Historical remedies for menstrual period
pain and problems. See more remedies here.
A discussion of the letter testimonials,
and their authenticity, of the Pinkham company (in a discussion of a Pursettes
ad with a letter testimonial)
See two letters to MUM about the ingredients
of her Compound, and one about the lyrics of an English
pop song, Lily the Pink, about her.
Other amazing women: Nelli Bly,
Dr. Marie Stopes, Dr. Grace Feder Thompson
See an ad for Dr. Schenk's Mandrake Pills,
appearing on a trade card for journalist Nellie Bly.
 
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The Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., maker of medicine for headaches,
stomach illness, insomnia, depression, cancer, tumors, women's diseases,
flatulence, menstruation, fertility, etc.:
Ad from November 6, 1920, edition of The Globe and
Mail, a Canadian
national newspaper
A Canadian e-mailed me in May, 2005:
Hi there, I thought you might be interested in this. I came across
it a few years back while renovating my house. They used to use newspapers
for underpadding under floors and I managed to salvage quite a bit of it.
I have framed a few pieces, including this one. This ad appears in the
November 6, 1920, edition of The Globe and Mail, a Canadian national newspaper.
Anyhow, I was staring at the ad as I quite like it, and decided to Google
Lydia Pinkham and ended up at your Web site and I thought it most interesting
to be able to link the ad to the bottle [here]
and the history behind it. I also thought I'd send you a photo of the ad
in case you haven't already seen it. Have a nice day, ****
The donor later e-mailed that he photographed the ad through his glass
frame, which caused reflections and degraded the image. I increased the
contrast and repaired some spots using magic - er, Photoshop, but parts
still make reading tough.
I believe at least the first letter refers to premenstrual syndrome.
Does "irregular" mean constipated? See More
Lydia Pinkham productions, above, for more testimonials.
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Next Pinkham ad: 1967
The Schlesinger Library, of the Radcliffe Institute
for Advanced Study, part of Harvard University, has probably the
largest collection of material about the Pinkham
enterprise, the records of the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company.
Part of the donation of SarahAnne Hazelwood to this museum, much of
it patent medicine and old medical equipment, was a very interesting biography
and study of Mrs. Pinkham's business, Female Complaints:
Lydia Pinkham and the Business of Women's Medicine, by Sarah Stage.
See two letters to MUM about the ingredients
of her Compound, and one about the lyrics of an English
pop song, Lily the Pink, about her.
Other amazing women: Nelli Bly,
Dr. Marie Stopes, Dr. Grace Feder Thompson
See also the patent medicine Cardui,
Dr. Grace Feder Thompson's
letter appealing for patients, Dr. Pierce's medicines,
and Orange Blossom medicine.
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