1. Abortion
During the week of January 4, 1845, Boston Daily Times advertised Madame Restell's Female Pills; Madame Drunette's lunar pills which were sold as "a blessing to mothers . . . and although very mild and prompt in their operations, pregnant females should not use them, as they may invariably produce a miscarriage": A second piece of evidence for high abortion rates for the period of was existent during that time of flourishing business and abortifacients medicine (53). ...
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