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A Century Ago, Alcohol Was Legitimate Medicine
Real Clear Science ^
| 04/15/2013
| Ross Pomeroy
Posted on 04/16/2013 11:58:01 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen
At every doctor's visit, there are a few axioms you're almost guaranteed to hear: Eat healthier, exercise more, and ease up on the alcohol. But, incredible as it may seem, there was a time when the latter -- alcohol -- was considered an altogether beneficial and valuable drug, and it was utilized for a wide range of medicinal purposes.
In the early 20th century, alcohol was viewed as both a depressant and a stimulant, a conflicting label that -- as you can imagine -- grew increasingly difficult to maintain as scientific knowledge promulgated. (Today we know alcohol to be a depressant.) However, at the time, this dual-action reputation reinforced alcohol's positive image within the medical community.
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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; History
KEYWORDS: alcohol
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To: Kid Shelleen; Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows
It’sh alwaysh swhorked for meee.
To: wbill
I have two bottles of “medicinal only” whiskey in my collection..Old Mork is the brand I think... ....it was found in a wall in a New York Building remodel...a case of it....
To: henkster
Another doctor told me that 1/2 inch of alcohol (bourbon) was alright for me, every day. I just figured he meant in the bottom of a bathtub.
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04/16/2013 1:55:04 PM PDT
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Safetgiver
( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
To: andyk
It’s pretty much the best anesthetic for that kind of work - does not go systemic in therapeutic quantities, and it’s a vasoconstrictor so it helps to control bleeding.
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04/16/2013 2:31:02 PM PDT
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Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Kid Shelleen
Jack Daniels cures everything other than cancer.
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04/16/2013 3:13:27 PM PDT
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Ann Archy
(Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: Kid Shelleen
If you have my in-laws it’s STILL important medicine.
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04/16/2013 3:16:39 PM PDT
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discostu
(Not just another moon faced assassin of joy.)
To: Ann Archy
Cold and flu bugs are killed outright by Ezra Brooks before they can even get a committee together.
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04/16/2013 3:30:15 PM PDT
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txhurl
To: null and void
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04/16/2013 4:10:34 PM PDT
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Shimmer1
(No matter how cynical I get, I just can't keep up.)
To: Shimmer1
A time and place for everything...
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04/16/2013 4:20:16 PM PDT
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null and void
(Republicans create the tools of oppression and Democrats use them. Gun confiscation enables tyranny.)
To: Kid Shelleen
In the early 20th century, alcohol was viewed as both a depressant and a stimulant, a conflicting label that... ...was echoed 80 years later by ads for coffee which "picks you up and calms you down".
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04/16/2013 4:26:55 PM PDT
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null and void
(Republicans create the tools of oppression and Democrats use them. Gun confiscation enables tyranny.)
To: null and void
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04/16/2013 4:42:14 PM PDT
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Shimmer1
(No matter how cynical I get, I just can't keep up.)
To: Shimmer1
Have another...
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04/16/2013 4:48:57 PM PDT
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null and void
(Republicans create the tools of oppression and Democrats use them. Gun confiscation enables tyranny.)
To: null and void
I think i will. that will make 3
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04/16/2013 4:50:37 PM PDT
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Shimmer1
(No matter how cynical I get, I just can't keep up.)
To: Shimmer1
With six you get egg roll...
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null and void
(Republicans create the tools of oppression and Democrats use them. Gun confiscation enables tyranny.)
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