406:Fill It Up

In 1918, during the Spanish flu pandemic, Lehn & Fink, Inc. advertised _______ disinfectant as an effective countermeasure to the influenza virus. Newspaper ads provided tips for preventing the spread of the disease, including washing sick-rooms and everything that came in contact with patients with _______.The company also advertised the "unrefined" _______ F. & F. (Farm & Factory) for use in factories and other large buildings — a 5-gallon (19 litre) can, when diluted as directed, made 50 gallons of disinfecting solution.In the late 1920s _______ disinfectant began being marketed by maker _______, Incorporated and distributor Lehn & Fink, Inc. as a feminine hygiene product. They intimated that vaginal douching with a _______ solution prevented infections and vaginal odor, and thereby preserved marital bliss.This _______ solution was also used as a birth control agent, as post-coital douching was a popular method of preventing pregnancy at that time. The use of _______ was later discouraged by the medical community as it tended to eliminate the bacteria normal to the healthy vagina, thus allowing more robust, health-threatening bacteria to thrive, and may have masked more serious problems that certain odors indicated in the first place.All the same, Joseph De Lee, a prominent American obstetrician who held great sway over American obstetric practice through his writings, encouraged the use of _______ during labor.In the US, from around 1930 to 1960, vaginal douching with a _______ disinfectant solution was the most popular form of birth control.US marketing ads printed testimonials from European "doctors" touting its safety and effectiveness. The American Medical Association later investigated these claims. They were unable to locate the cited "experts" and found that _______ was not effective as a contraceptive.

Ans:Lysol