These Things From The Past Are So Outdated That We Should Simply Forget They Happened

Using heroin as a cough reliever

Medicine has made thousands of breakthroughs during the past hundred years. Scientists, researchers, and pharmaceuticals worldwide have discovered many innovative vaccines and meds to treat dozens of diseases. For example, we can efficiently deal with a cough from home with an oral solution.

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Unfortunately, during the early 1900s, coughs required quite odd treatment. Here’s an advertisement about “Heroin,” which was used as a “non-addictive” cough reliever. Now that we know heroin is an incredibly addictive drug, we can tell pharmaceuticals didn’t know what they were doing back in the day.

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