Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-01-18
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. PINKHAM
And True Story Of How the Vegetable COMPOUND
Had Its Birth and How the 'Panic of '73' Caused
Il to be Offered for Public Sale in Drug Stores.

restore the family fortune They
argued that IA, mv1.. NJ which was
~ good for their woman fri,nd, and
n, = hhur> WL> equally good tor the
women 81 the wao!c world.
The Pinlhams had no money. and
little credit. Their first laboratory
was the kitchen. where roots and
herbs were stepped ON the stove.
gradually filing a gross Of bottles.
Then came the question az >ciiinR
il. for always before they had given
Il away freely. They hired lob
printer "a run of some pamphlets
setting forth the merits Of The mcdi-
cine. now called Lydia +. PINK ans
Vegetable Compound, AMI these w,re
distributed by the Finkham sons in
Boston, New York, and Er"rk.yn.
The wonderful curative properties of
the medicine were. TO a great extent,
se.fadverti>,ng. for whoever used il
recommended il Ia others, and the de.
mand gradually increased.
In l>71, by combined efforts the fam.
ily had saved enough money "a COM
mencc new >pap,r advertising ana from
that time the growth and >ucc,>> %
the enterprise were assured, until to-
dav Lydia r Pinkham and her Nege.
table Compound have become house.
hold words everywhere, and many
tons Of rpntS and herbs are used unnu.
ally in its manufacture
Lydia Z. Pinkham herself did not
live ~ see the great success of this
work. She passed Ia her reward wears
ago, but not ill she had provided
means for continuing her work az
effectively n she could have done il
herself. 4sszSSzrES4ZS ~.
During her long and eventful expe-
rience she was ever methOdical in her
work and she was always careful to pre-
serve 4 record Of every case that came 10
her attention. The case Of every sick
woman who applied Ia her for advice
and there were thousands-received
careful study, and the details, includ.
ing symptoms. treatment and results
were recorded for future reference. and
to-day these records, together with
hundreds OF thousands made since are
available tn sick women IN. world
over, and represent . vast collabora-
ton OF Information regarding the
treatment OF woman's ills. which for
authenticity and accuracy can hardly
he equaled in any library in the
world
With Lydia F. Pinkham worked her
daughter in law, the present Mrs.
Pinkham. She was care ful Is instr ucted
in all her haTd-won knowledge. and
for years she assisted her in her vast
correspondence.
To her hands naturally fell the
direction Of the work when It's oririna.
'or passed away. For nearly twenty.
hve years she has continued il, and
nothing in the work shows when the
first Lydia +. Pink ham dropped her
pen. and the present Mrs. Pinkhan,
now the mother Of large family. took
II up With women assistants. some as
capable a. herself the present Mrs.
Plnkham continues thie great wurk and
probably from the Office Of no. other
person have 80 many women been adj.
vi>"d how 20 regain health. Sick wo-
men. this advice j. Yours for Health"
freely given II you only write 10 ask
for il.
Such j. the history Of Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound made
from simple roots and herbs the one
great medicine for women's ailments.
ana the fitting monument 10 the noble
woman whose name it bears.