Always knew I should be in the funny farm - but now I now it definitely! Way back when 50's and 60's Mum used to get a cough mixture made up by the Chemist, you know when they used to have their 'recipe books' full of potions etc, well .... that cough mixture was eventually banned and Mum could no longer get it, 'cause it had opium in it!!! My sister and I jokingly used to refer to the fact that Mum 'drugged' us up. Tasted good too!
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Always knew I should be in the funny farm - but now I now it definitely! Way back when 50's and 60's Mum used to get a cough mixture made up by the Chemist, you know when they used to have their 'recipe books' full of potions etc, well .... that cough mixture was eventually banned and Mum could no longer get it, 'cause it had opium in it!!! My sister and I jokingly used to refer to the fact that Mum 'drugged' us up. Tasted good too!
Very funny, probably the equivalent now is Phernergan commonly known as Mother's little helper....
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Oh yes GD this was for real, and what we now classify as child abuse today was very, very real too. Can even remember the chemists' names too.
But if you look at old tales/ medical books from the 1800's their mixtures did include opiats etc. I came across it in an historical novel some time ago, and nearly fell off my seat when I read that the Apothicary gave this cough mixture with opium in it.
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It seems to me this list was probably extracted from an admissions book from the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, rather than a list of things that could get you locked up in there. That is, the actual reason given in the admissions book for each particular patient. Pretty scary though.
I used to get '_______Gripe Water' for our colicky babies. Worked well. Then discovered it had a liberal dash of alcohol in it!
-- Edited by neilnruth on Friday 17th of January 2014 03:25:44 PM
Hope my daughter don't find out about the alcohol, she is a very fussy first time mother.................. I introduced her to gripe water and it sure works
