Quack Cure
This bottle is embossed with the words -
Atkinson's Blackcurrant Cough Elixir .
In Queen Victoria's reign thousands of incredible remedies were available , bearing such flamboyant titles as " Dr . Adolf Hommel's Haematogen " , "Radam's Microbe Killer " , " Dr . Cassell's Flesh Forming And Strengthening Tablets " , " Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup" and "Dr . Kilmer's Swamp Root Kidney , Liver and Bladder Cure " . Nine times out of ten these universal panaceas were little more than a mixture of water and alcohol ; sometimes they contained opium or chloroform . The contents usually deadened your senses and gave you the impression you were feeling better .
This one might actually have worked since it didn't make any outrageous claims .
Quack Cure
This bottle is embossed with the words -
Atkinson's Blackcurrant Cough Elixir .
In Queen Victoria's reign thousands of incredible remedies were available , bearing such flamboyant titles as " Dr . Adolf Hommel's Haematogen " , "Radam's Microbe Killer " , " Dr . Cassell's Flesh Forming And Strengthening Tablets " , " Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup" and "Dr . Kilmer's Swamp Root Kidney , Liver and Bladder Cure " . Nine times out of ten these universal panaceas were little more than a mixture of water and alcohol ; sometimes they contained opium or chloroform . The contents usually deadened your senses and gave you the impression you were feeling better .
This one might actually have worked since it didn't make any outrageous claims .