“…Since the Second World War, several reports (Shull 1941; Jetter & Hunter 1949; Phillip 1953; Lammert & Scott 1954; Wanamaker 1955; Brudenell 1961; Cabaniss & Clark 1962) have appeared in the English literature concerning the intravaginal use of potassium permanganate. Even before the extensive account in the American literature was given by Shull from the Boston City Hospital in 1941.…”