See Dr. Grace Feder Thompson's letter
appealing for patients, Dr. Pierce's
medical empire and Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
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"Home
Treatment for Women,"
(aka "CARDUI Home
Treatment of Female Diseases"),
before 1920?
Chattanooga Medicine Company,
U.S.A.
Complete booklet, 64 pages plus
covers
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Below:
Pp. 20-21.
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Read my favorite
testimonial, below.
Priceless: "right smart
while," "down in bed,"
"sick time
[menstruation]," "sick
at each month," "I began
to doctor with a
doctor," "I surely
praise it to everyone."
The last four sentences
attest to the power
of alcohol,
although read strenuous
objections
to my view. I wonder if
taking a medicine
allowed these women to
drink alcohol when they
ordinarily would have
not been able to because
of religion (Baptist,
common in the rural
South) or custom.
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