They used to sell cocaine in medicines. I used to sneak a swig of Vicks Formula 44 Cough Syrup with codine. That stuff was good and had a kind of rootbeer flavor. If it had cocaine I may have turned into a child junkie. They also sold paragar for teething babies. It got removed from the market too because of what was in the formula. Moms were overdoing the stuff to put fussy babies to sleep. It worked, it knocked my sister right out, several times when she was teething.

I started changing diapers when dad started his second family. Think I was seven. Three kids, I got pretty good. Only drew blood a few times with those not so safe, safety pins. Diapers made the best rags to clean anything with. For a while we had and endless supply of them. Every other day was wash day. If I wasn't washing and changing diapers, I was washing the car, or the dog, or a horse. Dang, I just figured out why little girls never liked me. I must have smelled like a cough syrup addict, crap and sweat all the time. Another mystery solved. Must have worked I didn't get my first kiss until I was sixteen.

She was a cutie and a pretty good cowgirl too. She lived forty miles away and with one car, dad ended that pretty quick. That's when I started catching on to his minds games he liked to play. I did most of the work and he kept my money safe for me. Finally I had to buy a billfold so I could keep a little of the money I was making. If I made 150.00 I said I made 100.00. He caught on to that pretty fast for an old guy 17 years older than me. But he could add numbers in his head faster than someone fast with a calculator. Then he would say buy my some cigarettes if he knew I had enough money. He was hard to beat. I finally figured out he was going through my wallet when I was in the shower. I had to buy another wallet and keep it in my sock.
I only kept 5 to 15 dollars in my back pocket wallet.

Yes TapeWorms were used for weight loss, the tapeworms (supposedly) absorbed nutrients so your body would not.
Eating Tapeworms for Weight Loss
https://www.medicinenet.com/eating_tapeworms_for_weight_loss/views.htm

I never was mechanically inclined enough to change diapers....too many moving parts!