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Why our Great-grandparents were happy!

May 21st 2009 07:47

A bottle of Bayer's heroin

I was recently sent this email and thought it would be an interesting look into the world of medicines used around one hundred years ago. Have we come along way? I wonder how many medicines are on the market today that will be made illegal or restricted in another hundred years.

The picture above shows 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 with a
strong cough.

Coca Wine

Coca Wine contained cocaine. The above wine was produced by the 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.

Vapor-ol asthma treatment

Vapor-ol was a treatment for asthma that contained 46% alcohol and 3 grammes of opium.

Cocaine tablets

Cocaine tablets for toothache. Very popular for children in 1885. Not only did they relieve the pain but they made the children happy!

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Comment by samaritan

May 21st 2009 23:54

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Hi Sam,

Interesting post. I love the old containers. It looks so funny to see heroin in an old medicine bottle.

Samaritan

Comment by Samantha Elley

May 22nd 2009 01:45

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The Sandwich Shak
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Different huh? That's why it's got me wondering what are we using these days that will be blacklisted in years to come.

Obviously at some point society has realised why these drugs need to be legislated against, but to think that they were being given to children many years ago.!!

Comment by samaritan

May 22nd 2009 04:26

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Maybe they'll be a black market for panadol in 100 years time.

I think the whole pharmaceutical industry is a bit scary anyway. I'm sure there's heaps of things out there that are pretty dangerous, but they're still being sold because we just don't realise it yet. I prefer to stay away from drugs as much as possible. I very rarely take anything. And I'll usually go for the natural treatment first.

Samaritan

Comment by Samantha Elley

May 22nd 2009 06:10

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I'm a bit the same. It's only in recent years that I've succumbed to the odd headache tablet.

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