Why it is called the good old days.

[neddy]

Medicinal Remedies of Old

A bottle of Bayer's 'Heroin'.
Between 1890 and 1910 heroin was sold as a non-addictive substitute for morphine.
It was also used to treat children suffering with a strong cough.

Very popular for children in 1885.
Not only did they relieve the pain, they made the children very happy!

Cocaine Toothache Drops
by Lloyd Manufacturing Company

This is what was advertised on the box.

COCAINE TOOTHACHE DROPS
Instantaneous Cure!
Price 15 Cents.
For sale by all Druggists.
(Registered March 1885.)

Cocaine is the new anaesthetic now used so extensively thoughout Europe and this
country by Physicians, Surgeons and Dentists.
This preparation of Toothache Drops contains Cocaine, and its wonderful properties
are fully demonstrated by the many recommendations it is daily receiving.
Take no other except Cocaine Toothache Drops.

Prepared by the Lloyd Manufacturing Co., 219 Hudson Ave., Albany, N.Y.

 

[neddy]

Stickney & Poor's Pure Paregoric for Newborns
Opium for newborns.

I'm sure this would make them sleep well
(not only the Opium, but also 46% alcohol)!

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Infants
go ahead, give your baby morphine...it's OK, really.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup was an indispensable aid to mothers and child-care workers. Containing one grain (65 mg) of morphine per fluid ounce, it effectively quieted restless infants and small children. It probably also helped mothers relax after a hard day's work.

 

[neddy]

Vapor-OL Treatment No. 6
for Asthma and other spasmodic affections
This National Vaporizer Vapor-OL (opium) Treatment no. 6 for asthma may have provided a unique method of essentially "smoking" opium. The volatile liquid was placed in a pan that was heated by a small kerosene lamp (see below). Other substances were also used in these early (c. 1890) vaporizers, but this mixture probably ensured plenty of visitors for the spasmodically affected.

Vapo-cresolene lamps were marketed primarily to vaporize creosol-based products for the relief of head and chest congestion. However, they were also used with other products such as the opium-based asthma medicine shown above.

 

[palden]

Steady. This proves that gov is not always right.

 

[neddy]

more cocaine .....

Cocaine tablets (1900)

All stage actors, singers teachers and preachers had to have them for a maximum performance.

Great to "smooth" the voice.

Mariani wine

Mariani wine (1875) was the most famous Coca wine of it's time.

Pope Leo XIII used to 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 you should take a full glass with or after every meal.
Children should take half a glass.

 

[neddy]

Treatments from Our Great Granny's Time
Very Effective Medications
No wonder it is called the Good Old Days .......


How about some Afternoon tea?

POPPY TEA
- used in small amounts as tea (not real tea) as an analgesic, anti-diarrhoeal, and sedative.

 

[singveld]

It ended when amercian gov started the war on drugs.

 

[neddy]

It ended when amercian gov started the war on drugs.

Need to broaden our minds by asking this question, why are these drugs classified as illicit drugs while tabacco is not.

I will understand if someone is addicted to coca cola (It is classified as a drug) or cough mixture and both are common drugs.
Smoking is so harmful why not ban it like Heroin (1st class) or Ecstasy (2nd class).

Cannabis is as harmful as tabacco. But only cannabis is illicit.

Double standard?