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.:
"Fruits and Candies" pamphlet: selections
The Pinkham company published many things in its long history, including
Fruits and Candies, a combination
cookbook and health advisor (below), where we can read a recipe for
peach gâteau just above a cure for vaginal discharge!
The booklet dates probably from the late 1920s, when the Pinkham Vegetable
Compound was selling very well, being a legal source of alcohol during the
prohibition of most drinking alcohol in the United States.
The cover resembles Maxfield Parrish's work, which influenced American
illustration in much of the early 20th century.
SarahAnne Hazlewood generously donated the material to this museum.
Long download time!
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NEXT: More selections
from "Fruits and Candies" pamphlet - 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.
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