Main content
Cures for Whooping Cough before 1947
Memories of treatments for whooping cough used in families in the early years of the twentieth century. The cost of calling out the doctor lead to inventive 'folk remedies' for the illness. Whether any of these worked is not mentioned.
Duration:
This clip is from
More clips from Kill or Cure
-
Operations on the Kitchen Table
Duration: 01:33
-
Tuberculosis
Duration: 01:36
-
The introduction of penicillin
Duration: 01:27
-
Beginnings of the NHS
Duration: 02:08
More clips from In Living Memory
-
Tuberculosis—A People's History of Wales, Kill or Cure
Duration: 01:36