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Saturday, January 01, 2005

America's Women by Gail Collins

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“American women of the late nineteenth century were drowning in drugs and alcohol that they ingested under the guise of medication. Colonel Hoestetter's Stomach Bitters aided the digestion with a compound that was 44.3 percent alcohol.-- one tablespoon fed through a gas burner could maintain a bright flame for almost five minutes. Some of the alcohol-laced medicines were even recommended as cures for alcoholism”

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