Photo of a bottle from the Museum of American History,
Better than whiskey for the flu. (1928)
3 months ago by EnmebaraGuesser to c/vintageads
EnmebaraGuesser 19 points 3 months ago
Yeah... I wonder if it might've said on the back of the bottle? I don't see it on the front or the ad.
The reason I wonder about the back is, this was 1920's, and in the USA, the legal requirement to disclose the ingredients of medicines was passed in 1906 under Teddy Roosevelt. Teddy was all about pure food and drugs.
Normally I think of the 1800's or early 19-aughts as the era when ingredients were a total mystery.
a_non_monotonic_function 10 points 3 months ago
Not opiates. Fucking lame ass cough syrup.
homesweethomeMrL 12 points 3 months ago
https://fdanj.nlm.nih.gov/catalog/fdnj10759
It had belladonna in it. And camphor, and menthol. and sugar. and alcohol.
homesweethomeMrL 4 points 3 months ago
Ah that may be. I didn’t see that - and wondered where the alcohol was in the breakdown.
calliope 5 points 3 months ago
Wait though! It may have had some of the same ingredients though, including belladonna!
There’s a Facebook post I found from nearly ten years ago that lists a few things.
- up to 15% alcohol
- sodium salicylate, which is what aspirin is derived from (hence the name)
- Cascara (laxative herb)
- a small amount of mydriatic alkaloids, probably from belladonna
- Menthol
Eternal192 5 points 3 months ago
Not if you are a Witcher.
a_non_monotonic_function 2 points 3 months ago
Drinks the belladonna potion and eats the belladonna monster.
"Hmmm"
homesweethomeMrL 6 points 3 months ago
Everyone is doing it.
Well, if everyone is doing it . . .
AllNewTypeFace 6 points 3 months ago
I guess prohibition didn’t apply if it was a medicine
grue 6 points 3 months ago
Yep, there wasn't really a choice about that. Alcohol is a solvent necessary for making extracts and stuff, so eliminating that entire class of ingredients would've severely restricted what sorts of medicines could be made.
UncleArthur 2 points 3 months ago
What utter rubbish! Nothing is better than whisky for colds and 'flu.
Iori_Yagami_Fighter 1 point a month ago
-Hey, what's that bottle of whisky about? Are we celebrating something? -Err, honey, the cold, you see, it just got worse, gotta medicate myself, coof-coof-coof-coof, yeah, just medicine, gotta care about my health.
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