EnmebaraGuesser@piefed.ca to Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc. @sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agoBetter than whiskey for the flu. (1928)media.piefed.caimagemessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up193arrow-down1imageBetter than whiskey for the flu. (1928)media.piefed.caEnmebaraGuesser@piefed.ca to Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc. @sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square18linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoIt did not, doctors were actually allowed to prescribe alcohol.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoYep, there wasn’t really a choice about that. Alcohol is a solvent necessary for making extracts and stuff, so eliminating that entire class of ingredients would’ve severely restricted what sorts of medicines could be made.
It did not, doctors were actually allowed to prescribe alcohol.
Yep, there wasn’t really a choice about that. Alcohol is a solvent necessary for making extracts and stuff, so eliminating that entire class of ingredients would’ve severely restricted what sorts of medicines could be made.