meditions142 wrote: Wed Apr 02, 2025 4:03 pm By the way, I forgot to mention how much I loved the description of the drug the team was using:
"These are needles containing sodium amytal. 10cc’s of this little beauty into the woman's neck and they are sleeping as soundly as the führer after a rally. Should keep them fast asleep for around 8 hours.”
Thank you my friend, historically sodium amytal was used by both sides during WW2 as a sedative to ease the pain of wounded soldiers after a battle. Or during an operation as a general anaesthetic, and usually it would keep a person under for as long as the 8 hours described. The comment made by Hedwig is referencing the fact that Hitler did indeed use it as a sleeping aid after a particularly strong rally or meetings with his general staff.
Just like the Laudanum described in Red Rock , it did carry a risk of addiction. But in the case of the women in this story, they will all recover albeit with slight headaches and dry mouth.