Incontinence 100 Years Ago!! Yikes!! - Page 2

Johnathon · 15-08-2008

This is a very interesting topic you brought up for us. Thank you. I had always wondered about this but not posted on the topic. Thanks man, I will be watching.

Connor92 · 15-08-2008

I do what I can, lol.

ade · 16-08-2008

interestingly, with regard to women, their 'monthlies' were catered for by what amounted to nappies.
in a TV prog from about 10 years ago, a family lived as people did 100+ years ago and the mother was a bit upset by having to wear 'nappies' for her periods and i remember her bemoaning not being to sit on the chairs because of the leaking (she didn't wear rubber/placky-pants, btw).

i can also remember something from somewhere, quite some time ago which detailed the under-garments of years gone by; it would seem that for most time, most people wore, what can only be described as, nappies (without plackies, of course).

*snarf_boy* · 17-08-2008

We also shouldn't forget that poeple didn't get as old as we do now. Those incontinence products we use are mostly made for the elderly. If the man in the street reaches only an avarage age of 50 for example the problem for incontinence is a lot smaller

wetatnight · 20-08-2008

I think that cloth diapers and rubber pants ( plastic pants didn't exist back then.)
were what were used back then
and some families may have made their own diapers, because I don't think that they were readily available for purchase by everone and if they were they porbably were expensive.
also that was in the days of out houses or chamber pots. no in door plumbing
so wearing diapers back then may have been more common then today.

diaperjakey · 21-08-2008

cloth diapers and rubber pants most probably. what else could they have used?
could wear a bucket but....

daria7483 · 21-08-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by snarf_boy

We also shouldn't forget that poeple didn't get as old as we do now. Those incontinence products we use are mostly made for the elderly. If the man in the street reaches only an avarage age of 50 for example the problem for incontinence is a lot smaller

Also, keep in mind that a lot of younger people who are incontinent have other medical problems. 100 years ago they would likely have either died as infants or toddlers, or been institutionalized/hospitalized their entire life. So they wouldn't have been walking around as 20 year olds wearing diapers.

Kovalchuk · 06-09-2008

Redtails told me once that he had once read that Vladimir Lenin, founder of the USSR, was incontinent. However, I cannot personally vouch for this. -.-

wetatnight · 07-09-2008

Former Preident FDR was in a wheel chair while president and probably before, so he was most likly incontinet also.

End24L · 07-10-2008

babies and children during the victorian era wore cloth diapers and an early form of rubber pants (rubber was a pretty well understood material at the time i do believe) But what is really gross is that diapers would only be changed by the mothers servants about every three days. So how diaper rash wasnt an epidemic im not too sure. and dirty diapers were boiled in water along with the rest of the family's clothes when ever they happened to do laundry.

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15-08-2008	#11 (permalink)
Johnathon MMMMMM TURBO Historical Donor Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Age: 20 Posts: 616 Threads: 19 Gallery Uploads: 1 Wiki Edits: 9	This is a very interesting topic you brought up for us. Thank you. I had always wondered about this but not posted on the topic. Thanks man, I will be watching.

15-08-2008	#12 (permalink)
Connor92 Regular Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Missouri Age: 16 Posts: 392 Threads: 16 Gallery Uploads: 9	I do what I can, lol.

16-08-2008	#13 (permalink)
ade Regular Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: GB Posts: 166 Threads: 2 Gallery Uploads: 2 Blog Entries: 1 Reputation: 8	interestingly, with regard to women, their 'monthlies' were catered for by what amounted to nappies. in a TV prog from about 10 years ago, a family lived as people did 100+ years ago and the mother was a bit upset by having to wear 'nappies' for her periods and i remember her bemoaning not being to sit on the chairs because of the leaking (she didn't wear rubber/placky-pants, btw). i can also remember something from somewhere, quite some time ago which detailed the under-garments of years gone by; it would seem that for most time, most people wore, what can only be described as, nappies (without plackies, of course).

17-08-2008	#14 (permalink)
snarf_boy Lurker Join Date: May 2008 Location: Netherlands Posts: 4 Threads: 0 Reputation: 0	We also shouldn't forget that poeple didn't get as old as we do now. Those incontinence products we use are mostly made for the elderly. If the man in the street reaches only an avarage age of 50 for example the problem for incontinence is a lot smaller

20-08-2008	#15 (permalink)
wetatnight Regular Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: USA Posts: 129 Threads: 7 Reputation: 0	I think that cloth diapers and rubber pants ( plastic pants didn't exist back then.) were what were used back then and some families may have made their own diapers, because I don't think that they were readily available for purchase by everone and if they were they porbably were expensive. also that was in the days of out houses or chamber pots. no in door plumbing so wearing diapers back then may have been more common then today.

21-08-2008	#16 (permalink)
diaperjakey Newbie Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Stoke On Trent, UK Age: 15 Posts: 12 Threads: 1 Reputation: 0	cloth diapers and rubber pants most probably. what else could they have used? could wear a bucket but....

06-09-2008	#18 (permalink)
Kovalchuk Czar of the Diaper Aisle Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: ✖✖✖ Hell ✖✖✖ Age: 15 Posts: 744 Threads: 101 Gallery Uploads: 7 Wiki Edits: 2	Redtails told me once that he had once read that Vladimir Lenin, founder of the USSR, was incontinent. However, I cannot personally vouch for this. -.-

07-09-2008	#19 (permalink)
wetatnight Regular Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: USA Posts: 129 Threads: 7 Reputation: 0	Former Preident FDR was in a wheel chair while president and probably before, so he was most likly incontinet also.

07-10-2008	#20 (permalink)
End24L Lurker Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: North Carolina/Virginia, Usa Age: 18 Posts: 5 Threads: 1 Reputation: 0	babies and children during the victorian era wore cloth diapers and an early form of rubber pants (rubber was a pretty well understood material at the time i do believe) But what is really gross is that diapers would only be changed by the mothers servants about every three days. So how diaper rash wasnt an epidemic im not too sure. and dirty diapers were boiled in water along with the rest of the family's clothes when ever they happened to do laundry.