Mrs. Bird, female physician To the Ladies--Madame Costello

Title

Mrs. Bird, female physician To the Ladies--Madame Costello

Subject

Abortion
Abortions
Advertisements
Birth Control
Domestic Life
Letterpress Works
New York
Newspapers
Women

Description

Two advertisments from the New York sun newspaper. Mrs. Bird offers pills for treatment of menstrual irregularity and Madame Costello offers help to women who want to be treated for "obstruction of their monthly periods."

Creator

New York sun. [New York, New York], Feb. 24, 1842.

Source

American women : a Library of Congress guide for the study of women's history and culture in the United States / edited by Sheridan Harvey ... [et al.]. Washington : Library of Congress, 2001, p. 59.

Publisher

Library of Congress Newspaper and Periodicals Reading Room Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Date

1842

Rights

No known restrictions on publication.

Format

Advertisements--1840-1850.
Letterpress works--1840-1850.
Newspapers--New York--New York--1840-1850.

Type

Newspaper advertisement

Coverage

New York, NY

Files

02906v.jpg

Citation

New York sun. [New York, New York], Feb. 24, 1842. , “Mrs. Bird, female physician To the Ladies--Madame Costello,” Sovereign Body History Project , accessed April 20, 2024, https://sovereignbodyhistoryproject.omeka.net/items/show/1.