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Madame Restell Arrested on Charges of Malpractice
Magazine illustration depicting Ann Lohman guilty of breaking the Comstock Law.
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Abortifacients in America
American media advertised abortifacients in the early to mid-1800s, but the 1873 Comstock Act made the "obscene" literature illicit. The creation and…
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Taboo Tales: Abortifacients in America
American media advertised abortifacients in the early to mid-1800s, but the 1873 Comstock Act made the "obscene" literature illicit. The...
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Margaret Sanger
Photograph shows Margaret Higgins Sanger (1879-1966), an American birth control activist, sex educator, and nurse. (Source: Flickr Commons project,…
Pulvis Aloes et Canellae, N. F. (Powder of Aloe and Canella)
The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer, or as found in contemporary medical literature, are:
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Ol Rutae
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