EnmebaraGuesser@piefed.ca to Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc. @sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 28 days agoBetter than whiskey for the flu. (1928)imagemessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up192arrow-down1imageBetter than whiskey for the flu. (1928)EnmebaraGuesser@piefed.ca to Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc. @sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square17linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·28 days agoI guess prohibition didn’t apply if it was a medicine
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·28 days agoIt did not, doctors were actually allowed to prescribe alcohol.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·28 days agoYep, there wasn’t really a choice about that. Alcohol is a solvent necessary for making extracts and stuff, so eliminating that entire class of ingredients would’ve severely restricted what sorts of medicines could be made.
I guess prohibition didn’t apply if it was a medicine
It did not, doctors were actually allowed to prescribe alcohol.
Yep, there wasn’t really a choice about that. Alcohol is a solvent necessary for making extracts and stuff, so eliminating that entire class of ingredients would’ve severely restricted what sorts of medicines could be made.