JdeBP · @JdeBP
108 followers · 3051 posts · Server mastodonapp.ukAsthmador and Nasaldor were marketed in the 1920s as cures for allergies such as asthma and hay fever, and for viral infections like cold sores.
They contained a hallucinogen (#DaturaStramonium) cut with a poison (#Belladonna) and the people who liked it were actually addicts hallucinating that they were better, some even dying of the poison.
Banned by any health department? Or food or drugs regulator? No.
The Federal Trade Commission in 1937, which could only stop the ads.
#daturastramonium #Belladonna #toxicology
JdeBP · @JdeBP
108 followers · 3051 posts · Server mastodonapp.uk@AbandonedAmerica Ask it about Asthmador.
The bad but easy info, on a Smithsonian WWW site no less, is people saying how "great" it was.
The good info that the FTC banned it in 1937 from being marketed as a cure, because it contained a hallucinogen (#DaturaStramonium) cut with a poison (#Belladonna) and the people who took it were actually addicts hallucinating that they were better, some even dying of the poison, is only available in books and behind subscription paywalls.
#daturastramonium #Belladonna #toxicology
Dippy 🥾 · @Dippy
11 followers · 32 posts · Server mastodonapp.ukI have done a general introduction. This is my #music one. It is a long one:
#AlisonMoyet
#OMD
#Subsonica
#GaryNuman
#DepecheMode
#VNVNation
#SolarFake
#Blutengel
#LightningSeeds
#Placebo
#Elisa
#SoulsOfMisfortune
#SistersOfMercy
#Yazoo
#RedGuitars
#CabaretVoltaire
#Toyah
#Garbage
#LaRoux
#Wolfsheim
#TalkTalk
#Ultravox
#Japan
#Echo&TheBunnymen
#MinuteTaker
#Belladonna
#Feeder
#BrendanBenson
to be going on with....
#music #AlisonMoyet #omd #Subsonica #garynuman #DepecheMode #vnvnation #SolarFake #Blutengel #lightningseeds #placebo #elisa #SoulsOfMisfortune #SistersofMercy #Yazoo #RedGuitars #CabaretVoltaire #toyah #garbage #laroux #Wolfsheim #talktalk #ultravox #japan #echo #MinuteTaker #Belladonna #Feeder #BrendanBenson