The sun., 1889-04-29
NEW PHYsIC AND OH
uesss that Outraged Taste and Smell, and
Did More Harm than Good.

DO you know" said n druggist on Second
avenue, that physic to-day Is a luxury 1t Is
either entirely tasteless or pleasantly favored
and the old adherence OF Medicine has almost
passed away. Do you remember the doses our
mothers used to give us when you and were.
children Draughts that choked us. pills that
nauseated US. and powders that we're worse
than surgical operation. l shuider now
even with all these drugs around me. as
think OF them. single tablespoonful OF a
muddy mixture that was forced down my
throat had worse and more sickening odor
than the combined smells OF everything in this
store. Phaughl the manner in which drugs
were administered TO children then was enough
to throw the little things into convulsions.
There was ths Gregory p2wder, i9r In,
BEEN at once % depositsd ei'T Without Il any any inter-
mediate stages OF travel in the place where, Il
was expected to do the most good. But the
any more than It does now, and no, mater al
eeolicitude or doctors science could disguise
the stomach Without wrenching and Distract
Ing every fibre Of the system. Those were the
days when every mother thought she knew
Hsa wonap. but ih}nk III I' tfas much @ lsprnins hsSS
mixed up With black currant jpiiv, ami had to
eat it out of a saucer with a toaspoon. l Con-
eTay ba shG dose IN ins ss1 than n
but my mother had theory that II l retained
1t for thirty seconds its work was accomplish
ed. The lady living next door Thought diiler-
emily, and have known her TO make her boy
cat three OF the abomInab connections. each.
OF course harder to .assimilate than the. one
preceding it. before she relaxed her efforts TO
conquer nature. and sent him to bed in dis
grace. Even now the sight or smell Of black
currant Jelly makes me shudder; The asso-
citation OF ideas Is 50 strong that fancy te-
tect the subtle influence OF the Gregory powder
impre egnatinH the Jam.
Then there was castor oil. said to be the
safest Of all medicines for a child to take. With
me It was certainl y not DANGEROUS, Tor II IL
startling rapidity that nobody except ny
devoted mother cared TO stay in the room W hile
was Quaffing IL and she only rem aimed 10
squeeze my nose during the process OF ab-
sorpton; SO that two senses should not oe
should have howed II ] had been familiar
with the quotation as a large teacup. tllled 70
the trim with tho oleaginous ambre-colored
fluid. was placed to nv lips. and was to- d 70
clasp my hands behind me, throw my head
strength and purity. All other repulslve medi:
cines were administered in the same style and
proportions when child WAS sick: and when
he was not sick he was made so by matut lnal
that time to be the sovereign preventatives for
ali the ills that infantile flesh is heir to-.
when see the little sugar-coated pills, with
all their compressed virtues, that have sue
ceeded the great black or brown drastic !. mon On
years ago when sell box OF delicate capsules
containing castor oil that may be taken with
out coming into contact with the organs OF
tsste and leaving greasy flavor in the mouth
for a week. when deal IN drugs that leave no
and pharmacy has made vast strides forward
in the last quarter century.