Jul 2, 2025
Ooh, I saw your reblog about older pharmacists putting their cigarettes out on the IV hood. I'm an inpatient tech and one of my fellow techs is over the age of 70 and has had the same job at the same site since the Vietnam War was happening. There were no computers in the hospital, people smoked everywhere while working, and patients could be prescribed whiskey which was dispensed out of a vat in the pharmacy.
A vat!!!! WHAT?? Please pump your coworker for more horror stories.
I mean, before benzos and barbiturates became common for alcohol withdrawal, using liquor was used. You could even put it into IV bags. Not whiskey though as far as I know.
