tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post3841896686470206725..comments2024-03-28T23:57:50.103-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: One patent medicine that workedPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-50579733220061892392016-09-25T18:13:22.018-05:002016-09-25T18:13:22.018-05:00The fig syrup was used fairly widely in the US As ...The fig syrup was used fairly widely in the US As well. Here is a link to the image of fig syrup advertising from 19th century, promoting it as a method to have a baby! http://imagiknitter.blogspot.com/2013_02_01_archive.html. The image was taken in Torquoise Road mining museum in New Mexico.Lockehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952354798300567031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-30851805530214686942016-09-13T19:23:27.381-05:002016-09-13T19:23:27.381-05:00Off Topic but I thought you'd enjoy this, Pete...Off Topic but I thought you'd enjoy this, Peter, if you hadn't already.<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g5p6b-ZZ5Y<br />Nate Winchesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00630873800235819300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-34723538458388620812016-09-13T15:23:28.962-05:002016-09-13T15:23:28.962-05:00This, rrom Godey's Lady's Book magazine, w...This, rrom Godey's Lady's Book magazine, was popular in the South up to the 1930s: <br />Blackberry and Wine Cordial<br />Godey's Lady's Book 1860<br /><br />To half a bushel of blackberries, well mashed, add a quarter of a pound of allspice, two ounces of cinnamon, two ounces of cloves; pulverize well, mix and boil slowly until properly done; then strain or squeeze the juice through homespun or flannel, and add to each pint of the juice one pound of loaf sugar; boil again for some time, ake it off, and while cooling add half a gallon of best Cognac brandy. Bottle and cork well. Dose: for an adult half a gill to a gill, for a child, a teaspoonful or more according to age. This is recommendd as a delightful beverage, and an infallible specific for diarrhoea or <br />orninary disease of the bowels.Glenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826464928376433382noreply@blogger.com