tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post5394118311345457956..comments2024-03-27T23:13:43.597-05:00Comments on Prairie Rose Publications: CURE IT ALL: BARBED WIRE & BAT DROPPINGSLivia J Washburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05958199886826207363noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-83685307292180023152015-09-25T17:08:17.609-05:002015-09-25T17:08:17.609-05:00Shayna, I so enjoyed your blog with all that info....Shayna, I so enjoyed your blog with all that info. I can never get enough of the old medicine and cures. Being a nurse for MANY years and mostly in homecare, I saw several old fashioned type remedies resurface--oh we now sterilize seaweed and manufacture cobwebs, stuff like that, but mankind is rethinking some of those past remedies and now is using more herbs, etc.. It is scary to think of the Beverly Wells authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12248685758575824289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-41893556489937573452015-09-23T20:18:32.725-05:002015-09-23T20:18:32.725-05:00Interesting article, Shayna. I do think a lot of ...Interesting article, Shayna. I do think a lot of the cures persisted because they did have some real value -- others, as has been pointed out, simply addicted those who partook. I would imagine that a great many of our current medicines and cures will be seen as absurd when viewed from the perspective of a hundred years from now. For me, the nurses like Clara Barton and Florence Nightingale Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04024698678527706414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-80767915464118931402015-09-23T17:46:21.773-05:002015-09-23T17:46:21.773-05:00Thank you so much, Tanya! I am completely fascinat...Thank you so much, Tanya! I am completely fascinated by anything pertaining to the Old West / Victorian era. So much to learn! Ahh, yes...Coca Cola. That brings up a good point on addiction. We may not battle addiction via cure-alls as they did then, but most people cannot live without their coffee. For me? Coke. Just what do they put in that drink nowadays, anyway? ;-)<br />Shayna Matthewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07211023762774649147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-84367761499213375622015-09-23T17:41:09.232-05:002015-09-23T17:41:09.232-05:00Terrific post, Shayna, and so helpful for historic...Terrific post, Shayna, and so helpful for historical writers. Even in the 20th century, when my mom told me Coca Cola had cocaine in it originally, I didn t believe her lol. Thanks!! Tanya Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08580821680629254085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-63702849396103932042015-09-23T16:34:03.220-05:002015-09-23T16:34:03.220-05:00Hi Kristy! Thank you so much, I'm glad to hear...Hi Kristy! Thank you so much, I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the read! :-) Shayna Matthewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07211023762774649147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-4531209449979320062015-09-23T16:33:28.894-05:002015-09-23T16:33:28.894-05:00Hahaha Diana! Well, if you're certain you feel...Hahaha Diana! Well, if you're certain you feel fine. If anything changes, and you need a tonic for warped floor boards, a free spirit, a headache or just to breeze through life with flair and radiance, you just let me know. ;-)Shayna Matthewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07211023762774649147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-82697498099855530012015-09-23T16:31:24.902-05:002015-09-23T16:31:24.902-05:00Fascinating, isn't it? Yes, I believe I too wo...Fascinating, isn't it? Yes, I believe I too would rather have held out for the mid-wife back in the day. I don't know how anyone escaped addiction, even if they were relatively healthy - as you said, alcohol and drugs were used in pretty much everything, masquerading for tonics to make one feel lighter, happier, healthier. Thank you for commenting! :-)Shayna Matthewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07211023762774649147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-9526591553354685412015-09-23T16:23:16.358-05:002015-09-23T16:23:16.358-05:00Hi Doris! I think that is what makes it all so fas...Hi Doris! I think that is what makes it all so fascinating...I especially love the lore of herbal remedies. So many of them are still used today, but I love to read instances where an off-the-wall remedy worked...well. Shayna Matthewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07211023762774649147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-50668668496064644682015-09-23T14:51:03.695-05:002015-09-23T14:51:03.695-05:00Shayna,
This was very enlightening!Shayna,<br />This was very enlightening!Kristy McCaffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17363740420272046549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-29462337778226034092015-09-23T13:03:59.226-05:002015-09-23T13:03:59.226-05:00It's a wonder anyone survived the cure! As fo...It's a wonder anyone survived the cure! As for me, Dr. Shayna, I'm feeling just fine and dandy, thank you very much, so you can peddle, um, use your cures for others. :)Diana Tobinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10825874649763693468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-70024666527665256332015-09-23T11:14:21.160-05:002015-09-23T11:14:21.160-05:00Great post. A few thoughts: Back in the day, women...Great post. A few thoughts: Back in the day, women drinking alcohol was frowned on by nice society, but many women got around that by taking a shot or two of their favorite cure-all for energy, etc. They had no idea they had become addicted to the alcohol and/or opium in the product. Many "doctors" on the frontier were self-taught and earned the title "doc" because they had Zina Abbott Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06514497895329220725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-27332741137698887082015-09-23T09:13:41.134-05:002015-09-23T09:13:41.134-05:00Medicine is an endlessly fascinating subject. Whil...Medicine is an endlessly fascinating subject. While some of the cures make one wonder, others were actually quite effetive.Mercury (calomel) was the drug of choice for Lewis and Clark. It must have worked, almost all made it through. Fascinating post. Thank you. DorisRenaissance Womenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09045401344374224512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-37003404531037003122015-09-23T09:07:13.308-05:002015-09-23T09:07:13.308-05:00Thank you, Sarah. What they used for medicines bac...Thank you, Sarah. What they used for medicines back in the day simply amazes me. Horrifies me a bit, too, lol. I often drift into believing I was born in the wrong era. Then I start thinking about barbed wire pills and alcoholic-bat-dung-curealls, and I think I'm good. ;-)Shayna Matthewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07211023762774649147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-83267870899847112502015-09-23T07:39:10.058-05:002015-09-23T07:39:10.058-05:00It's a wonder anyone survived the cure-alls of...It's a wonder anyone survived the cure-alls of the day. There certainly was no need for a drug cartel back in those days when highly addictive narcotics were so readily available and alcohol was as good as a prescription drug. <br />A very interesting article, Shayna.Sarah J. McNealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749991094677728042noreply@blogger.com