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Currently, the article has a picture of a vaginal "Ricord-type speculum," with the text in the background of the picture referring to Philippe Ricord and stating that he developed a speculum in 1834; however, the article does not mention Ricord anywhere else, and refers to J. Marion Sims as the developer of the vaginal speculum. However, at that time, Sims was only 21. A bit of elaboration on the history of the vaginal speculum would be much appreciated, as currently the image is only vaguely tied in to the article. Also, it should be mentioned that the Sims article has an illustration of his speculum. --LostLeviathan 2 July 2005 14:44 (UTC)

" The specula is illegal in many states, due to the fact that it causes damage to the vaginal opening." Is this correct? It seems odd at the end of the article, not mentioned anywhere else..

This article contradicts itself near the end.

I did some copyediting, and removed the copyediting-needed template... However, I know very close to nothing about the article's topic, so someone who does should give it a fact-check. Bushytails 00:46, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hymen?

I've long been curious: Are vaginal specula only used on females whose hymens have already been broken? It seems to me like they would break the hymen, if it isn't already broken. Gringo300 19:27, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There does exist the so-called "virgin speculum". The name is inadequate,

and the idea behind the name(to defend the patriarchal morality) is even worse.

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 ==Hymen?==
 I've long been curious: Are vaginal specula only used on females whose hymens have already been broken? It seems to me like they would break the hymen, if it isn't already broken. [[User:Gringo300|Gringo300]] 19:27, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
+:There does exist the so-called "virgin speculum". The name is inadequate,
+:and the idea behind the name(to defend the patriarchal morality) is even worse.
+:KSM-2501ZX, IP address:= [[Special:Contributions/200.155.188.4|200.155.188.4]] ([[User talk:200.155.188.4|talk]]) 17:07, 12 January 2008 (UTC)