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The True Scandal of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
Lydia E. Pinkham's Miracle Vegetable Compound
Lydia E. Pinkham's vegetable compound cures female complaints, such as dragging sensations and week back. The tonic consisted of a few herbs preserved with a generous splash of booze. It was so efficacious for female complaints that it would prevent menstruating or menopausal women from diaphally murdering their husbands. But there is one nagging question: Did the vegetable compound cure anything?
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