Comments on: Mother’s Friend http://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/mothers-friend/ Panacean powders, pills, potions and pamphlets, as advertised in historical newspapers. Tue, 21 May 2013 12:54:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Caro http://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/mothers-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-3198 Caro Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:54:42 +0000 http://thequackdoctor.com/?p=4796#comment-3198 I suspect relatively few people completely believed in such claims, but instead saw the products as being ‘worth a try’.

Then again, my mum just forwarded me an email that says it’s possible to unlock a car by phoning someone who has the remote control key fob and getting them to press it next to the phone, so you never know what people will fall for.

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]]> By: Elliott http://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/mothers-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-3180 Elliott Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:58:39 +0000 http://thequackdoctor.com/?p=4796#comment-3180 Congrats to both Aunty Caroline and the new mum!

:-D

I’m always amazed that people actually believed the claims on some of these products!

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