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The age of drugs by Louis Dalrymple 1866-1905, artist. 1905 Illustration shows the interior of a drugstore with an elderly man, the pharmacist, dispensing a 'Bracer' to a crowd of eager consumers, while a young girl secures a bottle of 'Soothing Syrup.' On the counter are bottles and packets of 'Arsenic, Strychnine, Antipyrin, Nerve Stimulant, Opium, Cocaine' and 'The Needle. (KEYSTONE/World History Archive)