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Lessons from one of the first medicinal patents

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Infant soothing powders: from top seller to major danger

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Glauber’s salt: the laxative of choice until the 1900s

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Bottle of essential oil with fresh mint leaves, illustrating mythic mint benefits
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The mythic mint

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Chlorodyne: the quadruple threat

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Strychnine: From murder mysteries to rat bait

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Unripe seedpods of the opium poppy plant, the natural source of opium
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A short history of opium

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Vicks VapoRub has been flying off chemists’ shelves for over 125 years – and it’s all thanks to a 19th century croup.
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What is Vicks VapoRub?

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Early elixir: brompheniramine, a first-generation antihistamine

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Early elixir: Caffeine, the most widely used psychoactive drug in the...

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