5 Crazy 19th Century Patent Medicine Claims

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  • @anewspinonthings
    @anewspinonthings 4 роки тому +297

    Gwenith Paltrow shows us that the snake oil market is still alive and well today

    • @dafttool
      @dafttool 4 роки тому +15

      Chris Daley The reviews for her new Netflix show on Goop are devastating.

    • @anewspinonthings
      @anewspinonthings 4 роки тому +7

      dafttool good

    • @dafttool
      @dafttool 4 роки тому +9

      Chris Daley Fake documentary, fake science, fake drama, boring

    • @pmsavenger
      @pmsavenger 4 роки тому +17

      Now I want to see Simon make a video about Goop! :D Everything about that company is completely insane. Or brilliant. But insane!

    • @anewspinonthings
      @anewspinonthings 4 роки тому +1

      Check out Jontron’s video on it

  • @papa_xan
    @papa_xan 4 роки тому +88

    I enjoy all the channels that Simon and crew produce, they're always informative and well researched. However, Business Blaze is by far my favorite, as it allows Simon to let his hair down, so to speak (obviously) and just be himself. Thanks to everyone involved for their hard work.

    • @Filiolus
      @Filiolus 4 роки тому +7

      He seems to be having a lot of fun on these, I love it.

    • @brainblaze6526
      @brainblaze6526  4 роки тому +9

      @@Filiolus These are a lot of fun to record :)

    • @Filiolus
      @Filiolus 4 роки тому +2

      @@brainblaze6526 I'm glad, they are quite enjoyable to watch.

  • @toonbat
    @toonbat 4 роки тому +25

    Seeing Simon giggle happily away at the pain, misery and death of countless thousands of innocents is oddly endearing.

  • @christinescreativitycabine280
    @christinescreativitycabine280 4 роки тому +166

    I read on the Internet that regularly watching Simon Whistler’s videos will cure toothaches, Lyme Disease, lupus, the vapors, hysteria, and The Cancer.

    • @StaticImage
      @StaticImage 4 роки тому +15

      But what about chemtrails?

    • @christinescreativitycabine280
      @christinescreativitycabine280 4 роки тому +15

      @@StaticImage You need a dose of Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for that.

    • @timothyneiswander3151
      @timothyneiswander3151 4 роки тому +6

      @Christine
      but it causes Pseudobulbar affect and Tourette Syndrome and some viewers (with a stick up their ass) have reported Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

    • @stephjovi
      @stephjovi 4 роки тому +4

      Awesome I'll never have a toothache again and I'll never get cancer 😅. Wow I knew watching every Simon Whistler channel is fun I didn't know it's also so healthy 😇

    • @brainblaze6526
      @brainblaze6526  4 роки тому +29

      Everything you read on the Internet is true. Especially this.

  • @I-eat-ass-for-dinner
    @I-eat-ass-for-dinner 4 роки тому +25

    I love the Dave Chappelle "peanutbutter and crack sandwich"😂😂

  • @theangelbelow88
    @theangelbelow88 4 роки тому +189

    To be fair, cocaine, alcohol and opioids would probably help with a broken heart 😅

    • @JohnnyTromboner
      @JohnnyTromboner 4 роки тому +9

      Well it does.. For about a year if you're lucky then it swings violently the other way.

    • @willg4802
      @willg4802 4 роки тому +3

      Stick with alcohol, avoid the other two

    • @___LC___
      @___LC___ 4 роки тому +10

      I don’t know about a broken heart, but opioids do wonders for recovering from a broken leg.

    • @bobthompson4319
      @bobthompson4319 4 роки тому +8

      @@willg4802 actually if you become physically addicted to alcohol the withdrawal can be deadly. withdrawal from opioids and cocaine usually aren't deadly just really uncomfortable. alcohol and benzodiazepines have a withdrawal that is considered the worst because they have the highest risk of death.

    • @willg4802
      @willg4802 4 роки тому

      @@bobthompson4319 hmm, good to know

  • @kevinley8321
    @kevinley8321 4 роки тому +19

    Love this channel. The format is so much looser and more comedic than the others. Love the silliness that you exude while reading these scripts. So much fun for a channel which deals with business as a subject.

