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Lynn:
Check out John S. Haller and Robin M. Haller, _The Physician and
Sexuality in Victorian America_. University of Illinois Press, Urbana.
Despite its unlikely title, you'll find it a gold mine of information
about the contents of and women's use of patent medicines in the time
period you are interested in. In particular, look at the chapter from
pp. 271-303.
If you're interested in some numbers and statistics, you might want to
give my dissertation a look-see.
Blee, Catherine H.
1991 _Sorting Functionally-Mixed Artifact Assemblages with
Multiple Regression: A Comparative Study in Historical Archeology. PhD
dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado,
Boulder. Its available through University Microfilms International,
Ann Arbor, MI, order number 9132548, or from the university through
interlibrary loan.
I discussed the artifact collections taken from about 40 sites in the
western portion of North America dating from 1880 to 1920. I provided
artifact inventories for all of the sites in an appendix. Liquor
bottles and patent medicines were ubiquitous on all 40. In particular,
I discuss the association of both kinds of bottles to women in the
contexts of their residences and places of business.
Cathy Spude
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Subject: patent medicine and liquor bottles
Author: lynn elizabeth newton <[log in to unmask]> at NP--INTERNET
Date: 11/13/97 5:20 PM
I am working on a cistern accidently discovered during a
construction project. The cistern was extremely full with a variety of
materials, the most of which is bottle glass. The cistern dates to 1890
to 1910. What I am looking for is other research done on the possible
social and behavioral implications of these bottles. Most are pharmacy
and patent medicine bottles. I have information on the bottles and their
contents, but am having trouble finding info on the implications of such
"medicines". Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Lynn Newton
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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