Absorbing Junior: The Use of Patent Medicines as Abortifacients in Nineteenth Century Montreal

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Title
Absorbing Junior: The Use of Patent Medicines as Abortifacients in Nineteenth Century Montreal
Abstract
A survey of the 1860s' Montreal newspapers by the author revealed that virtually all advertisements for patent medicines claiming to relieve "female complaints" appeared in English language dailies. Most of these medicines had abortifacient properties.
Publication
The Register
Volume
Vol. 3
Issue
no. 1
Pages
1-13
Date
March 1982
Language
en
Citation
Gossage, Peter. “Absorbing Junior: The Use of Patent Medicines as Abortifacients in Nineteenth Century Montreal.” The Register Vol. 3, no. 1 (March 1982): 1–13.
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