  • @finnthehuman9426
    @finnthehuman9426 4 роки тому +47

    Fun fact: We still use cocaine in the ER. It's used in liquid form as a subcutaneous anesthetic for procedures like stitches. Though lidocaine is used about 99% of the time is can cause a lot swelling and edema which the cocaine does not, and it's used for lacerations that are in "tighter spots".

    • @helgabluestone2407
      @helgabluestone2407 4 роки тому +6

      My hospital used "fake cocaine". At a different one, we used 4% or 10% cocaine....4% didn't do much. 10% was different!
      Mostly used for prolonged nose bleeds, packing for throat after tonsillectomy; causes constriction of blood vessels.

    • @bobthompson4319
      @bobthompson4319 4 роки тому +5

      its still approved for use in %4 %10 for procedures for ENT. and in my experience with lidocaine septicaine and cocaine, the cocaine is definitely the strongest local analgesic with septicaine not far behind at all.

    • @bobthompson4319
      @bobthompson4319 4 роки тому +6

      and an even cooler fun fact. the company that makes the cocaine flavor extract for coca cola extracts the cocaine from it and sells the cocaine to pharmaceutical companies so they can make the %4 and %10 solutions. its in new Jersey and is the only company that is able to import coca leaf process cocaine sell cocaine and export cocaine in the usa. lol pablo Escobar would be jealous .

    • @darthplagueis13
      @darthplagueis13 4 роки тому +2

      Well... Fun fact: Ever since the 90's and for the better half of this milennia, people in the US have been prescribed opioids as pretty much everday painkillers, resulting in a severe drug abuse crisis...

    • @patmullarkey7659
      @patmullarkey7659 4 роки тому +3

      Years ago I dated a medical student who kept cocaine drops with him all the time. Insisted on seeing the movie "Coma" to see how real it was... Once I found what looked like hashish in aluminum foil in a parking lot. He took it immediately to find out if it was real..he said he would take it to a friend who could tell the difference...yeah like I believed that. Never saw it again. He said it was fake 😏. He's a plastic surgeon.

  • @tycat7649
    @tycat7649 4 роки тому +14

    “Pink pills for pale people” makes me crack up more than it ought to

  • @antonrupert1377
    @antonrupert1377 4 роки тому +8

    A business blaze on homeopathy would be great. Think you may have done one on today I found out already, but definitely worth having Danny write up a script for...

  • @zmanjace1364
    @zmanjace1364 4 роки тому +28

    I like the whole radium crazy. Radium in everything! Radiation is the best! *teeth fall out as I glow in the dark*

    • @michaelb1761
      @michaelb1761 4 роки тому

      You got to admit it would be pretty cool to glow in the dark.

    • @mitchellneu
      @mitchellneu 3 роки тому

      Yeah...the Radium Girls of 1920 raised awareness of that. “I know, let’s put radiation in the paint we put on watches! Isn’t that just a wonderful idea?” No...no it isn’t...like, *at all*

    • @scottseaver1113
      @scottseaver1113 3 роки тому +1

      @@mitchellneu To be fair, using radioactive materials to make watch hands glow wasn't such a bad idea in itself, and last I heard at least, is still used by some manufacturers today. The problem was lack of safe handling at the factory, most notably having workers lick the paint brushes to straighten the tips. Many radioisotopes are harmless outside the body, but deadly if eaten.

    • @rooseveltbrentwood9654
      @rooseveltbrentwood9654 3 роки тому

      still going on today with those positive ion machines. their sold for their “purifying” properties, but really just give you cancer.

  • @kfraser3783
    @kfraser3783 4 роки тому +37

    His Royal Highness, Prince Simon, Duke of Whistler.

    • @ohtheblah
      @ohtheblah 4 роки тому +1

      There are HRH vacancies at the moment

    • @jackieluden1700
      @jackieluden1700 4 роки тому +1

      Don't forget The Legend

    • @cheaterman49
      @cheaterman49 4 роки тому +1

      Next Patreon goal: buy a Sealand title for Simon!

