Blinky the Shark wrote:
> bob wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:52:06 -0800 (PST), LindaR >
>> shouted from the highest rooftop:
>>
>>> 8. In about 20 min you will feel soothing effect of about 100mg pure
>>> codiene.
>> After an injury a few years ago I was prescribed codeine phosphate. Is
>> that something similar?
>
> For coughs, my dad used swear by - spelling approximate - "tirpenhydrate
> with codeine". Think eventuall he couldn't get it any more. It was
> probably something he learned in the 1930s or so.
>
>
I must be old because I remember turpenhydrate. Tasted vile, but worked
quite well. I think you had to sign a ledger at the pharmacy for it or
maybe that was codeine cough medicines.