What I found in the medicine cabinet

As I recall, a “mustard plaster” was applied for chest congestion before the menthol products came in. They took a piece of flannel about a foot square, smeared it thickly with a paste made out of Coleman’s mustard powder & other stuff, put another piece of flannel on top and put it on the patient’s (victim?) chest to help clear congestion. Luckily I skipped that home remedy phase.
 

Sliverfox said:
I didn't escape being a victim of mustard plasters.
Guess I always thought it was something mother made with mustard.
Hated them,, but did seem to help .

Going to see if I have some old things in medicine cabinet.
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I didn't escape them either and I am not ready to swear that they worked. But they sure did stink.
 
Your jar of mustard plaster has me beat. I have a jar of Vaseline that I've had since the 70s. It's one of those things my mom had in our medicine cabinet. You weren't supposed to be without the stuff. So when I got out of the Navy, I had to get a bottle. I've never opened it. I'm not sure what you are supposed to rub it on.
BTW, I checked on line. Rawleigh's is still in business, making balms and ointments.
 
Geezerette said:
As I recall, a “mustard plaster” was applied for chest congestion before the menthol products came in. They took a piece of flannel about a foot square, smeared it thickly with a paste made out of Coleman’s mustard powder & other stuff, put another piece of flannel on top and put it on the patient’s (victim?) chest to help clear congestion. Luckily I skipped that home remedy phase.
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My mom used to use a couple of flannelette diapers when making-up a mustard plaster, and I still remember how strong it would be. Had an aunt that once made up a plaster so strong, it burned my cousins skin.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
Your jar of mustard plaster has me beat. I have a jar of Vaseline that I've had since the 70s. It's one of those things my mom had in our medicine cabinet. You weren't supposed to be without the stuff. So when I got out of the Navy, I had to get a bottle. I've never opened it. I'm not sure what you are supposed to rub it on.
BTW, I checked on line. Rawleigh's is still in business, making balms and ointments.
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Vaseline was a staple in my childhood home, just as it was in our home when my own children were young and growing.

My oldest son tumbled head-first into the corner of the coffee table one day, splitting the top of his head open, and while it was a small cut, the bleeding was considerable. I wasted not a second in plucking him from the floor and whisking him off the bathroom, out came the Vaseline, a healthy dollop was applied to his head (wound area), and the bleeding stopped.

My mom taught me, if the goose-egg sticks out externally, it's all good, and sure enough, a goose-egg formed externally, and within a few after dear son settled down, he made a beeline back to his tricycle and all was forgotten.

Vaseline also worked wonders for diaper rash and irritation, helping to form a waterproof barrier between wet diapers and baby's skin while baby's bottom was healing.
 
We were dosed with a patent medicine called W.O.W. (Wonder of the World) that was made in our city. It could cut through croup like a hot knife through warm butter and probably saved our young lives more than once. It could raise the dead, I believe. It had a taste that was horrible beyond belief; I'll remember that taste until my dying day.
 
Geezerette said:
As I recall, a “mustard plaster” was applied for chest congestion before the menthol products came in. They took a piece of flannel about a foot square, smeared it thickly with a paste made out of Coleman’s mustard powder & other stuff, put another piece of flannel on top and put it on the patient’s (victim?) chest to help clear congestion. Luckily I skipped that home remedy phase.
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that's exactly right. I remember as a small child, watching as my mother who had , had TB and who had been released from the hospital too early had to have mustard Poultices applied every day at home...
 
I infrequently need to open the medicine cabinet and when I do I just get what I need and never looked very closely at other things in there. There were some bottles of pills for my father and he passed in 1983. Here are a few other vintage medicine bottles and two band-aid containers made out of metal. That's about it.

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debodun said:
I infrequently need to open the medicine cabinet and when I do I just get what I need and never looked very closely at other things in there. There were some bottles of pills for my father and he passed in 1983. Here are a few other vintage medicine bottles and two band-aid containers made out of metal. That's about it.

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A feast for the eyes of people like myself who love all things old-fashioned, retro, and vintage!
 

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