    • @kfraser3783
      @kfraser3783 4 роки тому +1

      @@cheaterman49 I could make him "Protector of Antarctica".

    • @cheaterman49
      @cheaterman49 4 роки тому

      @@kfraser3783 Sounds great as well! How can you do this?

  • @steverossini
    @steverossini 4 роки тому +33

    Smartass Simon is best Simon. LOL.

  • @mrmike2119
    @mrmike2119 4 роки тому +21

    So, we wonder why so many children are so violent now than during my parent's childhood (early 20th century). THEY WERE ALL STONED. "Your children are so well behaved." Now, we know why.

    • @IkeFoxbrush
      @IkeFoxbrush 4 роки тому

      Indeed, up the the 60ies it was a known practice , e.g. in Germany, to use opium or poppy pacifiers for toddlers to keep them quiet.

    • @___LC___
      @___LC___ 4 роки тому

      And the lead in everything turned them into Trump supporters in the US. Here’s to having tons of automobiles and most of the houses made of wood that require painting!

  • @MosoKaiser
    @MosoKaiser 4 роки тому +8

    _"I'll stick with the cocaine"_
    - Simon Whistler (2020)

  • @collincutler4992
    @collincutler4992 4 роки тому +6

    Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup...makes your baby stop crying...
    Well, they were right...it definitely stopped crying

  • @kitke101
    @kitke101 4 роки тому +2

    An idea for a future video: Prison Rodeos. At least one still exists in the United States today and still makes quite a profit. It involves things that are typical of a rodeo, but also "games" that are highly dangerous solely for the entertainment (bloodlust) of the crowd. One example is “Convict Poker,” where four prisoners are seated at a poker table in an arena where a raging bull is released and the last prisoner to stay in their chair at the table wins a prize. In another event, prisoners compete for the rodeo’s top prize (I think about $500) by attempting to snatch a poker chip attached to a bull.

  • @fatcat6984
    @fatcat6984 4 роки тому +1

    Great video Simon! Danny amazing script as always!

  • @mrpink8951
    @mrpink8951 4 роки тому +8

    "The supplement industry is a little bit dodgy" that's an understatement, lmao

    • @brainblaze6526
      @brainblaze6526  4 роки тому

      True.

    • @Memento_Mori_Morals
      @Memento_Mori_Morals 4 роки тому

      that's why if you're taking one you need to get one from a reputable place or make sure you are tested to make sure your blood levels are getting the vitamins or minerals you need supplemented. I generally try to get CVS cause they're genuinely good and I have to take magnesium to help an epilepsy thing I have.

  • @AranOCNC
    @AranOCNC 4 роки тому +4

    Love this channel guys. Definetly my fav at the moment

  • @ArchFiendFolio
    @ArchFiendFolio 4 роки тому +3

    Love to see you relax and laugh, a very enjoyable channel all, thank you

  • @digapygmy70
    @digapygmy70 4 роки тому +6

    Can we just talk about how amazing a fizzy weight loss bath would be though? That sounds fantastic, science better get to work on this

    • @brainblaze6526
      @brainblaze6526  4 роки тому +1

      Real science is always lame compared to fake science.

    • @darthplagueis13
      @darthplagueis13 4 роки тому

      I mean, there are things you could bathe in that would make you lose weight. Only issue is, sadly hydrochloric acid doesn't really limit itself to only corroding away your body fat...

  • @GrimKeeper9011
    @GrimKeeper9011 4 роки тому +1

    Simon freaking killin it this video. Awesome!!! Love it.

  • @theredpanda3729
    @theredpanda3729 4 роки тому +10

    That vape pen that Simon had handy caught me offguard.

    • @hughjass545
      @hughjass545 4 роки тому

      How many takes do you think it took for him to get a good exhale and cloud shot?

    • @brainblaze6526
      @brainblaze6526  4 роки тому +3

      @rwsthedemonking Not true. I don't smoke, never have. Other than the occasional cigar.

    • @brainblaze6526
      @brainblaze6526  4 роки тому +4

      @@hughjass545 Several fat rips.

    • @johanneskarlsson3859
      @johanneskarlsson3859 4 роки тому

      @rwsthedemonking Danny is a smoker...

