tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post3542523081038256416..comments2024-03-28T23:57:50.103-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: This'll fix you right up!Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-88237173041483637902016-09-12T12:09:26.264-05:002016-09-12T12:09:26.264-05:00Anyone stop to consider that people back then migh...Anyone stop to consider that people back then might have had the good sense to take these things as MEDICINE rather than mind toys with an addiction to some pleasure center?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-86399511900297136112016-09-12T09:18:28.308-05:002016-09-12T09:18:28.308-05:00It appears Mrs Pinkham's still in business tod...It appears Mrs Pinkham's still in business today. I wonder if she still gives advice.<br /><br />https://www.amazon.com/Pinkham-Liquid-Better-Menstruation-Menopause/dp/B000NPWR5SJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780834197167716549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-49681464107612944712016-09-12T08:28:51.006-05:002016-09-12T08:28:51.006-05:00Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was availab...Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was available at least into the seventies as I can remember my momma buying it, at least until my sisters got into a bottle of it.RGRANThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03993878200860706385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-962733531337719312016-09-12T06:36:13.609-05:002016-09-12T06:36:13.609-05:00When mom passed in '94, I found a small bottle...When mom passed in '94, I found a small bottle of Laudnum in the medicine cabinet. It was that peculiar brown color, about 2 oz, and was 90% full. I sure didn't expect to see that!STxARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588850178293194825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-5125080031572314682016-09-11T21:38:37.436-05:002016-09-11T21:38:37.436-05:00"Snake-oil salesmen" were all over the c..."Snake-oil salesmen" were all over the country, not just the west. It didn't "cure" anything, but follow the dosages and you won't care....JohninMd.(HELP?!??)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-52065265149101492822016-09-11T21:09:31.072-05:002016-09-11T21:09:31.072-05:00Great Post, Peter!
Brazil still sells pate...Great Post, Peter!<br /><br /> Brazil still sells patent cures. One of my wife's friends gave her a 'cleanse' that contained a mild baby laxative and a shit ton of codeine. It certainly would make people feel better! Paul, Dammit!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02264872375942355609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-9010106233888876932016-09-11T20:51:56.747-05:002016-09-11T20:51:56.747-05:00When life expectancy in the US was in the late 50s...When life expectancy in the US was in the late 50s or thereabouts, I've heard & read that if you made it that far you had a good chance of making to 80 or better. As others have mentioned, the higher childhood death rate brought the mean down.<br />Lots of folks see these patent medicines as quack remedies & snake oil, but really, if one was ill with maladies that we had, at that time, no treatment for, I see nothing wrong with the sufferers using such things to assuage pain.<br />When my late Dad was dying of lung cancer, he had opiates I would've probably hurt people for in my younger days, when I liked such things. He was doomed & knew it; it made his final decline easier, at least physically. I can't say that was a bad thing 100 years ago, either. I do have a problem with their advertising their wares as a cure or an effective treatment.<br />Peter, as you're a minister, I'd be interested in your take on the use of powerful, potentially deadly, drugs in terminal cases.<br />--Tennessee BuddAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-18958181387105118372016-09-11T20:51:42.973-05:002016-09-11T20:51:42.973-05:00I suggest reading the autobiography of Dr. Arthur ...I suggest reading the autobiography of Dr. Arthur Emanual Hertzler.<br /><br />This is some information from the Kansas Historical Society. <br />https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/arthur-emanual-hertzler/12085<br /><br />His book is available from Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/Horse-Buggy-Doctor-Arthur-Hertzler-ebook/dp/B00H7O8XT2/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1473644385&sr=1-1#nav-subnav<br /><br />His career covered the later part of the time you are looking at.