on stands, hanging down, tubing connected as well as a wide variety of nozzles attached.

Seems like whomever did the display was really into enemas - or knew that the locals were into them. Amazing display! What I'd expect if I die and somehow go to enema heaven, ha!

I recall seeing various brands of closed top enema bags on drug store shelves until the early 1970's. These were rather basic/cheap versions of 1940's--1950's classic enema bags. By the latter '70's they were all gone.

The only time I saw an enema bag in a store window was in Amsterdam in 1981. The store wasn't a pharmacy, but rather a sex shop!

I remember seeing a variety of enema bags, colon tubes, replacement enema tips, etc. on drugstore shelves in the 60s and 70s. I always took a quick peek, but didn't linger out of embarrassment.

Yes, we older people still know them, these drugstores and medical supplies stores, in whose shop windows the wide range of enema and shower utensils was offered for sale.

We lived in a small village on the outskirts of a small town with about 35,000 inhabitants at the time. This small town had two such businesses, one of which was a small family business that my mom knew the owner of. There she bought things like soap, detergent, plasters, bandages, iodine, etc., but also the devil's red rubber things, which I hated so much. When mom went shopping there, I always had to wait in front of the store. I compared myself to a dog that was leashed in front of a butcher's shop; only in reverse expectation... the dog was hoping for a treat, I certainly wasn't.

In any case, I was able to marvel at the diverse display and consider myself a little lucky that we don't have everything available at home...

I can still remember shop window decorations of this kind back to the beginning of the 80s. I know that because the enema virus infected me from my 20s; the devil knows why... And these shop windows suddenly show me up like moths at a light.

What would I be give if these shops and displays of these old rubber things still existed.

Unfortunately, you can now increasingly find these things, which are slowly being adapted to my age group: walking sticks, rollators, bedpans, urinal bottles, etc.

Recently saw a company name mentioned in here ,John Bell and Croyden of London, many years ago as a regular reader of Forum mag, this company was mention as a supplier of enema bits and bobs, turned out to be a waste of time as the people who tried to buy anything were sent on their way as they only sold to the medical profession, even though there was a big display in a shop window, i remember seeing it, but dont remember where it was. Have they resumed selling, or rather not selling ?

@Aquarius but also the devil's red rubber things,

Funny you should say that - hence my moniker.

Funny you should say that - hence my moniker.

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What would I be give if these shops and displays of these old rubber things still existed.

I never wanted to be caught staring at those window displays - didn't want anyone to know of my interest in enemas back then. The same was true when passing by the foundation wear section in local Sears where I didn't dwell upon the manikin sporting a pale blue long-leg panty girdle.

I never wanted to be caught staring at those window displays - didn't want anyone to know of my interest in enemas back then.

In the early 1970s I discovered a medical supply store in Nuremberg that had two! large shop windows were draped with everything that had to do with enemas, douches and douches for women.

Until then, I was not aware of the variety of bulbs, nozzles, bags, cabs, enema tubes, etc. I stood in front of these displays with tight pants and felt my horny thoughts exposed by every passer-by.

Incidentally, at that time I also discovered two sex shops operated by the Odörfer Verlag. At that time, this publishing house shot the enema films of the "Golden Enema Series".

At the same time, these shops offered good enema utensils.

Ilffer,

I remember those Aqua-Fem machines in magazines. As I recall, they were quite expensive and since they were AC-powered, one would have to be careful of water contacting electricity. .

jimmyt44 hits the nail squarely on the head!

The first rule of marketing is to IDENTIFY YOUR MARKET. The second rule of marketing is to KNOW YOUR MARKET. The marketing department of AquaFem certainly didn't know its market. If they would have asked the simple question, where do women douche, they would have saved their company a lot of money. I am sure if we asked the women, who douche on this site, where do you douche? The overwhelming majority would ask either in the shower or on the toilet. Now I have never seen an electrical outlet in the shower and very few around anyone's toilet. The makers of Aqua Fem might have been more successful selling ice makers to Eskimoes.

Our bathroom doesn't have any outlets near the toilet or (gasp) in the shower either. If my wife had ever bought an Aqua-Fem what I would have done is gotten an extension cord and run it to the outlet at her vanity. Of course, I'm not being serious as her folding syringe gave perfectly good douches so there was never any need for an electric appliance.

