God forbid the lads might need a laxative! Dr. Lorraine’s Vegetable Pill “Mild, certain, safe, efficient. It is far the best cathartic remedy yet discovered” (25 cents a box) Polk Miller’s […]
Month: February 2016
1800s Medication, Part 3
Come Spring, Carmela would probably encourage the lads to take a tonic! Old Dr. Townsend’s Sarsaparilla (sarsaparilla, molasses, senna and 18-25 proof alcohol) “the most extraordinary medicine in the world”- claimed […]
1800s Medication, Part 2
Here are some more of the over-the-counter remedies the lads might have used: For Pain: Dover’s Powder (opium and ipecac) Pain Killer: (opium?) “adapted for both internal and external application, […]