In the ’50s, doctors started testing Thorzaine on patients – a drug capable of powerful, sweeping effects on the emotions, used for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
For six years, the NBC series St Elsewhere literally set the standard for network programming, offering a consistently high level of realistic writing, ensemble acting, narrative experimentation and outrageous humor.
Every year, hundreds of children were stricken with polio. Before testing iron lung machines on humans, two dozen cats had to die under anesthetic.
A remarkable operation for producing spinal anesthesia, daring in its conception and brilliant in its results, was performed – injecting into the spine a solution of cocaine, so within a few minutes the sense of pain is entirely obliterated.
In some ways new parenthood looks just like it did in the 1940s… and in other ways, it’s pretty different. Here’s a little peek.
Little visitors to the maternity ward It’s hard enough for a three- or four-year-old to accept the arrival of a new baby. But when mother
45 most popular vintage perfumes from the ’80s 
The real death of a cheerleader story (1985) 
130 vintage ’50s house plans used to build millions of mid-century homes we still live in today 
The original Hollywood Squares game show & intro 
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