I grew up in an area that was probably near 40% Jewish, 50% Protestant and the other 10% Roman Catholic.

I mention that as the difference in enema use, as best I could tell from school yard talk, was a far more defining characteristic of us kids than religion. Actually the only religious difference we were aware of was Jewish friends somedays headed to Hebrew School after regular school which, in turn, led to being invited to Bar Mitzvahs and Bat Mitzvahs as friends were called to the Torah. Impressive big time!

But, back to enemas. We had a local drug store run by a Jewish pharmacist and pharmacist wife who were enema enablers not only amongst their Jewish clientele but also us Protestants! In their window there would regularly be a display of enema bags and in the store the aisle towards the prescription counter from the soda fountain was an enema lovers delight. The wife was in charge of window displays and when I worked there I might be called on to help. She regularly rotated syringes into the window and back to aisle display. She said she liked displaying the syringes not because someone might see and say to themselves, "oh yes, I need a new enema bag!" or "that's a nice one, I wonder how much it is?" The reason was they were bright red, large, eye catching and moving different ones in and out kept the window fresh, interesting, and would cause shoppers to notice all the items on display which were usually that week's sale items.

Our bathroom doesn't have any outlets near the toilet or (gasp) in the shower either. If my wife had ever bought an Aqua-Fem

The marketing team that ever thought up the AquaFem and similar feminine hygiene products never had a woman in the group as a woman would have pointed out how clueless the creator of the idea actually was. Women rarely are drawn by mechanical devices. Indeed, the focus tends to be directed more to tidyness and minimal effort to maintain. About the only mechanical devices with batteries and power cords that will ever appeal to women must have a vibrator function and minimize the mess.

It was eye candy for sure.

Victoria1951 it seems that companies have just added batteries…new electric bulb syringes being sold!

I will bet if the data for those ordering the electric syringes was available, that 99% would be male.

Men literally get orgasmic over mechanical devices with moving parts.

Automobiles are a prime example. A woman when evaluating the car usually will focus on what are called creature comforts here in the US. Attention will be given to how convenient it is to use the transmission.

Do the environmental controls actually provide an adjustable interior environment.

Are the seats comfortable. Is it easy to keep clean. Men however are more interested in the engine, transmission, turn ratios etc. Seating?

You could cut a barrel in half, weld it to the floorboard and the average male would think the seat was the cat's meow and line up to volunteer to drive it from NYC to LA.

None of the devices I have seen with electric pumps are easy to maintain. They actually strike me as germ factories waiting for the first moisture to allow massive germ production. Using batteries invites a lot of problems.

The grandchildren constantly encounter toys with corrosive and destructive greenish / white goo/ ash inside the battery box. Why would anyone want something with such intensive housekeeping needs?

Women typically subscribe to the 'KISS" (Keep It Simple Stupid) principle.

Men literally get orgasmic over mechanical devices with moving parts.

Yes, in my case it was my mom's girdles with all the wire garters, 😄.

I will bet if the data for those ordering the electric syringes was available, that 99% would be male.

Men literally get orgasmic over mechanical devices with moving parts.

@Victoria1951 As they say, the only difference between men and boys is the price of their toys. While my husband doesn't have an electric-powered bulb syringe. (At least I don't think he does. lol! ) He does have most gadgets. He not only has a snow blower but also a device that melts the snow. Now I could understand that if we were still back in the DC area but we live in Dallas. Furthermore, the only way he would clear the snow away from our driveway is if he were out of scotch in the middle of a massive snowstorm and he couldn't find a UBER driver. Pigs will fly before he would ever be out of liquor.

I might as well add fuel to this conversation. When it comes to automobiles I really do like the engine, but also the AC and the sound system. On my wife's list of must haves the number one item is heated seats. She would give up the AC and sound system in exchange for them. Her latest car has a heated steering wheel to which my response was "Really? You're kidding." Not only that she uses those heated seats 12 months out of the year and for the record we do NOT live in Alaska.

I might as well add fuel to this conversation. When it comes to automobiles I really do like the engine, but also the AC and the sound system. On my wife's list of must haves the number one item is heated seats. She would give up the AC and sound system in exchange for them. Her latest car has a heated steering wheel to which my response was "Really? You're kidding." Not only that she uses those heated seats 12 months out of the year and for the record we do NOT live in Alaska.

I keep my heated seat on “high” year round, even in 90+ heat. Comfy on my back.