August 8, 201313 yr Active Members Quite likely no joke. I believe this kind of stuff was completely legal in the US until about 1920. Best regards, RA1
August 8, 201313 yr Active Members DP was probably my favorite member of the Algonquin Round Table. My mother actually used paregoric on my gums when I was teething. Best regards, RA1
August 8, 201313 yr DP was probably my favorite member of the Algonquin Round Table. My mother actually used paregoric on my gums when I was teething. When Andre and I stayed at the Algonquin once, I enjoyed cracking him up at inappropriate times with La Parker's witticisms. The hallways there are today wallpapered with quotations from the Roundtable regulars. My mother gave me paregoric when I was little for stomach pains. I am amazed in hindsight that I did not manufacture fake tummy aches all the time. In fact that very bottle resides in her medicine chest still, with a few drops left. Hmm...
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