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minus-squareusualsuspect191@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up21·10 days agoHer little hiccup I think was a joke about the alcohol content of the cough syrup.
minus-squareTranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up16·10 days agoThe brand “One Night Cough Syrup” had alcohol, chloroform, cannabis, and morphine as their active ingredients. Sure it worked great, being unconscious makes it harder to cough, plus coughing requires breathing, so it works on two fronts.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoOne can hope. They’d stuff so much crap into medicine at the time, i wouldn’t be surprised if there’s mercury too
Her little hiccup I think was a joke about the alcohol content of the cough syrup.
The brand “One Night Cough Syrup” had alcohol, chloroform, cannabis, and morphine as their active ingredients. Sure it worked great, being unconscious makes it harder to cough, plus coughing requires breathing, so it works on two fronts.
Wait, so then it was laudanum?
One can hope. They’d stuff so much crap into medicine at the time, i wouldn’t be surprised if there’s mercury too