Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · Apr 18 i'm looking at a cookbook written by mrs. esther levy in 1871. it has general housekeeping advice in it. including what to do if a person catches fire.
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the state of healthcare in 1871 makes me incredibly grateful for modern medicine. mrs. levy recommends using ginger tea spiked with quinine, alcohol and opium as cough syrup (laudanum is powdered opium, mixed with 50-proof alcohol)
Sadly needed advice