The bizarre 'safe cures' of 19th Century that 'work like magic'

[Locutus]

Cocaine for toothache, morphine for your child's cough:

Vintage advertisements show just how far medicine and advertising have come since the introduction of regulation




It's not a drug known for its benefits to health. In fact, if you were caught with this class A substance and claimed it was for 'medicinal purposes' you'd probably be laughed at all the way to the police station.
But, bizarrely, cocaine - and other drugs like morphine - were routinely used in remedies for coughs, colds and toothaches as a cure-all magic ingredient in the Victorian era.
Long before the drugs were criminalised - and prior to the regulation of both medicine and advertising - the substances were frequently touted as effective treatments for illnesses as serious as cancer and liver disease.

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Victorian adverts for health remedies laden with cocaine, morphine and alcohol | Mail Online

 

[MapleDog]

BWAHAHAHAHAHA

and now we recieve similar things in our emails. :lol:

 

[relic]

I mind when I was little,getting a spoonfull of kerosene oil with sugar,damned if i remember what for.Then there was a spoonfull of the very tasty Minards liniment.My cousin was smeared with bear fat when he fell on the stove,did nothing to prevent scaring.

 

[darkbeaver]

Very effective medicines from nature. In the struggle to invent and build medicine which super lab ,the natural or the synthetic, do you suppose will prevail?

 

[MapleDog]

Very effective medicines from nature. In the struggle to invent and build medicine which super lab ,the natural or the synthetic, do you suppose will prevail?

I say the one that will bring as much money in the bank accounts of the pharmaceutical companies.

And f*** it if the meds got undesired side effects.

 

[karrie]

Cocaine IS a great remedy for tooth ache. Morphine IS great for pain. I wonder when the future looks back at the aspartame and ritalin that we pump our kids full of, how they will scoff and shake their heads at us.

 

[MapleDog]

Cocaine IS a great remedy for tooth ache. Morphine IS great for pain. I wonder when the future looks back at the aspartame and ritalin that we pump our kids full of, how they will scoff and shake their heads at us.

Good point all this artificial crap is bad for people.

 

[karrie]

And just to add, reading modern weight loss drug store promises doesn't look much different to me.

 

[Johnnny]

I have defeated Ritalin, un medicated and ADHD the way it should be for over 3/4s of my life

 

[darkbeaver]

I say the one that will bring as much money in the bank accounts of the pharmaceutical companies.

And f*** it if the meds got undesired side effects.

I think you missed my point. Maybe I was to vague. Nature has a massive head start and unlimited resources, big pharma only exists because they bought the law. Money ain't medicine and never will be.

 

[MapleDog]

I think you missed my point. Maybe I was to vague. Nature has a massive head start and unlimited resources, big pharma only exists because they bought the law. Money ain't medicine and never will be.

I didn't miss your point,nature got an advance,and we slowly rediscover some of the natural medicine,but as each one is found,it is "swiped" by the big pharma.

i guess they want to be sure that people who will need the cures will have to pay them a sh*tload of money.

 

[SLM]

And just to add, reading modern weight loss drug store promises doesn't look much different to me.

Today's weight loss drug store promises?

LOL. Remember the old Virginia Slims Ads? "You've come a long way baby."

Yeah, not so much.

 

[skookumchuck]

I mind when I was little,getting a spoonfull of kerosene oil with sugar,damned if i remember what for.Then there was a spoonfull of the very tasty Minards liniment.My cousin was smeared with bear fat when he fell on the stove,did nothing to prevent scaring.

The Kerosene was for worm prevention or cure and the Minards was used for sore throat and toothache.

 

[Johnnny]

The Kerosene was for worm prevention or cure and the Minards was used for sore throat and toothache.

I heard beer with alot of smashed up garlic in it is helpful also for worm prevention :lol:, drink that for a couple of weeks lol

 

[Niflmir]

Coca leaves are still used as an indigenous cure for toothaches, headaches, fatigue, and a variety of other ailments. These effects have been affirmed scientifically and, moreover, "occasional cocaine use does not typically lead to severe or even minor physical or social problems." (World Health Organization global Cocaine Project Study suppressed by the United States for 13 years, 1995 - WikiLeaks) Sadly, access to the study was restricted.

 

[gopher]

here's a creepy ad from yesteryear:

 

[MapleDog]

here's a creepy ad from yesteryear:

Creepy an also an ad against child abuse "i guess"

 

[gopher]

here's some more:

Vintage Beauty and Hygiene Ads of the 1880s


and this one's a killer for darn sure:

Vintage Race Advertisements

 

[darkbeaver]

Slaves for sale, that wasn't very long ago and we may see it again if the bankers survive the onslaught of justice.

 

[MapleDog]

Slaves for sale, that wasn't very long ago and we may see it again if the bankers survive the onslaught of justice.

They have the money,they'll buy the best lawyers available.