See
                            Dr. Grace Feder Thompson's
                            letter appealing for patients; Dr. Pierce's
                            medical empire; Lydia
                              E. Pinkham's fabulously successful
                            vegetable compound & trinkets &
                            publications; Dr. E. C. Abbey's The Sexual System and
                              Its Derangements (1882); Dr. Young's rectal
                            dilators; Orange
                              Blossom medicine; ad for Ergoapiol (1904),
                            an abortion substance; and Lysol douche liquid
                            ad, 1948 (U.S.A.)
                          YOUR
                              remedies for
                              menstrual period pain and problems. See
                              more remedies here.
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                              
                              
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                                    "The 20th
                                        Century Song Book"  
                                      (menstrual, kidney &
                                        liver problems, constipation
                                        & bowels, tiredness,
                                        indigestion, colic, colds,
                                        chills, fever, childbirth,
                                        rheumatism, arthritis,
                                        leuchorrhea, dizziness, pain,
                                        headache, "female weakness,"
                                        etc.) 
                                        Chattanooga Medicine Company,
                                        U.S.A., 1904 
                                        Complete booklet, 32 pages plus
                                        covers
                                    
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                                    Below:
                                      Pp. 12-13.
                                        Right-hand page: A
                                      testimonial from South Africa
                                      shows the extent of Cardui's
                                      influence. 
                                      "Girls who
                                        look with pity on faded,
                                        worn-out women should remember
                                        that . . . ." at far
                                      right.
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