Cocktail Cures
We are very fortunate to live in a time when technology, science, and medicine, is developing faster than any other time period in history. Sometimes it’s easy to forget that the American Frontier in the 19th century didn’t have readily available medicine, and it was a serious matter.
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Lack of medicine was a huge concern, but don’t worry; they created their own. Instead of actual medicine, they would concoct special recipes or healing cocktails. A particular favorite “medicine” choice included Brandy in the mixture. They also gave their concoctions names like Tarantula Juice and Coffin Varnish.