  • @DrawingRoomDraftingBoard
    @DrawingRoomDraftingBoard 4 роки тому +1

    Hey Simon, here's an idea for a future episode on patent medicines if you decide to go there again: a famous case in British law that's a case study for any student studying contract law today (IANAL): Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Company from the 1890s. The "medicine" advertised was a flu prophylaxis inhaler filled with--you guessed it, didn't you?--carbolic acid. Their advert promised a 100 GBP payment for anyone who followed the printed directions and still developed the flu, and they boasted that this was no mere advertising come-on--that they had actually deposited 1000 GBP into an account to be used for that purpose. Thing is, it was totally intended as just an advertising come-on: when one woman claimed she had used the device precisely as directed and still came down with the flu, the advertiser came back with additional terms (that were unstated in the advert) she would have to comply with in order to have a claim. She sued them, and won, despite the company pulling out all the stops in their efforts to convince the court that their claim of "this is not advertising puffery" really meant "this is totally advertising puffery." The judgment concluded with the Lord Justice Charles Bowen writing "It appears to me, therefore, that the defendants must perform their promise, and, if they have been so unwary as to expose themselves to a great many actions, so much the worse for them." This is just such an amazing, hilarious cautionary tale for highfalutin snake-oil-advertising braggarts that perhaps your viewers might enjoy!

  • @darkbambi5134
    @darkbambi5134 4 роки тому

    This is my favorite video so far, Simon's delivery is point on 👌

  • @davidt5718
    @davidt5718 4 роки тому +1

    Hi Simon - love the vids. FYI - it isn't a royal seal of approval on products, but "By Royal Appointment" can be put on products that are served to the palace. Cheers!

  • @SonjaPierce
    @SonjaPierce 4 роки тому +4

    Next time remind me to not watch the vid while eating. You need to add a food and beverage warning. 😂

  • @Pennywise-nx4jz
    @Pennywise-nx4jz 4 роки тому +4

    Was watching toptenz, seen the notification for this and immediately switched over

    • @ohtheblah
      @ohtheblah 4 роки тому +1

      So you hurt his more lucrative toptez YT stats by not watching the video til the end... good for you?

    • @Pennywise-nx4jz
      @Pennywise-nx4jz 4 роки тому

      @@ohtheblah went back and finished the video. Dont worry your pretty little head

  • @donnybrookinhooligan1088
    @donnybrookinhooligan1088 4 роки тому +6

    That Nick Cage Jesus is haunting, is there a Church of Cage Simon?

  • @tasiatyler3137
    @tasiatyler3137 4 роки тому +2

    Smashed the like button, already subscribed. This was fantastic as my great grandparents owned a pharmacy with a lunch counter and sold other sundries. My grandmother would collect the dried cocaine from the empty Coca-Cola barrels and sell it at school! Woman was ahead of her time!

  • @burntpieceoftoast4148
    @burntpieceoftoast4148 4 роки тому +1

    The guy just kicking a skeleton's ass @ 2:59 made my day.

  • @KyrieIngiusEleison
    @KyrieIngiusEleison 4 роки тому +1

    Adore the channel, would you perhaps do an episode about Bretton Woods and the transition from the IMF to the WTO? I find the whole concept fascinating.

  • @sventer198
    @sventer198 4 роки тому +3

    😂 hilarious as always, Simon! Thanks to you and Danny. I’m going to bet the coke and morphine baby teething syrups were on the market so long because the nannies took it.

  • @fredblonder7850
    @fredblonder7850 4 роки тому +1

    “Dr. fuller’s electro-spiral magnetic vegetable vapor cure” sounds like the name of a Beatles song from their “Sergeant Pepper” period.

  • @zmanjace1364
    @zmanjace1364 4 роки тому +1

    Could be interesting to cover old time health crazes. There is a town near me called Magnetic Springs that use to be famous for its (wait for it) magnetic springs. They had spas and would sell the bottled water to anyone and everyone. It all died out almost 75 years ago but the springs are still there and still magnetic.

