A pill of some sort, sure, but was it some sort of medicine or was it speed? I've driven cross country and I naturally assumed it was some variety of stimulant. If so that's pretty overt drug use for 1945.
What was it? A piece of paper crawling with germs, couldn't buy anything I wanted.
It think it was meant to give us a clue that Haskell was unwell, which, by the way, is a lot better than Downton episode 1 did. They killed off that Turkish guy and he never even did so much as cough!
shareHeart medicine or a stimulant to stay awake after long hours on the road. Seems like he took it too frequently for it to have been heart meds, though.
shareIt was definitely heart medication. For the people speculating that it was "speed", yes, that was available in the 1940s. Not only that, but until fairly recently (maybe it's still sold?) there was "No-Doz", a pill people would take to stay awake. It was a massive dose of caffeine.
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