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Comment on Habitina – an infallible remedy for addiction by Posts I’m Reading « disabilityhistory.ca

Posts I’m Reading « disabilityhistory.ca — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:57:42 +0000

[...] July’s History Carnival: Habitina: An Infalliable Remedy for Addiction, which is about a quack medical treatment in the US for addictions that included morphine and [...]

Comment on Habitina – an infallible remedy for addiction by J. Pearce

J. Pearce — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:43:17 +0000

Interesting story and write-up. I’m always collecting stories of “treatments” for various ailments, so I’m glad to read this via the history carnival

Comment on Professor Modevi’s Beard Generator by Caro

Caro — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 07:34:37 +0000

He’ll have to try some Gamjee’s Oriental Salve, coming up on the blog soon…

Comment on Professor Modevi’s Beard Generator by Caro

Caro — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 07:33:01 +0000

The Illustrated Police News has the wackiest ads ever. The Beard Generator was next to one for the ‘Yankee Rubber Baby.’ If any policemen actually read it, they probably had a good laugh!

Comment on Professor Modevi’s Beard Generator by Caro

Caro — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 07:28:51 +0000

I should think it was something pretty innocuous, but I don’t know. Some hair-growing products contained borax but they were aimed at the bald rather than the beardless!

Comment on Professor Modevi’s Beard Generator by Michael

Michael — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 16:33:47 +0000

If Andy Murray has been using Professor Modevi’s beard generator it didn’t do his tennis much good.

Comment on Professor Modevi’s Beard Generator by lilla bruna elk

lilla bruna elk — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 14:00:01 +0000

do you think the police force was a profession troubled by poor beard growth? Very entertaining!

Comment on Professor Modevi’s Beard Generator by Wombat

Wombat — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:28:24 +0000

Wonder what was actually in it? Perfumed water, I suppose. I love the before and after pictures, just in case you didn’t know what a beard was.

Comment on Habitina – an infallible remedy for addiction by History Carnival #89 (2010 June) | World History

History Carnival #89 (2010 June) | World History — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 06:41:35 +0000

[...] Rance at The Quack Doctor shares Habitina – an infallible remedy for addiction which sold over a half-million dollars worth of …. well, I’ll let her explain the [...]

Comment on Omega Oil by Cheri

Cheri — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:32:48 +0000

It states in the article that it is still available in some countries today. Does anybody know where it can still be purchased? My mother used this all the time and calls it her Miracle Medicine. She still has some but hardly uses it because we can’t find it anywhere. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!