Curing ailments were quite popular in the 19th century. Patent medicines promised to cure everything from male impotency to unmentionable female disorders. Contents usually consisted of opium, alcohol, and sweet cherry juice. They cured nothing but made the user feel good. Many temperance ladies would load up on the stuff and would go out bashing saloons with their hatchets. Then they’d go home and drink another pint of 100 proof and be fired up to go out again the next day and bash some more
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