Often, people didn’t know specifically what was causing their ailments they saw symptoms shared by many different illnesses and tried to treat them all at once. That’s a long list of illnesses for just one remedy, but it wasn’t uncommon back then. This syrup from the late 19th century claimed to be a “one minute cough cure,” good enough to cure all diseases of the throat, bronchial tubes and lungs, including pneumonia, bronchitis, coughs, colds, asthma, whooping cough, sore throat, difficult respiration, pains in the chest, night sweats and hemorrhages of the lungs. What you won’t see is this remedy, found in the Health and Medicine Collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. With cold and flu season in full swing, you’ve probably already visited the medicine aisle in your nearest pharmacy looking for relief. One Minute Cough Cure, 1894–1906, National Museum of American History
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