  • @adamfrazer5150
    @adamfrazer5150 4 роки тому +2

    Growing up in the UK in the early 80's I remember being given something called 'Gripe Water' and having a definite liking towards it.
    Did anyone else get given it ? Did I read correctly that it did contain alcohol, at least at some point ?

    • @shanegormally5780
      @shanegormally5780 4 роки тому +1

      I remember my little brother got hold of a bottle of gripe water in my cousin's house when he was 4 or 5 he was shitfaced i pissed myself laughing at him

  • @ahuddleston6512
    @ahuddleston6512 4 роки тому +2

    When I went for a tour in the Coca cola museum I asked for a sample of the original recipe since they gave tastes of various recipes from around the world. They declined. I still to this day wonder why.....wink wink

  • @EdSchroedinger
    @EdSchroedinger 4 роки тому

    amazing script; most hilariously presentation... dudes, this might actually be your best channel so far, this is wild! legendary, really...

  • @eathenalbrecht5072
    @eathenalbrecht5072 4 роки тому +9

    You should do a video where you endorse fake products that you crowd source from your audience. That could be really funny and a good lesson in marketing and advertisement.

    • @Locutus
      @Locutus 4 роки тому +1

      Years ago, the BBC did something a little bit similar.
      They 'tricked' some primary school children to get really excited about a new band called, Beethoven. The BBC worked with a marketing company to promote this band in the school area. Kids were getting hyped, especially when they heard Beethoven was going to perform at their school...
      However, they were disappointed when they found out Beethoven was just a classical music band.

    • @briancrawford8751
      @briancrawford8751 4 роки тому +1

      I made one years ago for a drug called "Damnitol" that contains 20 mg of oxycodone, 650 mg of aspirin, 20 mg of Valium, and 10 mg of dextroamphetamine sulfate. I actually made my own drug ad for the stuff.

  • @karlenekrause6210
    @karlenekrause6210 4 роки тому +3

    What's in this sample? Morphine...Whoo Hoo!! LOL!

    • @brainblaze6526
      @brainblaze6526  4 роки тому

      Sweet sweet morphine.

    • @briancrawford8751
      @briancrawford8751 4 роки тому

      @@brainblaze6526 It really is delicious stuff, but the withdrawal is a bitch.

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 3 роки тому +1

    3:55 - Chapter 1 - Sagwa Indian Oil
    6:20 - Chapter 2 - Ms Winslow soothing syrup
    8:05 - Chapter 3 - Cocaine drop
    8:25 - Chapter 4 - Obesity bath powder
    10:00 - Chapter 5 - Dr fuller electro-spiral-magnetic vegetable vapor cure
    11:00 - Chapter 6 - Pink pills for pale people

  • @NickCamokidVisneski
    @NickCamokidVisneski 4 роки тому +1

    5:10
    I'm fairly certain there's a Yorkshire, PA

  • @shaunlenton8865
    @shaunlenton8865 4 роки тому +4

    Coca-Cola was marketed as a 'Medicine' of some sorts. That was way back in the day when Coca-Cola was known as 'Pembertons Tonic'.........

    • @FreeAmerica4Ever
      @FreeAmerica4Ever 4 роки тому +1

      Haha and let's not forget the ultimate medicine "Pervatin" aka Methamphetamine on steroids...

    • @shaunlenton8865
      @shaunlenton8865 4 роки тому

      Thirsty4Socialist& CommunistTears2020 way back during World War 2 the NAZI (scum) were running around under the influence of 'crystal meth', I can't remember what it was called but it was handed out to the German soldiers in tablet form.........

    • @FreeAmerica4Ever
      @FreeAmerica4Ever 4 роки тому +1

      @@shaunlenton8865 LOL Silly, it was called Pervitin, or Pervatin, not sure about the spelling...

    • @shaunlenton8865
      @shaunlenton8865 4 роки тому

      Thirsty4Socialist& CommunistTears2020 thanks, FYI I ain't been called 'silly' in a long time, it kinda made me laugh...... Thanks for that..... Hope you're well?.....

  • @613aristocrat
    @613aristocrat 4 роки тому +1

    Another request besides the singer PR driven crimes. How do dollar stores make money? What costs and qualities do they cut down on, and how do they know what product to put on the shelves, since the product availability changes?

