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. 42-43. Right:
                                      cleanliness during menstruation
                                      was not thought important for many
                                      women,  
                                      even unhealthy, which helps the theory
                                      that probably many women bled into
                                      their clothing.
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