Coca wine (above) combined wine with cocaine to produce cocaethylene which ingested is nearly as powerful a stimulant as cocaine.
Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup (above) contained 65 mg of morphine per fluid ounce.
NB: Since we originally posted the image above, Aaron Howe has pointed out that it is a fake which he created.
Apart from the last line, Aaron’s fake is very similar to actual vintage asthma cigrette packaging, such a the one below:
Cosadein (above) contained codeine, chloroform and cannabis.
Biphetamine (above) combined two amphetamines.
Butisol (above) was the brand name for Butabarbital.
Noradin (above) was the brand name for methamphetamine.
Dexedrine (above) was the brand name for dextroamphetamine.
Quaalude-300 (above) was the brand name for the now-illegal sedative methaqualone.
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Thank you to Pharmacytechs
That “Dr Batty’s” one looks to be fake.
The guy who says he designed it in the comments here – http://www.barelyadraft.com/2008/10/breaking-news-cigarettes-cures-asthma-foul-breathwtf-cough-and-more-if-youre-delusional-or-lived-in-the-18-hundreds/
He also misspells “Canker Sores” as “Canker Sours”(which sounds like a gross tasting candy)
My mom took Dexadrine in the ’60s and wished she could still get it until her dying day, this past January.
Dexedrine is still available, as a prescription medication, to treat ADHD.
I’ve taken it (both short-acting and the Spansule), and it worked very well to help my symptoms. It is also an appetite suppressant, as are most stimulant medications.
I wonder if 100 years from now, they will be looking back at alcohol ads and laughing at how it was sold over the counter!
And P.S, Is it any wonder why the life expectancy of the average person was so much lower than it is today… they were being fed poison thinking they were doing the right thing. Kinda sad really.
Dear Alana. Dear child, the day they make alcohol imposible to get would be the day a person would need a bulletproof vest just to step outside into the street. Human beings need something to relax, misplaced idealism notwithstanding. Try reading a history book some time.
Bring back Asthma Cigarettes!!!
Of course not recommended for children under 6.