I got sent this link recently, with some very interesting pictures of old advertisements for "medicines" that were made with cocaine, heroin, chloroform, meth, and other stuff. It's amazing to see how medicine and technology evolves. In 100 years will our grandkids be saying "OMG I can't believe they used Splenda in so many things, now we know that it causes people to grow 2nd heads!".

http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-s ... dicine-ads

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No wonder we had so many wars!

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I was going to ask about that second head....!

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Go to Mystic Seaport in my home state of Connecticut. The apothecary shoppe has dozens of old bottles of patent medicines that consisted of mostly alcohol and cocaine and other healthy ingredients. Heh!
Funny you should mention war... The Germans in WW2 were the first to regularly use amphetamines during combat and they are still widely used for that purpose today.

As for alcohol and war:
Old Ironsides


The U.S.S. Constitution (Old Ironsides) as a combat vessel carried 48,600 gallons of fresh water for her crew of 475 officers and men. This was sufficient to last six months of sustained operations at sea. She carried no evaporators (fresh water distillers).

However, let it be noted that according to her log, "On July 27, 1798, the U.S.S. Constitution sailed from Boston with a full complement of 475 officers and men, 48,600 gallons of fresh water, 7,400 cannon shot, 11,600 pounds of black powder and 79,400 gallons of rum."

Her mission: "To destroy and harass English shipping."

Making Jamaica on 6 October, she took on 826 pounds of flour and 68,300 gallons of rum.

Then she headed for the Azores, arriving there 12 November. She provisioned with 550 pounds of beef and 64,300 gallons of Portuguese wine.

On 18 November, she set sail for England. In the ensuing days she defeated five British men-of-war and captured and scuttled 12 English merchantmen, salvaging only the rum aboard each.

By 26 January, her powder and shot were exhausted. Nevertheless, and though unarmed, she made a night raid up the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. Her landing party captured a whiskey distillery and transferred 40,000 gallons of single malt Scotch aboard by dawn.

Then she headed home.

The U.S.S. Constitution arrived in Boston on 20 February 1799, with No cannon shot, No food, No powder, NO rum, NO wine, NO whiskey and 38,600 gallons of stagnant water.

GO NAVY!

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That's incredible!

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