Monday, December 31, 2012

1900 PATENT MEDICINE WINE OF CARDUI

Back in 1900 there really weren't that many medicines available to relive menstrual cramps and pain. Aspirin had just become available as a bitter powder, but was not widely known, so there weren't too many products available. I can't imagine this contained an effective pain killer but it did have plenty of alcohol, which is a pain reliever of a sort and it was respectable to drink a medicine, maybe not so acceptable to take a drink. How much do you think was sold to people looking for a buzz rather than pain relief? Probably a lot.



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