Viral medicine from the 50's / 60's

[daz1969]

Can anyone remember a medicine from the 50's / 60's called 'Viral'? Is it still available or an equivilent? Many thanks

[Sqad]

Wasn't it called "VIROL?"..........before my gghhhhh......time.

Probably there is an equivalent, but why should it be required now?

[Robinia]

It was Virol, not a medicine but a vitamin preparation, malt extract I think. It came in jars & our mums gave us a spoonful in a morning to build us up. As I remember it tasted quite nice but it was a very thick sticky consistency & stuck all around your mouth. Not available any more.

[Sqad]

Robinia.....I was a thin "pewny" insignificant kid (now I am just an insignificant adult;-)) and the people who brought me up fed me with Virol, Radio Malt and worm cakes, which were bloody awful and there was no evidence that I even had worms....LOL

Anyway I seem to have survived.

[Robinia]

Yes Sqad I had all of those..except the worm cakes (!)...unless they were heavily disguised? We survived with only a handful of remedies, a jar of Vicks, a tin of zam-buk and some little liver pills was about all you needed...

[Sqad]

We also has neat Iodine which my granddad kept in a bottle and he used the bottle stopper to apply the neat Iodine...I can still hear my screams:-)

We also had Andrews Liver Salts which was a powder, but effervesced when added to water.....grandma said that I had to drink it whilst it was effervescing otherwise it didn't work.....LOL

[Sqad]

Ooooops ...just remembered "bread poultices" which had to be applied at temperatures no lower than 100deg C......LOL Thees were applied to boils to "draw them"

[tonyav]

I can remember that horrible tasting fizzy water, sqad.

[secsee]

I just looked it up and apparenly Virol is still available in some branches of Holland & Barrett

[Sqad]

secsee.....thanks, the thought of that has just ruined my day.

[tamborine]

yummmmmm yes.....malt extract in Boots; am a regular inbiber!

[jno]

Andrews is still widely available; feels good after indigestion.

Here lie the bones of Ernie Peltzer
Who died while drinking Alka-Seltzer.
Gone at last to his heavenly rest
He should have waited till it effervesced.

[Sqad]

tambo....can't you buy it in jars?

[Sqad]

jno....:-)

[Sqad]

What about...."Doctor Parkinson's Pink Pills for Pale People"......anybody remember those?

[tamborine]

not in my Boots - 'cause I have it all!

Yes, you can - same dark jars in Boots. Get it in now to build up and avoid the flu!

[tamborine]

School started its day with dosing boarders up with .......... liquid paraffin? Ugh - cruelty to kids; nickable today!

[Sqad]

tambo ffs it was a joke.....can get it in Boots..........can't you get it in jars?........joke.....Boots..........jars....
....never
mind.

[Robinia]

Who started this ? :o) that lot are enough to put you off your lunch..Andrews, Alka -sltzer etc ugghh! ...and milk of magnesia! noooo

http://i34.tinypic.com/2vn5j02.jpg

[jno]

all female weaknesses? I must get a containerload in.

[tamborine]

srry sqad - kerchink! lol