EnmebaraGuesser@piefed.ca to Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc. @sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 22 hours agoBetter than whiskey for the flu. (1928)media.piefed.caimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up179file-text
arrow-up179imageBetter than whiskey for the flu. (1928)media.piefed.caEnmebaraGuesser@piefed.ca to Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc. @sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·21 hours agoI guess prohibition didn’t apply if it was a medicine
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·19 hours agoIt did not, doctors were actually allowed to prescribe alcohol.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·16 hours 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.
I guess prohibition didn’t apply if it was a medicine
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.