Comments on: Apothecaries: Drugstores of the 1800s http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2008/09/08/apothecaries-drugstores-of-the-1800s/ Romancing The West Tue, 22 May 2012 18:13:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Elderberry Herb http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2008/09/08/apothecaries-drugstores-of-the-1800s/comment-page-1/#comment-28511 Elderberry Herb Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:40:55 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/?p=2969#comment-28511 I am being told that elderberries have 3 times the VIT C as oranges. Really??? I am being told that elderberries have 3 times the VIT C as oranges. Really???

]]> By: Kate Bridges http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2008/09/08/apothecaries-drugstores-of-the-1800s/comment-page-1/#comment-13767 Kate Bridges Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:33:17 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/?p=2969#comment-13767 Hi Jeanne! What a walk down memory lane. Had to laugh at the mental picture you gave me of the yo-yo contests. Your dad's hardware store must've had some interesting history behind it, too. Hi Jeanne! What a walk down memory lane. Had to laugh at the mental picture you gave me of the yo-yo contests. Your dad’s hardware store must’ve had some interesting history behind it, too.

]]> By: Kate Bridges http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2008/09/08/apothecaries-drugstores-of-the-1800s/comment-page-1/#comment-13765 Kate Bridges Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:31:33 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/?p=2969#comment-13765 Anita Mae, that's an amazing story about the whooping cough! Really amazing. I'm not surprised the doctor came calling. It just goes to show there are alternatives to everything. :-) Anita Mae, that’s an amazing story about the whooping cough! Really amazing. I’m not surprised the doctor came calling. It just goes to show there are alternatives to everything. :-)

]]> By: jeanne sheats http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2008/09/08/apothecaries-drugstores-of-the-1800s/comment-page-1/#comment-13760 jeanne sheats Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:20:56 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/?p=2969#comment-13760 Just the other day I passed by my old neighborhood (haven't done that in many years). Of course everything is different and none of the same stores are there. Our drug store was called Weighs (maybe a play on words for weighing the drugs lol). And it had the old soda fountain - I used to get cherry cokes too lol. There was a little restaurant/grocery across the street and I've been racking my brain but can't remember the name but the drug store stuck lol. Oh I remember buying comic books for 10 cents too lol. They used to hold yo-yo contests there in the summer. Lots of old memories. My dad had a little hardware store 3 doors down until the big shopping center moved in and that was the beginning of the end for most of the little stores. Just the other day I passed by my old neighborhood (haven’t done that in many years). Of course everything is different and none of the same stores are there. Our drug store was called Weighs (maybe a play on words for weighing the drugs lol). And it had the old soda fountain – I used to get cherry cokes too lol. There was a little restaurant/grocery across the street and I’ve been racking my brain but can’t remember the name but the drug store stuck lol. Oh I remember buying comic books for 10 cents too lol. They used to hold yo-yo contests there in the summer. Lots of old memories. My dad had a little hardware store 3 doors down until the big shopping center moved in and that was the beginning of the end for most of the little stores.

]]> By: Anita mae http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2008/09/08/apothecaries-drugstores-of-the-1800s/comment-page-1/#comment-13759 Anita mae Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:00:04 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/?p=2969#comment-13759 Great post, Kate. I have a mortar and pestle in my kitchen. I use it to crush dried herbs although I don't grow them like I used to. I've also used the M & P to crush lumpy sugar. ;-) I've been interested in the healing herbs for a long time. In fact, about 10 yrs ago, the kids and I were the first confirmed cases of whooping cough in Saskatchewan in about 50 yrs. The thing was, modern antibiotics weren't working for it. The kids and I turned to natural herbs. We used licorice, elderberry, garlic and mullein and in 10 days we were cured. The doctor came asking what we used. :-) Great post, Kate. I have a mortar and pestle in my kitchen. I use it to crush dried herbs although I don’t grow them like I used to. I’ve also used the M & P to crush lumpy sugar. ;-)

I’ve been interested in the healing herbs for a long time. In fact, about 10 yrs ago, the kids and I were the first confirmed cases of whooping cough in Saskatchewan in about 50 yrs. The thing was, modern antibiotics weren’t working for it. The kids and I turned to natural herbs. We used licorice, elderberry, garlic and mullein and in 10 days we were cured. The doctor came asking what we used. :-)

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