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Pinkhams the best blood medicine recipe book this fun cookbook features recipes for fruits and candies and testimonials from ladies whose female complaints and womens ills have been cured by a regular dose of the vegetable compound. Pinkham may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide. Pinkham s blood purifier regularly a most remarkable change is brought about. Ultimately the company was sold, the formula was altered, and the alcohol was eliminated, but the compound is still available today though its now marketed as an herbal supplement, rather than. Pinkham medicine company was started in 1876 when lydia began making the brew on her own stove, before eventually moving into a factory. Lydia pinkham is an herbal tablet, which promises to help women feel better during menstruation and menopause. Handwritten letter to a sick woman, typed letter to a canadian 1918, ad from the salt lake weekly herald 1881 for mrs. As her company grew it took care to promote itself as a company for women and run by a woman. Lydia estes pinkham february 9, 1819 may 17, 1883 was an american inventor and. Pinkham medicine co 1930 patent medicine promotional book, come into the kitchen, cookbook recipes, culinary ephemera, vintage book. Jan 30, 2017 at face value, the 1930s advertisement for lydia e. Nov 12, 2019 lydia pinkham was a rebel in her own time and her own way, a woman who sought to help other women by sharing information about physical and mental health, and on the side, sell a bit of feelgood.
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Pinkham medicine co 1930 patent medicine promotional book. It aims to manage the signs and symptoms that your body experiences in both cases. Lydia estes pinkham february 9, 1819 may 17, 1883 was an iconic concocter and shrewd marketer of a commercially successful herbalalcoholic womens tonic meant to relieve menstrual and menopausal pains. Pinkhams medicines, consisting mostly of high percentage alcohol. This entire book ed in 1901 and 1904 by the lydia e. Quack medicine lydia pinkham s vegetable compound blood wiseman stanwood mi. Because her name and picture were on the label of the product, she became one of the bestknown women in america. Lydia pinkham medicine company advertised the compound in.
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See more ideas about old medicine bottles, vintage advertisements, vintage medical. The compound is for a variety of womans maladies, as well as letters of gratitude from customers who have been cured by these products. For poor blood we recommend this as a good blood medicine for either men or women. It worked for many cases and made her rich read more about mrs. I have been taking the vegetable compound and lydia e. In early modern europe, cureall medicines were as likely to be sold by elite. How many copies of this book were left for you where you found this. Pinkhams private textbook upon ailments peculiar to women. King also published a book on womens diseases in 1858.
You have heard of this splendid medicine, for it has been used by women for nearly fifty years. Pinkham owned botanical remedy books and medical guides, including the. The project gutenberg ebook of treatise on the diseases of women. Pinkham s vegetable compound, pinkham s blood purifier westendmarket. Pinkham s private text book upon 1 \ailments peculiar to women \ will be sent to you free upon request. Pinkham s private text book upon ailments peculiar to women, a somewhat more substantial publication than the pamphlets, was meant to provide educational information about menstruation, pregnancy, menopause, and other reproductive matters to women, as well as to promote pinkham products. Pinkham is only part of a complete program of treatment that may also include a special diet.
Bottle embossed medicine vintage antique pharmacy apothecary lydia e. Vtg antique lydia pinkham s medicine 1412 ozs glass embossed. Nov 01, 2005 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. It was named after lydia estes pinkham 18191883 who was an iconic concocter and shrewd marketer of a commercially highly successful herbalalcoholic womens tonic meant to relieve menstrual and menopausal pains. Before entering the business, pinkham was a teacher and mother. Collection of advertisements and other promotional materials. In lydia pinkhams time and place, the reputation of the medical profession was low. Pinkham, trade cards flowers, girl with cat, post card of stanford university, a bottle for lydia pinkham s vegetable compound, mending kit, booklet stretching your dollar, bottles for her blood medicine.
Pinkhams private text book upon ailments peculiar to women. Pinkham s private text book upon ailments peculiar to women. Dose one tablespoonful three times a day, half an hour before eating. Pinkham medicine co 1930 patent medicine promotional book, come into the kitchen, cookbook recipes, culinary ephemera, vintage book professorbooknoodle from shop professorbooknoodle. Oct 07, 2016 often imitated but never replicated, lydia e. Lydia pinkhams blood purifier and vegetable compound dug. Lydia e pinkham medicine company ads recipes advice vtg art booklet free ship. Pinkham, a medicine proprietor for female illnesses. Pinkham medicine company was begun formally in 1873, its major product being lydia e. Lydia pinkhams private textbook upon ailments peculiar to. This treatise on the diseases of women is dedicated to the women of the world. Pinkhams vegetable compound for womens ills or lydia e.
It can easily be interpreted as a sexist, scientifically unsound piece of medical propaganda laced with conformist social ideals, indicative of the era in which it was produced. Perhaps the most famous cureall of all time is lydia e. Therefore, in this book we show you many letters from women who have received great benefit by taking lydia e. Most of the individually listed pamphlets are found in the bound volumes, but are also housed and listed individually, as some of them differ from the bound pamphlets in some. Pinkham was one of the most prominent names in the sector of the patent medicine industry that catered to female complaints. Pinkham is used to treat iron deficiency anemia a lack of red blood cells caused by having too little iron in the body. Pinkham s sanative wash is the best article of its kind for vaginal injections. Pinkhams vegetable compound, blood medicine, sanative wash, liver pills that might make this little device. Avoid taking antacids or antibiotics within 2 hours before or after taking this medicine. Pinkhams vegetable compound, pinkhams blood purifier. Treatise on the diseases of women by lydia estes pinkham. Pinkham medicine company history, gynecology united states history 19th century, advertising drugs united states history 19th century, women united states social conditions publisher new york.
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