EnmebaraGuesser@piefed.ca to Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc. @sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 21 hours agoBetter than whiskey for the flu. (1928)media.piefed.caimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up178file-text
arrow-up178imageBetter than whiskey for the flu. (1928)media.piefed.caEnmebaraGuesser@piefed.ca to Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc. @sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 21 hours agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·18 hours agoIt did not, doctors were actually allowed to prescribe alcohol.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·15 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.
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.