See Dr. Grace Feder Thompson's
letter appealing for
patients, Lydia
E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and Orange
Blossom medicine,
Dr. E. C. Abbey's The
Sexual System and Its
Derangements, which
emphasises masturbation,
as doe Dr. Pierce, and
several small
boxes of old
American patent medicine
for women.
And, of course, the
first Tampax
AND - special for you!
- the American fax
tampon, from the early
1930s, which also came in
bags.
See a Modess True
or False? ad in The
American Girl magazine,
January 1947, and actress
Carol
Lynley in "How Shall
I Tell My Daughter"
booklet ad (1955) - Modess
. . . . because ads
(many dates).
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Dr. R.
V. Pierce's patent
medicine empire and
hospital, often
concerned with women's
diseases, cancer,
digestive illness,
fatigue,
headache, physical
therapy, female
weakness, hysteria,
nervous
disorders, gynecology
and menstruation
Selections from "The
People's Common Sense
Medical Adviser
in Plain
English; or, Medicine
Simplified," 1895,
Buffalo, New York
Spermatorrhea,
or the emission of
semen without
intercourse, 6:
Treatment:
"You wouldn't
understand!"
I love Dr.
Pierce's evasion
in the article
below. Like, "Don't ask me! I'm a doctor and you wouldn't understand
- idiot!"
See the Introduction
for a discussion
of the article
(excerpted on
these pages)
that forms 30
pages of Dr. R.
V. Pierce's The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser; or, Medicine
Simplified
(U.S.A., 1895).
You might find
the shaded words
especially
interesting.
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