Snippets from the past: Medicine

According to Beacons from the 1800s, no one needed to suffer from any infirmity for long. No matter what your medical problem, there was a cure for it.

Burk’s White Pine Balsam was touted as an “infallible cure for coughs.” However, if that cough syrup didn’t meet your expectations, you might try Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar to relieve that stubborn cough.

Have a toothache? Not to worry, Pike’s Toothpaste drops could cure it “in one minute.” Sore eyes? Dr. Issan Thompson’s Eye Water to the rescue.

No medical issue is overlooked. There’s relief for everyone. If you have kidney complaints, female weakness, and debility you better put Papillon Blood Cure on your shopping list. If you are still feeling poorly then avail yourself of a bottle of Fenner’s Golden Relief Cure, it will relieve any pain in five or ten minutes.

There was a cure for every aliment, and most times more than one. Nearly all of them could be purchased at your local drug store.