Stomach Pain

The apothecary suggests you try…

Daffy’s Elixir Salutis

Called the ‘health-bringing drink,’ this English concoction was advertised to treat “gout, rheumatism, stones in the kidneys or bladder, exulceration (ulceration) in the kidneys, colic and “griping of the guts”, phthisic (lung congestion), dropsy, scurvy, surfeits (overindulgence), pestilence (plague), fits of the mother and “vapours of the spleen”, green sickness (chlorosis), convulsions and agues.”

Dr. Bateman’s Pectoral Drops

Containing opium and 32% ethanol, Dr. Bateman’s Pectoral Drops were used for chills, diarrhea, cramps, colic, and to induce sleep. Infants and adults alike benefitted from the rather calming effect of this medication. 

Purgatives

An age-old depletion practice to rid the body of ailments. Many different substances and compounds were used as purgatives. If it went down the throat, then came back up, it worked!

Tuscarora Rice

America’s first patented medicine developed by Sybilla Masters, an inventive and daring woman whose legacy lives on in the world of engineering. Her patented corn meal, specially made by pounding Indian corn with hammers instead of grinding wheels, was used as a consumption cure.