YOUR 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.:
Lydia Pinkham's
Private Text-Book Upon Ailments Peculiar
to Women
(late 19th, early 20th century?):
selections
Mrs. Pinkham acted as a
mail-order doctor, and published
the self-help book below, in which
the only help is almost always
Mrs. Pinkham's concoctions,
consisting mostly of high percentage
alcohol. It worked for
many cases and made her rich.
(Read two
objections to my assertion
that alcohol was the main
effective ingredient.)
I couldn't resist showing the
hysteria section of the book
(continued at the upper left from
the previous
page), treating an affliction so
peculiar to the nineteenth and
early twentieth centuries.
Read more
about Mrs. Pinkham.
SarahAnne Hazlewood
generously donated the book to
this museum.
See the previous
two pages.
Long
download time!
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See the previous
two pages. See modern home remedies here.
- See more Mrs.
Pinkham, below (and see
her first page)
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.
©
1998, 2005 Harry Finley. It is
illegal to reproduce or
distribute work on this Web site
in any manner or medium without
written permission of the
author. Please report suspected
violations to hfinley@mum.org
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