This ad was found in the now defunct Woman’s World Magazine (not to be confused with the current “every woman needs to go on a diet and fix their relationship” Woman’s World Magazine"). Actually, there were several ad’s for similar products-similar in the fact that apparently women back in the day were very constipated…probably after trying recipes also found in the magazine such as “Noodle Surprise” and “Noodle Ring”.
I looked it up and the guy that invented this laxative gum also invented an aspirin gum. Interesting.
I wonder why it was called Feen-A-Mint? I mean, I get the mint part, but what about the “Feen” part?
I would imagine it is a play on it’s chemical mane Phenolphthalein.