  • @BRUXXUS
    @BRUXXUS 4 роки тому +1

    Electro-Spiral-Magnetic-Vegetable Vapor..... I have no idea *what* it is, but I feel like I *NEED* it!

  • @juthikajana8153
    @juthikajana8153 4 роки тому +1

    Respect sir, you are the hardest working person I have seen...also you must be managing your time like a Swiss watch to put out so much diverse content...thanks a lot of being a stamp of quality (SW) on UA-cam...I blindly click on any and every video of yours

  • @redbandit1able
    @redbandit1able 4 роки тому +1

    I love this channel soooooo much!

  • @rubenferreira3196
    @rubenferreira3196 4 роки тому +2

    Did anyone notice how the the Indian Sagwa on minute 4:02 was made by KICKAPOO!

    • @emmarose4234
      @emmarose4234 4 роки тому

      “Sagwa” isn’t even a real Kickapoo word. It was just made up by whites to sound “Indian”.
      At least the name has been redeemed by Sagwa the Chinese Siamese Cat.

  • @karensekishiro157
    @karensekishiro157 4 роки тому +1

    Love when that notification pops up for business blaze, my favorite channel! ❤️🌺🦋🎈🎵🎶

  • @TheLadiGigi
    @TheLadiGigi 4 роки тому +1

    This video was the funniest video Simon's ever done. Good job, Simon.

  • @RIlianP
    @RIlianP 4 роки тому +1

    Do not forget that it was at the time when the Paris Morgue had glass showcases in front of the building so the people can pay tickets to watch embalming procedures and photographs with deceased relatives were taken routinely, people just didn't give a fuck in those days.

  • @patmullarkey7659
    @patmullarkey7659 4 роки тому +1

    Hey.. paregoric for the win! It looks like it is still available but only with prescription. I wonder whether the formula is the same...You use to be able to buy it over the counter. When I was a kid, one teaspoon (or was it two?) put you in a much better place. It made getting the runs worth it.

  • @richardhemingson3824
    @richardhemingson3824 4 роки тому

    Simon the cure to all your UA-cam needs!

  • @Simonsvids
    @Simonsvids 4 роки тому +1

    You missed out Lilly the Pink's 'Medicinal Compound', (most efficasious in every case!).

  • @nikkypollack1800
    @nikkypollack1800 4 роки тому +1

    Had to look this up, but yes, there is a Yorkshire in the US; it's a town in New York apparently. ^^;
    And maybe you could do a biographics on Healy...?

  • @LtColShingSides
    @LtColShingSides 4 роки тому +3

    Would a coked out toddler be easier to deal with or more difficult?

  • @protatoplaysgames6918
    @protatoplaysgames6918 4 роки тому +2

    Can we talk about what happened to Valium prescribed for the house moms and let's take a look at how oxycontin became the new big pill..(if we want to talk about business ideas going south)

  • @korygurman6638
    @korygurman6638 4 роки тому

    The start the holy trinity of Business Blaze. Sam doesn’t even get a mention until the credits but the meme’s are on point

  • @stephenwright8824
    @stephenwright8824 4 роки тому

    Per usual, great video, Simon.

  • @lorycarloni1584
    @lorycarloni1584 4 роки тому +1

    That first one was called kickapoo! We got to rename laxatives lads!

  • @mustangnawt1
    @mustangnawt1 4 роки тому +1

    Do you know Simon it’s like you have split channel personalities. This one is my fave. Just got an idea, maybe not 4 BB though. The placebo effect is really interesting. Supposedly even people with things like Parkinson’s Disease physically got better just because they thought they would. Maybe that’s why some of these old BS meds actually helped sometimes

  • @VictorCowo
    @VictorCowo 4 роки тому +1

    i actually have a "Kikapoo Indian oil" bottle in my old bottle collection currently in storage

  • @covle9180
    @covle9180 4 роки тому +1

    I've been binging this channel so much my dreams are now narrated by Simon Whistler.

