![Opium-soaked tampons, voodoo elixirs and leeches: welcome to New Orleans' Pharmacy Museum | Travel | The Guardian Opium-soaked tampons, voodoo elixirs and leeches: welcome to New Orleans' Pharmacy Museum | Travel | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/1/15/1421342548357/289345a2-658c-4db3-8fb1-c4369f7d0c8c-640x720.jpeg?width=300&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&s=00ad31a68c020f8fc82f7af068e7d9b9)
Opium-soaked tampons, voodoo elixirs and leeches: welcome to New Orleans' Pharmacy Museum | Travel | The Guardian
![Dr Lindsey Fitzharris on X: "In the early 20th century, Pond's medicated tampons were soaked in opium, belladonna, and hyoscyamus in order to relieve menstrual pain. This example comes from the Pharmacy Dr Lindsey Fitzharris on X: "In the early 20th century, Pond's medicated tampons were soaked in opium, belladonna, and hyoscyamus in order to relieve menstrual pain. This example comes from the Pharmacy](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Frk2oEwWwAACHam.jpg)
Dr Lindsey Fitzharris on X: "In the early 20th century, Pond's medicated tampons were soaked in opium, belladonna, and hyoscyamus in order to relieve menstrual pain. This example comes from the Pharmacy
![Opium-soaked tampons, voodoo elixirs and leeches: welcome to New Orleans' Pharmacy Museum | Travel | The Guardian Opium-soaked tampons, voodoo elixirs and leeches: welcome to New Orleans' Pharmacy Museum | Travel | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/1/15/1421339042557/35b043f0-a09f-4049-a768-a05e69733731-bestSizeAvailable.png?width=445&dpr=1&s=none)
Opium-soaked tampons, voodoo elixirs and leeches: welcome to New Orleans' Pharmacy Museum | Travel | The Guardian
![North Korean prostitutes are using OPIUM-soaked tampons to stave off STD epidemic fuelled by Kim Jong-un's sex-starved soldiers | The Irish Sun North Korean prostitutes are using OPIUM-soaked tampons to stave off STD epidemic fuelled by Kim Jong-un's sex-starved soldiers | The Irish Sun](https://www.thesun.ie/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/03/hd-composite-north-korea-hooker-1.jpg?strip=all&quality=100&w=750&h=500&crop=1)
North Korean prostitutes are using OPIUM-soaked tampons to stave off STD epidemic fuelled by Kim Jong-un's sex-starved soldiers | The Irish Sun
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