It's a bloody miracle they survived these "medicines". On a side note I feel a cough comin

This is the embodiment of the phrase "just fuck me up"

I'd bet real cash money, however, that someday in the far future, when medical science becomes more advanced, they will look at our current medical practices, and medicines, and wonder why we used half the stuff we did, and find it equally as amusing as we do now toward ancient medicines.

That's not too bad, the only truly disturbing ingredient is the chloroform. Why would they put chloroform in something meant to be ingested?

*cough cough* I think I'm coming down with something could you pass me the "medicine".

"skillfully combined with a number of other ingredients" Otherwise *cough cough*