  • @starscream548
    @starscream548 4 роки тому +2

    Another video idea why not do stories on "fake animals" like people mistaking Narwhal horns for unicorn horns or people thinking the platypus was a fake

  • @millimetersofmercury
    @millimetersofmercury 4 роки тому

    lmao your American televangelist impression was on point JEEEEEEZZZZZUS

  • @acepilot1
    @acepilot1 4 роки тому +2

    “I’ll stick with the Cocaine” Simon Whistler 2020

  • @nimeshchokshi1921
    @nimeshchokshi1921 4 роки тому

    Oh hey, you made a patent medicine video! I think I mentioned this topic sometime back.
    EDIT: A quick search shows a Yorkshire in New York, Ohio, and Virginia.

    • @brainblaze6526
      @brainblaze6526  4 роки тому +1

      Thanks! Quite a few people mentioned this as a good topic to cover, so here we are :)

  • @toonbat
    @toonbat 4 роки тому +1

    I still don't understand how panacea peddlers could get away with 'miraculously healing' random audience members when they went to towns with 200 people where everyone knew each other and could tell all the patients were outsiders at a glance.

  • @logangamble1890
    @logangamble1890 4 роки тому +1

    I think the call back jokes may actually be funnier when you see the referenced episode after.

  • @alyssam8550
    @alyssam8550 4 роки тому +1

    I'm watching this at 4am with a particularly annoying cold... i somehow understand why people would be willing to try this crazy shit.

  • @canadiandee6342
    @canadiandee6342 4 роки тому +1

    They often had cannabis thrown in there too
    Also, Vitameatavegamin

  • @Javaritto
    @Javaritto 4 роки тому

    3:40 - This explains so much

  • @stevenlouton6381
    @stevenlouton6381 4 роки тому

    Hahaha! It’s great! I always enjoy this channel and the content there in. If you wanna good laugh and you want some information along with the good laugh, this is definitely the channel for you. Thanks again Simon for a great video and Danny for a great script. Take care.

  • @JohnDoe-dj3xh
    @JohnDoe-dj3xh 4 роки тому

    so, here's the supplements deal: you can sell supplements without regulatory approval, but you're not allowed to make claims about medicinal properties... a lot of supplement companies play fast and loose with that, since there are literally thousands of companies making supplements and thus it is very hard for the FDA to come down on all of them.

  • @evientually
    @evientually 4 роки тому

    I just typed up a long explanation of 'Ts in Baltimore, which are testers of heroin handed out to the local addicts who are nearby when it happens. It's a quick thing, ''so-and-so's dropping t's at x and X streets in 10 minutes", and then you line up, go through the backyard of a vacant house or in and out through one. So yeah. Free heroin samples. They definitely exist. They're usually good too, since the idea is to build a client base quickly.

  • @icekraze07
    @icekraze07 4 роки тому

    Kickapoo Indian show is one of the most famous traveling medicine shows in the US. That is what your “sagwa” medicine is... it is more commonly known as “Kickapoo Indian medicine” .
    I just found your channel so forgive me if you have already covered this... but you should cover the development of cocaine to treat addiction and then heroin to treat cocaine addiction... not sure but I believe Bayer developed heroin

  • @yukowl
    @yukowl 4 роки тому +1

    I've sinthee av a dig a' Yorkshire a few times na Simon... me 'n thee are goan fall art

  • @Dr.RichardBanks
    @Dr.RichardBanks 4 роки тому

    This has just been another iteration of "simon what the fuck did you just read" and I love it

  • @user-dx8nj7qj2g
    @user-dx8nj7qj2g 4 роки тому +1

    theirs something else you can do to avoid regulations and testing. simply dont include an active ingredient. have "all natural" on the front for your sun burn treatment and simply have it be a paste, put on the back that it may or may not work on all sun burns. make sure you havent actually got any drug in the paste, and boom its not technically medicine and doesnt have to be regulated.
    maybe dont say it makes the sunburn go away, but that it can help ease the pain. or maybe for all burns, and not just sun burns

  • @uncle_thulhu
    @uncle_thulhu 2 роки тому

    Any chance of a video about the "Great Binge"? This is the period you were discussing in this video, when you could get heroin, morphine, cocaine, cannabis, etc. over the counter at the pharmacy. In fact, you could send a care package to your boys at the front, which contained, among other things, morphine and syringes.

