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
 
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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.:
Modern bottle for Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
This is a bottle of tablets, probably from the 1950s or 1960s.
SarahAnne Hazlewood generously donated the tablet material to this
museum.
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Instructions included in this package
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Instructions with
a modern bottle of Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound - See
more Mrs. Pinkham, below (and see her first
page)
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Radcliffe College, 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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without written permission of the author. Please report suspected violations
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