TY  - GEN
N2  - Small, orange, metal tin labled "Du Bois Pecific Pills." Not much is known about this medicine or the company that created it. Records from the U.S. Department of Chemistry show the company was sued for libel and misbranding under the 1906 Food and Drugs Act. Tests confirmed that the pills, which claimed to prevent menstrual pain and regulate periods, essentially consisted of aloes and ferrous sulphate coated with calcium carbonate and sugar.
DO  - 10.6083/bpxhc42267
DO  - doi
AB  - Small, orange, metal tin labled "Du Bois Pecific Pills." Not much is known about this medicine or the company that created it. Records from the U.S. Department of Chemistry show the company was sued for libel and misbranding under the 1906 Food and Drugs Act. Tests confirmed that the pills, which claimed to prevent menstrual pain and regulate periods, essentially consisted of aloes and ferrous sulphate coated with calcium carbonate and sugar.
T1  - Du Bois Pecific Pills
DA  - undated
CY  - Detroit, MI
AU  - Baumgartner, W. J.
L1  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/42267/files/PPC-XXXX.116_Du-Bois-Pecific-Pills.jpg
PP  - Detroit, MI
LA  - eng
PY  - undated
ID  - 42267
L4  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/42267/files/PPC-XXXX.116_Du-Bois-Pecific-Pills.jpg
KW  - Women's Health
KW  - Menstruation
KW  - Nonprescription Drugs
KW  - Patent medicines
TI  - Du Bois Pecific Pills
L2  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/42267/files/PPC-XXXX.116_Du-Bois-Pecific-Pills.jpg
LK  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/42267/files/PPC-XXXX.116_Du-Bois-Pecific-Pills.jpg
UR  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/42267/files/PPC-XXXX.116_Du-Bois-Pecific-Pills.jpg
ER  -