December 26, 2017
This is “Our Past Is Present” from the Geary County Historical Society.
The flu and
colds sometimes attack our systems during the winter season. The costs of medications to fight these
ailments seem to rise on a daily basis.
Perhaps you would like to join me this morning in a trip back in time
when keeping healthy cost less than today.
On some of the patented medicine ads from around 1902, one could find a
low-budget cure for whatever ailed a person or in fact a domestic animal. Here
are some examples:
“System out
of tone? Nervous debility for instance can be cured by the use of Ayers Sarsaparilla. It tones the system and makes the weak
strong. It has cured others and will
cure you”.
Further down
the page there was an ad that asked: “Got stiff joints? Hard work makes stiff
joints. Rub with Mexican Mustang
Liniment and the sore muscles become comfortable, while the stiff joints become
supple. Good for the aches and injuries
of man or beast.”
Another ad
the question was asked: “Blood gone bad? Pimples, faded complexion, chapped
skin, rough hands? Bad blood, cured in a
short time with Rock Mountain Tea, the great complexion restorer.”
And here is
one more….”For that receding hair line:
“The only hope of bald heads is Carboline, a deodorized extract of
petroleum. Every objection has been
removed by recent improvement. It is now
faultless. This is the only cure for
baldness and the most delicate hairdressing known.”
Even as we
read ads in magazines or newspapers or watch them on television, we can find
more advertisements about how to improve anything that ails us. There are many
drugs available by prescription or over the counter. However, be sure to read or listen to all the
after effects of taking them and always check with your doctor first.
We wish all
of you good health for the rest of this year and in 2018 from the Geary County
Historical Society.
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