![Opium-soaked tampons, voodoo elixirs and leeches: welcome to New Orleans' Pharmacy Museum | Travel | The Guardian Opium-soaked tampons, voodoo elixirs and leeches: welcome to New Orleans' Pharmacy Museum | Travel | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/1/15/1421339042557/35b043f0-a09f-4049-a768-a05e69733731-bestSizeAvailable.png?width=445&quality=85&dpr=1&s=none)
Opium-soaked tampons, voodoo elixirs and leeches: welcome to New Orleans' Pharmacy Museum | Travel | The Guardian
![Opium-soaked tampons, voodoo elixirs and leeches: welcome to New Orleans' Pharmacy Museum | Travel | The Guardian Opium-soaked tampons, voodoo elixirs and leeches: welcome to New Orleans' Pharmacy Museum | Travel | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/1/15/1421353597185/25b59b9c-3aaf-4059-9493-791f167e1b58-bestSizeAvailable.jpeg?width=620&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=783c92073829cec5cfab9866b34e1f2d)
Opium-soaked tampons, voodoo elixirs and leeches: welcome to New Orleans' Pharmacy Museum | Travel | The Guardian
![Opium-soaked tampons, voodoo elixirs and leeches: welcome to New Orleans' Pharmacy Museum | Travel | The Guardian Opium-soaked tampons, voodoo elixirs and leeches: welcome to New Orleans' Pharmacy Museum | Travel | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/1/15/1421342548357/289345a2-658c-4db3-8fb1-c4369f7d0c8c-640x720.jpeg?width=300&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&s=00ad31a68c020f8fc82f7af068e7d9b9)
Opium-soaked tampons, voodoo elixirs and leeches: welcome to New Orleans' Pharmacy Museum | Travel | The Guardian
![Paul Fenwick, @pjf@cloudisland.nz on Twitter: "Opium infused tampons. The 1900s knew how to deal with period pain. https://t.co/fiN6LpmKwR" / Twitter Paul Fenwick, @pjf@cloudisland.nz on Twitter: "Opium infused tampons. The 1900s knew how to deal with period pain. https://t.co/fiN6LpmKwR" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CVjB4HDWsAAvopT.jpg)
Paul Fenwick, @pjf@cloudisland.nz on Twitter: "Opium infused tampons. The 1900s knew how to deal with period pain. https://t.co/fiN6LpmKwR" / Twitter
![تويتر \ wietske burema على تويتر: "19th century tampons soaked in opium & belladona to combat period cramps. https://t.co/oLUdHWmU5N" تويتر \ wietske burema على تويتر: "19th century tampons soaked in opium & belladona to combat period cramps. https://t.co/oLUdHWmU5N"](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DcqHycZXUAARkbX.jpg)
تويتر \ wietske burema على تويتر: "19th century tampons soaked in opium & belladona to combat period cramps. https://t.co/oLUdHWmU5N"
![Opium-soaked tampons, voodoo elixirs and leeches: welcome to New Orleans' Pharmacy Museum | Travel | The Guardian Opium-soaked tampons, voodoo elixirs and leeches: welcome to New Orleans' Pharmacy Museum | Travel | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/1/15/1421342904373/5846941a-e8f1-4819-9b07-6d15431a2276-1020x612.jpeg?width=300&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&s=52fa5ebab7585a60b0deb6930eb3a1f1)
Opium-soaked tampons, voodoo elixirs and leeches: welcome to New Orleans' Pharmacy Museum | Travel | The Guardian
![Some of the oddities at the museum: leeches, STD treatments, opium tampons, and plain ole opium - Изображение New Orleans Pharmacy Museum, Новый Орлеан - Tripadvisor Some of the oddities at the museum: leeches, STD treatments, opium tampons, and plain ole opium - Изображение New Orleans Pharmacy Museum, Новый Орлеан - Tripadvisor](https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/07/bf/e0/72/new-orleans-pharmacy.jpg)