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.
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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
Was
Dr. Pierce a
hypocrite?
Below:
Pp. 920.
A
cure of female
pelvic
diseases is
best
accomplished
by mechanical
motion.
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Below:
A page showing
the mechanical
devices at work.
All
the patients
are men and
clothed.
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(Manipulator) | 908-9
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(steam-powered
Manipulator) | 912-13
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(diseases of women)
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(illustration of
machine room) | vaginal
electrodes | doctor's
vibrator
set | The
Chattanooga vibrator
& rectal vibration
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