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Thursday, February 8, 2018
Fact of the Day: Kerosene Cough
Before modern medicine, people came up with some rather dangerous methods of remedies. Kerosene was a key ingredient to many of these, including a coughing remedy.
How true- I'm a family researcher and I have found some pretty sketchy "home grown" cure-alls for what ails ya. Heroin being one! Historical newspapers are full of ads for these crazy meds.
Eeyuk!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteYep, they sure had some rather nutso things made up
ReplyDeleteHow true- I'm a family researcher and I have found some pretty sketchy "home grown" cure-alls for what ails ya. Heroin being one! Historical newspapers are full of ads for these crazy meds.
ReplyDeleteIt is really amazing what we used to do...and what worked.
ReplyDeleteMy grandmother used to wrap a kerosene soaked cloth around my mother's neck to 'draw the cold out'. Crazy.
ReplyDeleteWhat in the world??? Wow! Hugs...RO
ReplyDeleteHoly moly!
ReplyDeleteoh no, hope nobody got poisoned.
ReplyDeleteThat's a little scary!
ReplyDeleteOh that doesn't sound good at all.
ReplyDeleteAck!
ReplyDeleteCough. Cough. BOOM!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHard to believe some of the things people did and still do. : )
ReplyDeleteI wonder if it worked, I still have my nagging cough!!
Don't take that while smoking..
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