Cough and cold remedies from 60 years ago | The Daily Press
Mar 11, 2020 · Along the same lines, was a peach-coloured cotton wool called Thermogene. According to Wikipedia, Thermogene Medicated Wadding is impregnated with capsicum oleoresin and methyl salicylate. A square put on your chest before your vest was supposed to ease your chest and your cough.
Old Home Remedies Using Turpentine - LEAFtv
Oct 17, 2017 · Turpentine was once a common home remedy for treating minor cuts and abrasions. People would place a small amount of turpentine on a piece of cotton wool and bind it to the wound. When the cotton wool dried, they would add a …
What medicines do you remember? | Hidden Lives Revealed blog
As a small child I suffered regularly with earache. My father used to warm a wad of cotton wool dipped in camphorated oil and put this into my ear. I do wonder if this was a safe treatment? I can’t remember if it was this that helped or the TLC from my Dad.
290+ Home Remedies From Appalachia - Hillsborough …
Nov 12, 2022 · For ringworm, crack open green walnut hulls, crush, and apply the juice to the affected area with cotton. Put three or four drops of turpentine in a teaspoon of sugar and eat it. Put some charcoal in a quart of water and drink it.
May 19, 2023 · Wool in ancient times was one of the most important materials. Its use as a textile raw material is widely demonstrated, as can be seen in the textile remains found in archaeological contexts. But wool was also used in other areas, such as magic, religion and medicine.
Old Time Cures & Remedies - Legends of America
These old time remedies, collected from a variety of sources, may have really been used, or may have just been myth and legends from the Old West.
A Look Back At Old-Time Medicine - WebMD
May 7, 2006 · Antique medicines contained everything from arsenic to opium -- and promised instant cures. Pity the poor Victorian-era family whose bottle of Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup ran dry. It was touted...
8 old-fashioned medical remedies that are still being used
Jan 20, 2020 · A pharmacist at @OSUWexMed explains how some "old-fashioned" medical remedies -- such as leeches -- are still useful in today's modern medicine.
A Look at Old-Time Medicines - Katherine Kam
May 8, 2006 · In 1862, Mixer’s Cancer and Scrofula Syrup claimed to treat “Cancer, Tumors, Erysipelas, Abscesses, Ulcers, Fever Sores, Goiter, Catarrh, Salt Rheum, Scald Head, Piles, Rheumatism, and ALL BLOOD DISEASES.” Others favored open-ended labeling.
10 Antiquated Medications Nurses Used to Administer to
Nov 7, 2016 · Do you know that there are many old medicine remedies lately being proven harmful for human consumption? Thanks to the hardwork of researchers, the world became aware of the harmful medications typically used in healthcare in the early times.