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Orange Blossom
[vaginal] Suppositories, 1930s (based on
information in the
directions, here) See the company's booklet.
Small boxes of old American patent medicine
for women's diseases,
headache, stomach illness, menstruation, and
birth control
Harry Finley
created the images.
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Petrolatum
is petroleum jelly, a mixture of
hydrocarbons obtained from
petroleum. The package measures 2
9/16" x 1 5/8" x 3/4" (6.5 x 4.1 x
1.9 cm)
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The paper, like the
paper on all these wrappers, is
probably oxidized and darker than
when it first appeared. The penciled
"[$]4.50" probably is what someone
along the way paid for it.
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