Retired tropes of yesteryear

[The_Other_Waldo_Pepper]

@RealityChuck

Another one from the 40s: whenever a person (usually a woman) has had a frightening or dangerous experience, the doctor would give them a sedative

THE ABOMINABLE DOCTOR PHIBES has maybe the best example of this one.

[carrps]

That was hard to watch.

[NDP]

@carrps

@Bootb

Apparently, doctors and everybody else handed out prescription pills like candy.

They did.

There’s even a Rolling Stones song about it.

The Rolling Stones - Mother's Little Helper