educate Posted December 28, 2008 This is a book I found in a secondhand shop for my son. Makes me laugh every time I read it! Santa has two spoonfuls of the medicine. He begins to smile That medicine worked so fast - it must be magic Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mundi Posted December 30, 2008 (edited) Thanx educate This has put a smile on my dial too. Rupert's Magic Medicine strike again! Edited December 30, 2008 by Mundi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ayjay101 Posted January 14, 2009 Anyone got Uncle Bruno's number? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderIdeal Posted January 14, 2009 at a building site, my brother unearthed a nice bottle that said 'vegetable painkiller' if i remember correctly. it looked just like that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sandalwood Posted January 29, 2009 at a building site, my brother unearthed a nice bottle that said 'vegetable painkiller' if i remember correctly. it looked just like that. well that bottle was most likely an old patent medicine bottle that in all likelyhood probably contained at least morphine/opium and probably a good possibility some coca/cocaine as well. and if it was a "nice" bottle....he could probably sell it online for around a 100$....sometimes more. medical antiques have a good resale.....Dr's have lots of money usually...and a good portion of the people that collect such stuff are probably Dr's or at least in the health profession. I know of an old antique store...that has a box behind and under the counter that is full of old medicines. not just the hardware...but the actual drugs themselves. I did find one box that has a bunch of "bindle" wax paper envelopes..printed with the name of a vegetable painkiller company. and of course, as with patent medicines...no ingredients listed. each little bindle has a small amount of powder...say, 100 milligrams or a little more. its a very interesting find....probably costs a decent amount of money...and there is a good possibility that there is morphine in those bindles. it was real interesting to see that package...and then compare to the wax paper bindles that are sold generally on the east coast of the USA. not alot changed in all those years! finding an old morphine bottle is a dream of mine. I did find a nice little tiny blue glass vicks vapor rub bottle...about 2 inches long...it even had a working lid with the aquamarine top. it was buried in the ground...but for some reason the lid still had some paint intact. but, someone probably stole it from me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