<br /><br /><br />John in Phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196033252818387245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-53819287072417055552016-09-11T20:01:58.543-05:002016-09-11T20:01:58.543-05:00Life expectancy calculations are peculiar...60 to ...Life expectancy calculations are peculiar...60 to 70 (threescore and ten is the measure of a man) is actually a fairly standard constant ever since that phrase got into the Bible way back when, with a reasonable number of people hitting fourscore. But only IF, they avoided a few major things: high infant/child mortality (which actually climbed in the Industrial Era); for adults there are several causes, for men the major killer became death by misadventure (i.e. a traumatic injury leading to fatal infection). For women, death by misadventure was generally second to death in childbirth. For the elderly, pneumonia was the killer, generally before any other serious age related diseases really manifested.<br />Or in other words, if you made it through childhood, didn't have a major infection, and if a women made it past child bearing....you were likely to live just as long as an active, healthy person today. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-60352231643576362142016-09-11T18:09:53.767-05:002016-09-11T18:09:53.767-05:00I remember my mother talking about using "Par...I remember my mother talking about using "Paragoric" which was a morphine solution. Apparently you could still buy it over the counter until 1970. I read a really good book on the old West Medicine shows about 20 years ago but can't remember the title. That might be another avenue of research. The author closed by saying the Medicine Shows never went away. Now days we just call it television. P. Lesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08062920205161041254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-4181299540373987532016-09-11T17:14:29.126-05:002016-09-11T17:14:29.126-05:00Yep, booze and drugs... Been around for longer tha...Yep, booze and drugs... Been around for longer than people want to believe, along with the charlatans that prey on honest people...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-42159658412061289952016-09-11T16:17:12.780-05:002016-09-11T16:17:12.780-05:00Looking at that portrait of Mrs. Pinkham, I can...Looking at that portrait of Mrs. Pinkham, I can't help wondering if she ever took up Snark-hunting. She certainly resembles some member of the Bellman's crew, though I can't recall which.Eric Wilnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04351991168469225129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-24851393391103788272016-09-11T15:40:22.677-05:002016-09-11T15:40:22.677-05:00Saw a bit over at Sarge's place on the Irish R...Saw a bit over at Sarge's place on the Irish Rovers also. I was stationed at NAS Whidbey Island back in the late 60's. A buddy and myself were up in Bellingham on liberty one evening and happened upon the Irish Rovers playing in one of the local hotel's lounge. They were playing to an older crowd who weren't that interested, talking amongst themselves a lot and not paying a lot of attention to the entertainment. My buddy and I sat up front and really enjoyed the show and even had a little interaction with the guys on stage. We ended up staying for the entire show. Fast forward a few days and we took dates back to catch another show, their last of that engagement, IIRC. Well, they had really caught on in the meantime and the place was packed, no seats available. They saw us standing in the doorway and recognized us from the previous evening. They stopped in the middle of the show and arranged for a table to be set up for us up front. Wow, were our dates impressed.Flugelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00158548139451148587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-22437903716180000942016-09-11T15:07:40.225-05:002016-09-11T15:07:40.225-05:00I too am commenting on the average life expectancy...I too am commenting on the average life expectancy. <br />Please note as an example, if out of 100 births 50 of them die before 1 year of age and 50 die at 96 years of age, you are left with an average life expectancy right around 48. Yes, real life is never that simple. However, the high rate of infant mortality does serve to reduce average life expectancy quite a bit. Greggnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-26880023131986420552016-09-11T14:31:48.323-05:002016-09-11T14:31:48.323-05:00One of my Junior High teachers was a descendant of...One of my Junior High teachers was a descendant of Lilly the Pink and had a bottle (empty) of the stuff in his closet. He was astonished that any of us had ever heard of her. Interestingly, one version of the formula did have a large slug of plant-based estrogens, which may have done some women some good.<br /><br />(Grew up singing the entire Irish Rovers collection.)<br /><br />LittleRed1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-90129534108138053022016-09-11T14:02:48.902-05:002016-09-11T14:02:48.902-05:00Careful with the average lifespan assumptions. Ea...Careful with the average lifespan assumptions. Early childhood death really brings down the numbers. Even in the 9th century, if you made it to 20 or25, you had a fair chance of living into your 50s/60s. It was those first 20 years that were hardcore survival of the fittest. JK Brownnoreply@blogger.com