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000042264 02470 $$2Collection number$$aPPC-77-206.30.11
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000042264 245__ $$aPennyroyal
000042264 260__ $$aMalden, MA$$cundated
000042264 336__ $$aStill image
000042264 520__ $$aSmall, blue and cream, paper-wrapped package of Pennyroyal (Hedeoma Pulegloides) leaves. Pennyroyal has documented usage dating back to the ancient Greek and Roman cultures. Though pennyroyal oil is highly toxic, the plant has been used as a cooking herb, insecticide, menstruation stimulant, and abortion aid. Its use as an abortion aid and womb expeller was documented in early medical texts by notable physicians such as Pliny the Elder, Galen, and Nicholas Culpepper.
000042264 542__ $$fPublic Domain
000042264 650__ $$aWomen's Health$$029122
000042264 650__ $$aNonprescription Drugs$$018093
000042264 650__ $$aMenstruation$$022042
000042264 650__ $$aAbortifacient Agents$$011011
000042264 655__ $$amedicine container$$042213
000042264 7102_ $$aS. W. Gould & Bros.$$042232
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000042264 980__ $$aHistorical Artifacts