Laudanum secretions ... to support the system ... [and] as a soporific". The limited pharmacopoeia of the day meant that opium derivatives were among the most effective of available treatments, so laudanum was widely prescribed for ailments from colds to meningitis to cardiac diseases, in both adults and children. Laudanum was used during the yellow fever epidemic. Innumerable Victorian women were prescribed the drug for relief of menstrual cramps and vague aches. Nurses also spoon-fed laudanum to infants. The Romantic and Victorian eras were marked by the widespread use of laudanum in Europe and the United States. Mary Todd Lincoln, for
Volunteer (Old Crow Medicine Show album) week. It is Old Crow Medicine Show's seventh No. 1 on the Bluegrass Albums chart, tying with Ricky Skaggs and Rhonda Vincent for the most No. 1s in the history of chart. It has sold 11,500 copies in the United States as of June 2018. Volunteer (Old Crow Medicine Show album) Volunteer is the sixth studio album by folk band Old Crow Medicine Show. It was released in April 2018 under Columbia Nashville. The album is the band's first to feature Joe Andrews who plays on every track and has subsequently become a full band member. The album received a