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.:
Other side of
instructions
with a modern bottle of Lydia Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
These are the instructions that
came in the recent box of
Pinkham's Tablets. I show them for
what it's worth; something
has soaked the paper, making it
translucent. But it gives
an idea of what Late Pinkham Style
looks like.
Note in the short instructions
section, at the lower part of the
right page, that the company refuses to
answer medical questions
(probably for legal reasons),
a complete
change from its early
stand (see the trade card).
Many patent medicine makers sought
medical questions from users,
including Cardui
and Dr. Grace Thompson,
but in the 1900s American law
tightened up on the claims and
actions of the makers.
SarahAnne Hazlewood
generously donated the Tablet
material to this museum.
Long
download time!
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Other side of
instructions
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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1998, 2005 Harry Finley. It is
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