I remember my parents would refer to any liquid medicine as [what I heard as] “jollop”, I thought it was just vaguely onomatopoeic. I never realised it referred to something real rather than just the foul-tasting pink medicine.
I think there’s a story in the big book about someone doing that….
“progress not perfection “
Some of the organomercurials were also given via rectal suppository. This was certainly more convenient for outpatients than injections. I do remember seeing aminophylline suppositories at one job, which were also used initially for diuresis, and later for asthma attacks.
I do know some medical traditions favour suppositories where others don’t (confuses the heck out of British tourists who develop sinusitis in France or Spain) - but it seems a bit counter-intuitive for asthma.
Theobromines, which include aminophylline, theophylline, and caffeine, are quickly absorbed by the rectal mucosa, and if a person was unconscious from low oxygen, this was a good way to get a bronchodilator into them in the days before nebulizers and inhalers.
I’ve never heard caffeine referred to as a “theobromine.” It’s a purine, similar in structure to adenosine.
Cocoa enema anybody?
Jalapeño… (of or from Jalap)