Dreaming of Patent Medicine

patent medicine, remedy, tonic · mostly positive

Turning to a cure-all points to bold measures, but a success that will make others jealous.

What happens in the dream

  • You resort to patent medicine for your health: you'll use desperate measures to get ahead, but you'll succeed, to the dismay of the envious
  • You see or make patent medicines: you'll rise from obscurity to positions beyond your wildest hopes

How you felt

  • Impatience: the dream may reflect a wish for a quick fix
  • Boldness: an appetite for risk that may pay off

Ask yourself

  • Am I looking for a miracle cure to a problem that needs time?
  • How far am I willing to go to succeed?

See also Quack Medicine · Medicine · Quack Doctor · Physic · Patent

Source: G. H. Miller, Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or What's in a Dream (1901). Also searched as: remedy, tonic.

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