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Cure-alls

A 16th-century anatomical lecture in London.

Questionable Cure-Alls: Our Favorite Reads

Powdered hair, bile beans, and other old remedies you probably shouldn’t try.

Roxanne Hoorn February 7, 2025

This pretty <em>Guaiacum</em> probably didn't alleviate syphilis—though many people thought plants in the genus did.

A 1500s ‘Miracle Cure’ Made From Trees Probably Didn't Cure Syphilis

A new exhibit at the Newberry library touches on the history of guaiacum treatments.

Jessica Leigh Hester September 2, 2020

Bath Spa Water

Make like Jane Austen and sip from the fountain in this famed Pump Room.

Ammoniated Coca-Cola

Coke spiked with aromatic spirits of ammonia was once used to treat everything from hangovers to indigestion.

Mauby

Caribbean tree bark gives this drink its bittersweet flavor.

All hail Cel-Ray.

Cel-Ray

Quench your thirst with the refreshing taste of celery soda.

"The kid's got moxie!"

Moxie

This cure-all-turned-soda once outsold Coca-Cola.