Guest fountainhall Posted January 17, 2011 Posted January 17, 2011 We have a thread on the bars of yesteryear and how much more fun they were. Someone just sent me some memories of perhaps the reasons why our grandparents and great-grandparents had some fun times, too. Photo 1 A bottle of Bayer's 'Heroin'. Between 1890 and 1910 heroin was sold as a non-addictive substitute for morphine. It was also used to treat children suffering with a strong cough. Photo 2 Coca Wine, anyone? Metcalf's Coca Wine was one of a huge variety of wines with cocaine on the market. Everybody used to say that it would make you happy and it would also work as a medicinal treatment. Photo 3 A paperweight promoting C. F. Boehringer & Soehne (Mannheim, Germany) They were proud of being the biggest producers in the world of products containing Quinine and Cocaine. Photo 4 Opium for Asthma At 40% alcohol plus 3 grams of opium per tablet. It didn't cure you . . . but you didn't care! Photo 5 Cocaine drops for toothache. Very popular for children in 1885. Not only did they relieve the pain, they made the children very happy! Photo 6 Opium for newborns. I'm sure this would make them sleep well (not only the Opium, but also the 46% alcohol)! It's no wonder they were called "The Good Old Days". From cradle to grave . . . everyone was STONED !! Quote
