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Madame Restell: Media

American abortionist

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Madame Restell
A 19th-century abortionist and supplier of contraceptives, Madame Restell.
Medical Heritage Library—National Library of Medicine/Wellcome Collection, London
Madame Restell
A newspaper advertisement for “Preventive Powders,” to be supplied by Madame Restell.
Newspaper and Periodicals Reading Room/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-DIG-ppmsca-02923)