PATENT MEDICINES OF THE PAST
The Good Old Days...
And I used to think that the short life span, 45-50 years, of our ancestors was dueto the harsh lifestyle.
In reality it would seem that they were gettin' high andsparkin' out early. Any excuse to get to the medicine cabinet!
Bayer's Heroin
A bottle of Bayer's Heroin.
Between 1890 and 1910 heroin was sold as a non-addictivesubstitute for morphine. It was also used to treat children with strong cough.
Coca Wine
Metcalf Coca Wine was one of a huge variety of wines with cocaine on the market.
Everybody used to say that it would make you happy and it would also work as amedicinal treatment.
Mariani wine
Mariani wine (1875) was the most famous Coca wine of it's time.
Pope Leo XIII usedto carry one bottle with him all the time.
He awarded Angelo Mariani (the producer)with a Vatican gold medal.
Maltine
Produced by Maltine Manufacturing Company of New York.
It was suggested that youshould take a full glass with or after every meal. Children should take half aglass.
A paper weight:
A paper weight promoting C.F. Boehringer & Soehne (Mannheim, Germany).
They wereproud of being the biggest producers in the world of products containing Quinine andCocaine.
Glyco-heroin
Heroin was widely used not only as an analgesic,
but also as a remedy against asthma, cough and pneumonia.
Mix heroin with glycerin (and usually sugar and seasonings) made more palatable the bitter opioid for oral ingestion.
Opium for Asthma:
No comment.
Cocaine tablets (1900)
All stage actors, singers, teachers, and preachers had to have them for a maximumperformance.
Great to "smooth" the voice.
Cocaine drops for toothache
Very popular for children in 1885.
Not only they relieved the pain, they made thechildren happy!
Opium for new-borns
I'm sure this would make them sleep well (not only the Opium, but 46% alcohol!)
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