The following is an article from the book Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges Into History Again. Go ahead and scoff at the cure-alls and tonics concocted in the 1800s, but know this: taken in large enough quantities, they'd make people forget what ailed them. THE WAY WE WERE In the 19th century, doctors were few and far between: which may have been a good thing, since medical practices weren't anywhere near an exact science. Patients took their chances: bloodletting, purging, sw...
