Lydia E. Pinkham Tablets
date: label: date made
content: after 1949
name: label: maker
content: Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company
notes: label: Description
content: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: For relieving hot flashes and certain other symptoms of "Change of Life" (Menopause) and cramps and other distress of Monthly Periods (Menstruation) - not due to organic disease. Acts as a uterine sedative. Taken as directed these tablets are also an iron tonic and help build rich, red blood and restore energy in simple iron deficiency anemia.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Lynn
topic: label: Subject
content: Women's Health Products
label: Subject
content: Women's Health
label: Subject
content: Menstruation
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Menstruation: Symptom Relief
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content: Balm of America
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Richard W. Pollay
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2008.0018.085
label: catalog number
content: 2008.0018.085
label: accession number
content: 2008.0018
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
label: Object Type
content: OTC Preparation
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (cap material)
label: Physical Description
content: extract of piscidia erythrina (jamaica dogwood) (drug active ingredient)
label: Physical Description
content: asclepias tuberosa (pleurisy root) (drug active ingredient)
label: Physical Description
content: glycyrrhiza (licorice) (drug active ingredient)
label: Physical Description
content: ferrous sulfate (iron) (drug active ingredient)
label: Measurements
content: box: 3 in x 1 1/4 in x 1 in; 7.62 cm x 3.175 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: bottle: 2 1/2 in x 1 1/8 in x 7/8 in; 6.35 cm x 2.8575 cm x 2.2225 cm