Do you remember old remedies bought from the chemist

[waxy]

I mentioned Scotts emulsion when remembering the smell of a Chemist Shop in Ossy called Emeric Eccles and it bought back memories of all sorts of things my Mum used to dose us with!! Dr.William's Pink Pills,Little Lung Healers,Allenbury's Malt and Cod Liver Oil,Suleo ( for nits!),worm cakes Ugh!! Camphor Blocks....I had one in a little bag pinned to my vest( until I was about 15!) To keep colds away,supposedly,Witch hazel,Nitbone,Syrup of Figs and Haliborange Tablets.We never went to the doctor as Emeric could mix a bottle for anything.
Lots more which I will remember I am sure.

[MargaretR]

There are quite a few mentioned in this old thread
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...-up-23210.html

[grannyclaret]

Fennings Fever cure,,,,Sulpher Tablets,,,Olive oil and Raspberry Vinigar,,,,

[davebtelford]

I remember we used to go to the corner shop for a measure of Indian 'Brandy' for a bad stomach - dunno what it was! Also Wintergreen ointment & Doan's pills (for backache?).

[Mick]

I used to do my own Photographic developing and printing in black & white and later on in colour even did my own slides.
my grandfather was a founder member of the Preston camera club
he had a lot of very old negatives ie Preston guild 1902 on glass
he had a book of recipes for his own developers that i used to use
and there was a chemist on New Hall Lane in Preston called McLaughlin's he was into developing his own photos too so he would supply the chemicals needed including Potassium Fer cyanide .

[flashy]

my gran used to use smelling salts but thats all i can remember, i do know they smelt awful though, what was in them?

[Mick]

Smelling salts, ammonium carbonate, a colorless-to-white, crystalline solid ((NH4)2CO3·H2O)

[garinda]

Indian brandy.

A thick, foul looking black liquid, that worked, when taken with hot water, for tummy ache.

[entwisi]

indian brandee is tincture of rhubarb and you can still buy it. as at any chemist as its usually behind the counter.

[flashy]

Originally Posted by mick

Smelling salts, ammonium carbonate, a colorless-to-white, crystalline solid ((NH4)2CO3·H2O)

thanx Mick

[garinda]

Originally Posted by entwisi

indian brandee is tincture of rhubarb and you can still buy it. as at any chemist as its usually behind the counter.

That's why I'm tummy ache free.

[grannyclaret]

I once asked for some Indian Brandy for one of my kids in Londons Victoria Station,,,,the girl at the till thought i had lost the plot,,,

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by grannyclaret

I once asked for some Indian Brandy for one of my kids in Londons Victoria Station,,,,the girl at the till thought i had lost the plot,,,

Like asking for a packet of Woodbine's in London, they smoked Players Weights down yon

[gdm27]

Lung Healers???? Tiny little round tablets and I have no idea what they did to you and for what!!! (Yes I can see Lung in the title!!!)

[Margaret Pilkington]

Bile Beans......Worm Cakes(no they weren't made out of worms) like big chocolate drops with hundreds and thousands on........they looked pleasant, but made you crap over a five barred gate.

Indian Brandee....now that was something. I once feigned belly ache and was given a hefty dose of this vile potion......that put paid to my antics.

All these potions stemmed from the days when it was sixpence(or something like that) to visit the doctor....you couldn't afford the medic so you threw yourself on the mercy of the chemist......and they gave you something in a calibrated bottle with a cork stuck in it.
We used to save the medicine bottles to put spanish water in when we went to play in Bullough Park for the day.
God, it is a wonder any of us survived.