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Dr. Pierce's Vaginal
Tablets See and read more about Dr. Pierce's empire,
where you
can see a different package (a tin) for
his vaginal tablets.
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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Oxyquinoline
sulfate is made from coal tar, the
first substance associated with
cancer (1775). "The
manufacturer claims: it is
externally used as a powerful
nontoxic, noncaustic antiseptic
and for use in treatment of
gynecological infections
(meritritis, vaginitis) as it
restores the vaginal acid balance
. . . . These claims are not
currently supported by FDA
classification . . . .There are no
currently approved OTC uses for
oxyquinoline sulfate, all formerly
listed uses skin protectant or
antifungal are classed as category
II and not generally recognized as
safe and effective or misbranded."
(from
http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/NationalList/TAPReviews/Hydroxyquinoline.pdf.)
Chondrus
is a plant called Irish moss (Chondrus
crispus)
The box measures 2 3/8" x 2 3/8" x
3/4" (6 x 6 x 1.9 cm).
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