Our latest installment of "Old pills for odd ills" features another laxative, called Confection of Senna. Either constipation was quite the problem in the early 20th century, or perhaps this was one of the few maladies that medicine at the time could successfully treat!
No wonder this concoction worked the way it did - a combination of powdered leaves, coriander oil, licorice extract, fig and prune juice would get anyone's guts going.
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