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Take a seat and be soothed by the magic of quietening babies with drugs. If you have a baby or know of a baby, maybe you might try Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup. Don't worry about the ingredients…just…sssssllllleeeep.
Courtesy of the US National Library of Medicine, an 1885 advertising image produced by Meyer, Merkell & Ottmann in New York.
https://www.peachridgeglass.com/2013/01/mrs-winslows-soothing-syrup-oooh-so-soothing/
Digital image copyright is held by C. Wayne Weart, PharmD. For more information, please contact the Waring Historical Library.
https://web.archive.org/web/20160301135624/http://lcdl.library.cofc.edu/lcdl/catalog/lcdl:60593
Episode Sources:
- Our World In Data - Child Mortality in the Past
- "Nostrums and Quackery; Articles on the Nostrum Evil and Quackery". Internet Archive. Chicago, IL.: American Medical Association. 1911. p. 318.
- medicines.org.uk
- Drug Bank Online - Sodium Carbonate
- Tanner Industries Inc. - Aqua Ammonia
- Wood Library: Museum of Anaesthesiology - Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
- “Cure-All” Medication Caused Death in Thousands of Babies. April 29, 2021. Karen Berger, PharmD. Pharmacy Times, April 2021, Volume 89, Issue 04. Pages: 56
- Logo images courtesy of Canva - Collaborate and Create Amazing Graphic Design for FREE! Canva.com
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