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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
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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