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Does anyone have any idea what Wooly’s illness was and what his medicine was? What about Sarah’s pink pills?
Karen I assumed it was laudanum, an opiate. I've read historical fictions going back as far as the Civil War era, and doctors were prescribing it freely for…moreI assumed it was laudanum, an opiate. I've read historical fictions going back as far as the Civil War era, and doctors were prescribing it freely for people's nervous conditions.(less)
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The Lincoln Highway
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