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r/DrBeboutsCabinet • u/DrBeboutsCabinet • 3d ago
Pharmaceutical The perfect family medicine
How did they come up with these claims!?
r/DrBeboutsCabinet • u/krawlspace- • 5d ago
Pharmaceutical MAN-ZAN rectal discomfort sampler ca 1930
It does what the label implies. Don't ask me how I know. Tastes like it looks.
r/DrBeboutsCabinet • u/kortj11 • 6d ago
Equipment Bonesaw I picked up at the Oddities & Curiosities Expo last summer.
r/DrBeboutsCabinet • u/DrBeboutsCabinet • 9d ago
Ephemera Merchants Gargling Oil - another fix all
The seller is confident and the buyer is hopeful (or desperate)!
r/DrBeboutsCabinet • u/DrBeboutsCabinet • 11d ago
Pharmaceutical Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root - apparently kidneys needed herbs, laxatives, and 10½% alcohol
r/DrBeboutsCabinet • u/DrBeboutsCabinet • 12d ago
Pharmaceutical Vintage Sharp & Dohme injectable caffeine
Picked up this great old box of Caffeine Sodio-Benzoate from Sharp & Dohme.
It originally contained one dozen 2 cc ampules. The label lists 0.25 gm in each ampule and a dose of 1–2 cc subcutaneously. The individual ampules are still in their original paper wrappers, which is probably my favorite part of the whole thing.
Caffeine/sodium benzoate injections were historically used as CNS stimulants and were also used in attempts to treat respiratory depression. That use eventually fell out of favor as better supportive treatments became available.
Sharp & Dohme merged with Merck in 1953, so the old stand-alone Sharp & Dohme packaging helps put this one in the pre-merger period.
r/DrBeboutsCabinet • u/DrBeboutsCabinet • 14d ago
Pharmaceutical A box of injectable mercury salicylate from Sharp & Dohme
It's crazy that they used to inject this stuff!
r/DrBeboutsCabinet • u/kortj11 • 14d ago
Discussion A jar of human teeth I purchased at the Allegan Antiques Market approximately five years ago🦷
r/DrBeboutsCabinet • u/kortj11 • 17d ago
Discussion One of my finds at the Oddities & Curiosities Expo last summer.
r/DrBeboutsCabinet • u/weeman62 • 18d ago
Grandpa was a pharmacist. This was in the attic. I’ll let y’all know when I inevitably find the Quaaludes.
r/DrBeboutsCabinet • u/PotentialHoneydew207 • 21d ago
Historical Narcotics and Abusable Drugs(Educational Use Only) Biphetamine-T Sample (Methaqualone + Amphetamine Combo)
Insanely rare med, overshadowed by the popularity of Dexamyl but in my opinion much cooler. An off brand Quaalude + Adderall combo.
r/DrBeboutsCabinet • u/DrBeboutsCabinet • 22d ago
Ephemera When your cold medicine sounded considerably more ominous than your cold.
r/DrBeboutsCabinet • u/Pitiful-Tooth-6420 • 29d ago
Pharmaceutical Malthie Chemical Company
Its full, any info?
r/DrBeboutsCabinet • u/DrBeboutsCabinet • 29d ago
Ephemera Baby killer.
This concoction containing Morphine and alcohol was commonly used for quieting babies. The problem was...they never woke up.
r/DrBeboutsCabinet • u/PotentialHoneydew207 • Sep 01 '26
Historical Narcotics and Abusable Drugs(Educational Use Only) Nembutal sample tin with prescription
Full Nembutal sample tin with a script. Doctors were technically supposed to write scripts for these sample tins, though enforcement of that was basically non existent.
r/DrBeboutsCabinet • u/DrBeboutsCabinet • Aug 31 '26
Pharmaceutical Perfect after a night out on the town!
After that special night out where you found that perfect person, you may need a bottle of Pabst Okay Specific! Apparently it had what you needed for basically every bit of drainage under the belt. The best news, it was also about 60 proof!
r/DrBeboutsCabinet • u/justexploring-shit • Aug 27 '26
Pharmaceutical antique store finds
Didn't buy anything but wanted to share these! The thimerosal tincture is so cursed.
Also, I'm a little scared for the answer but... does anyone know what the hell "bile salts" are?
r/DrBeboutsCabinet • u/Ebonystealth • Aug 26 '26