1876 - Herbal-alcoholic women's tonic for menstrual and menopausal problems,

* Pinkham was the inventor and marketer of a herbal-alcoholic "women's tonic" for menstrual and menopausal problems, which medical experts dismissed as a quack remedy. * It is still on sale today in a modified form. * She further distributed information on menstruation and the "facts of life" and was considered to be a crusader for women's health issues in a day when women were poorly served by the medical establishment. * Pinkham and her "medicinal compound" for feminine disorders became the subject of a bawdy drinking song, "Lily the Pink", of which a sanitized version became a number one hit by The Scaffold in the United Kingdom.

"herbal-alcoholic ""women's tonic"" for menstrual and menopausal problems "

Category:
Pharmacology; Women's Health

Completion Status:
yes

Patent Number:
Unknown

Co-Inventor:
none