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MEDICINES

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CARDUI -- WAS A PATENT MEDICINE SEEN ON MOST GENERAL STORE SHELVES THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF ANY FEMALE DISORDERS.

ST JOSEPH G.F.P.-- CURE ALL FOR WOMEN. THIS MEDICINE WAS FOUND AT GENERAL STORES. MANY WOMEN PROCLAIMED ITS VIRTUES. SOME OF THESE PATENT MEDICINES HAD AN ALCOHOLIC CONTENT.

QUININE-- WAS A VERY DEPENDABLE MEDICINE FOR MALARIA CHILLS. IF TAKEN ACCORDING TO THE DOCTOR'S INSTRUCTIONS, ONE WOULD NOT HAVE MALARIA.  THIS WAS THE BEST MEDICINE AGAINST MALARIA.

LIVER MEDICINE --- WAS A PURGATIVE THAT KEPT PEOPLE RUNNING TO THE CHAMBER OR OUT BEHIND SOME BUILDING. IT TASTED BADLY BUT ACTED QUICKLY. THIS PURGATIVE CAUSED PATIENTS TO EXCRETE A DARK COLORED SUBSTANCE CALLED BILE.

INDIAN HERB PILLS -- WERE A MILD LAXATIVE USED TO KEEP BOWEL MOVEMENTS NORMAL.

HEALING OIL -- WAS A CURE ALL FOR SORES, CHIGGER BITES (RED BUGS), MOSQUITOES, SKIN ABRASIONS, AND STINGS FROM WASPS BEES AND YELLOW JACKETS.

VICKS SALVE--  WAS A LATE ARRIVAL IN MEDICINE CHEST FOR COLDS, CHEST CONGESTIONS, AND PNEUMONIA.  IT TOOK THE PLACE OF TURPENTINE, HOG LARD, AND HEALING OIL ON THE FLANNEL CLOTH. HEATING VICKS SALVE IN A SPOON AND INHALING THE FUMES OR PUTTING IT UP THE NOSE WAS OFTEN USED.

WHISKEY-- WAS USED TO BREAK OUT MEASLES TO AID IN TREATMENT OF PNEUMONIA AND TO AID IN ARRESTING A COLD.

CASTOR OIL-- WAS USED WHENEVER A PATIENT NEEDED A REAL CLEANING OUT. PATIENTS HAD TO HOLD THEIR NOSES TO DUE TO THE HORRIBLE SMELL AND TASTE OF THE MEDICINE.  CASTOR OIL WAS A PALE VISCOUS FATTY OIL FROM THE CASTOR BEAN USED AS A CATHARTICS OR LUBRICANT.

BLACK DROUGHT-  WAS ANOTHER CURE ALL MEDICINE  IT TOOK CARE OF A LONG LIST OF ILL'S. IT WAS FOUND AT THE GENERAL STORES IN MANTEE, HOHENLINDEN.

THREE 666 -- WAS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR QUININE IN TREATING MALARIA.  IT CONTAINED QUININE. IT WAS AWFUL AND THE TASTE WAS HORRIBLE. IT WAS A FAIR TREATMENT FOR MALAIRA BUT IT WAS NOT COMPARABLE TO QUININE.

TURPENTINE-- WAS A BY PRODUCT OF THE PINE TREE. IT WAS ALWAYS ON THE MANTLE AND WAS USED ON THE FLANNEL CLOTH FOR A CONGESTED CHEST, OR FOR CHIGGERS BITES OR BEE STINGS OR USED FOR SORES ON THE LEGS OR HANDS