No Wonder Grandma Had Such A Happy Childhood!

What more is there to say! And they complain about our alcohol consumption! I guess that generation must have been in a permanent state of euphoria. Never again tell me the current drugs problem engulfing our society is a modern day phenomenon! Take a look at these pictures and see what you think. This stuff was for real, wow!!!!!

And we wonder why our great grand parents only lived into their 40’s and 50’s
Treatments from our great granny's time ... very effective medication!
Bayer's Heroin

A bottle of Bayer's heroin. Between 1890 and 1910 heroin was sold as a non-addictive substitute for morphine. It was also used to treat children with strong cough.

Metcalf Coca Wine was one of a huge variety of wines with cocaine on the market. Everybody used to say that it would make you happy and it would also work as a medicinal treatment.

Mariani wine (1875) was the most famous Coca wine of it's time. Pope Leo XIII used to carry one bottle with him all the time. He awarded Angelo Mariani (the producer) with a Vatican gold medal

Produced by Maltine Manufacturing Company of New York . It was suggested that you should take a full glass with or after every meal. Children should take half a glass.

A paper weight promoting C.F. Boehringer & Soehne ( Mannheim , Germany ). They were proud of being the biggest producers in the world of products containing Quinine and Cocaine.

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All stage actors, singers teachers and preachers had to have them for a maximum performance. Great to "smooth" the voice.

Very popular for children in 1885. Not only they relieved the pain, they made the children happy!

Opium for new-borns. I'm sure this would make them sleep well (not only the Opium, but 46% alcohol!!!!!

My thanks to Lesley Blake for kindly sending me these awesome pictures.