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Murray & Nickell
Blue Cohosh Root
Small boxes of old American patent medicine
for women's diseases, headache, stomach
illness, menstruation, and birth control
SarahAnne
Hazlewood generously donated the
medicine to this museum, part of her
huge gift of medical instruments, books
and advertising material about women's
health.
Harry Finley
created the images.
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The box measures 2
1/8" x 2 1/8" x 1" (5.5 x 5.5 x
2.54 cm). A recent study cautions
against herbal supplements - one
form of Cohosh included. Read
more here.
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Am I imagining
something or does the red circle
contain a face sticking its tongue
out? Inside the yellow circle sits
a skull - or is it? Another artist
sneaked in something risque in a
booklet for Midol.
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The brown paper is
thin.
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Emmenogogue
means promoting the menstrual flow
(and might promote abortion) and diaphoretic,
causing perspiration. How
many consumers would know that?
Why didn't the package use common
words?
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