Vintage Children's Medicine Ads

[Chili]

Some of these are pretty crazy:

And if it works on the teeth, just imagine what it could do for the nose.


Chloroform: It’ll mute the cough, and the kid, in general.


Back when meat fats were wholesome. Otherwise known as the good ol' days.


The joys of motherhood are also increased when she’s passed out drunk. Cheers.


Oh, you’ll give them something to be scared about, all right.


They can pop ‘em, then poop ‘em! Fun with laxatives!


While we’re at it, baby could benefit from a martini, too.


Sure, it’ll cause birth defects in your children’s children, but let’s just live in the present, shall we?


Hypodermic needle not included.


You get some morphine! You get some morphine! Everybody gets some morphine!
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Quaaludes: It’s what’s for dinner. And breakfast. Throw it in their lunch, too. Whatever works, right?

http://mom.me/toddler/9525-vintage-childrens-medicine-ads/

[Chili]

More..

Because if your kid’s eye can’t open for 10 days, the first thing you should do is rub something on it.


Get ‘em better so they can get back to work.


Because an uneducated, underage and unprepared doctor is better than no doctor at all.


You had us at sarsaparilla.


Mommy juice in its purest form.


No drugs can make blood. You know, except for this one.


So he drank the ginger ... to become ... nope, still don't get it.


Who needs health and happiness when you have good skin? Priorities, people.


If it’s good enough for the toilet, then the logical next location is the head and scalp.


Take that, Michelle Obama!

[Binky]

Anytime someone says "we didn't have allergies, autism or other stuff back in the old days... "

Its quite possible all the heroin, cocaine and chloroform had something to do with it.

[dsrtuckteezy]

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[CWO]

Anytime someone says "we didn't have allergies, autism or other stuff back in the old days... "

Its quite possible all the heroin, cocaine and chloroform had something to do with it.

It's more simple than that. We didn't test everyone in the old days. On top of that, autism in the old days was called something else, retardation.

[helosailor]

[SS Junk]

Get ‘em better so they can get back to work.

I don't see the problem. I had my first full time job when I was 14.

[Chili]

I don't see the problem. I had my first full time job when I was 14.

I know this is going to sound like a one upper thing, but I actually had a real paying job at 12. I was flying styrofoam airplanes in the middle of the mall at one of those kiosks. After school everyday and all day Saturday. $5 an hour under the table in 1987. I was cleaning up.

[Gasser64]

This is cracking me up! A pig cutting himself in half, a boy-pig. . like anyone wants to be that fat rofl

They call him ginger... LOL!

[68RR]

After viewing these, I now understand why my grandma seemed a little "off"!

[SS Junk]

I know this is going to sound like a one upper thing, but I actually had a real paying job at 12. I was flying styrofoam airplanes in the middle of the mall at one of those kiosks. After school everyday and all day Saturday. $5 an hour under the table in 1987. I was cleaning up.

I was digging up rubble from a demolition job and digging up tree stumps for minimum wage which equated to $2.67 an hour. Do I win?

[Chili]

I was digging up rubble from a demolition job and digging up tree stumps for minimum wage which equated to $2.67 an hour. Do I win?

Uh, not really. I made more for much easier work. 😜

[BlackSnake]

Wow! These are great! Melinda and I bought a antique store July 1st this year. I would love to find these to put in our store. Great stuff!

[Gasser64]

That pig boy looks like bobby hill

[Chili]

Wow! These are great! Melinda and I bought a antique store July 1st this year. I would love to find these to put in our store. Great stuff!

I'm not going to lie, if I found this one for sale, I would feel compelled to buy it.