  • @jenniferzwick8628
    @jenniferzwick8628 4 роки тому +1

    Lots of cocaine jokes. O.o
    I mean, I'm more of a Dexedrine girl, but more power to you. :P

  • @thetasteofstrangeness1206
    @thetasteofstrangeness1206 4 роки тому

    Kratom is a natural opiate powder sold in the US. It's not FDA approved and is labeled for use as a "botanical specimen"

  • @michaelb1761
    @michaelb1761 4 роки тому +1

    Why don't you do an episode on 20th and 21st century patent medicines? Things like "essential oils"?

  • @AndrewMitchell123
    @AndrewMitchell123 3 роки тому

    Therapist: Nicolas Cage Jesus isn't real, He can't hurt you
    Simon's thumbnail:

  • @LordCosby
    @LordCosby 4 роки тому

    I fucking need Simon saying "Ask your doctor about cocaine" as my notification sound

  • @emilyjoy7379
    @emilyjoy7379 4 роки тому +1

    Could the iron oxide in the pink pills help anemia like it’s original claim

  • @enriquehartmann8642
    @enriquehartmann8642 Рік тому

    This episode I think is one of the funniest episodes I've seen .

  • @drewdurant3835
    @drewdurant3835 4 роки тому

    How have I not seen this episode. Thanks UA-cam...

  • @daniellarsson3453
    @daniellarsson3453 2 роки тому

    The concept of 'Purveyor to the royal family' is still alive and well in I believe both the U.K., Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. Today however it is basically just a marketing gimmick primarily used by older 'classic' brands and products as a nod to the Royal family.

  • @DirgeTV
    @DirgeTV 4 роки тому

    "Ask your Doctor about Cocaine" I feel like that would get me an answer that is less then desirable.
    Also, I believe my trusty photoshop skills combined with Danny's writing and your amazing voicework can finally make Prolapzen a Reality. Now to see if I can even convince Pfizer this is even close to a good idea...

  • @ewestner
    @ewestner 4 роки тому

    Much as I enjoy Simon's hilarious pronunciation of sagwa, I do think it's pronounced "SAHG-wah." I could be wrong though; not a word that comes up in conversation terribly often.

    • @thenorthdownswanderer
      @thenorthdownswanderer 4 роки тому

      Is it bit supposed to be sequoia? Like the tree?

    • @ewestner
      @ewestner 4 роки тому

      @@thenorthdownswanderer don't think so.

  • @jamesparrant7030
    @jamesparrant7030 4 роки тому +1

    I collect small glass bottles. I bought a box of small glass bottles from a second hand store which included half a dozen of pink pills for pale people bottles. I showed them to my Nana. I am now searching for the bottle of liver pills that great grandfather took daily and yes they were made by the same guy

  • @rayceeya8659
    @rayceeya8659 4 роки тому +1

    The Pink Pills remind me of that Airborn stuff that's really just dietary zinc.

  • @RelaxandStudy101
    @RelaxandStudy101 4 роки тому +1

    kind of sad when Simon doesn't call out our meme lord in the introduction

  • @--Dan-
    @--Dan- 4 роки тому +1

    With all the morphine and opium, how did tooth extraction hurt at all? You'd think they could knock all those teeth out without you even noticing.

  • @blahsomethingclever
    @blahsomethingclever 4 роки тому +2

    Omg medicine today, 60 years from now, will look like 3000 years ago. Never mind the 1800s.
    AI plus science could make us all perfectly healthy for almost no cost.
    There's a German saying: "Problem erkannt, Problem gebannt"

  • @jimmywolfe4724
    @jimmywolfe4724 4 роки тому

    I'm very glad to learn that your a part of #vapenation #vapelyfe #businessblazevape #Simonvapes. But seriously that was funny.

  • @idk-imacat
    @idk-imacat 4 роки тому

    I think Simon tasted Mrs Winslows syrup before fiming....god I love it so much

  • @flowertrue
    @flowertrue 4 роки тому

    Am I the only one who finds it concerning how very excited Simon gets about cocaine?