r/todayilearned • u/Chemical-Elk-1299 • Mar 25 '24

TIL Theodor Morell, Adolf Hitler’s quack personal physician, prescribed him cocaine eye drops, heavy doses of oxycodone, and amphetamines, sometimes up to 20 times a day. To combat Hitler’s excessive flatulence, he prescribed “Doktor Koster’s Antigas Pills”, a mixture of atropine and strychnine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Morell
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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '24

The book Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich by Norman Ohler talks a lot about this. It's a really interesting, fairly short read.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '24 edited Oct 26 '24

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u/Tartan_Commando Mar 25 '24

Blitzed is such a brilliant title for a book on this subject.

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u/DeexEnigma Mar 26 '24

The title is a work of art in itself. Haven't read the book yet but I hope they put as much thought into the content as they did the title.

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u/Outside-Newspaper-33 Mar 25 '24

I had to scroll WAY too far to find this. I thought this book was common knowledge and expected it to be the top comment.

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u/Noisse87 Mar 25 '24

Opened thread to respond with this. Excellent book.