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Laudanum For Baby Too!

Laudanum For Baby Too. Display of various patent medicines for teething babies. Also displayed are printed advertisements and bottle labels. Laudanum is a tincture of opium. Laudanum contains almost all of the opium alkaloids, including morphine and codeine. A potent narcotic by virtue of its high morphine concentration, laudanum was historically used to treat a variety of ailments, but its principal use was as an analgesic and cough suppressant. Until the early 20th century, laudanum was sold without a prescription and was a constituent of many patent medicines. Today, laudanum is recognized as addictive and is strictly regulated and controlled throughout most of the world.
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Laudanum For Baby Too!
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Laudanum For Baby Too. Display of various patent medicines for teething babies. Also displayed are printed advertisements and bottle labels. Laudanum is a tincture of opium. Laudanum contains almost all of the opium alkaloids, including morphine and codeine. A potent narcotic by virtue of its high morphine concentration, laudanum was historically used to treat a variety of ailments, but its principal use was as an analgesic and cough suppressant. Until the early 20th century, laudanum was sold without a prescription and was a constituent of many patent medicines. Today, laudanum is recognized as addictive and is strictly regulated and controlled throughout most of the world.
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27.9 x 38.5 cm | 11.0 x 15.2 in (300 dpi)
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19TH CENTURY • 20 XX TWENTIETH CENTURY • 20TH CENTURY • AMERICA • AMERICAN • BW • CODEINE • DRUGS: OPIUM • FAKE MEDICINE • FAKE • FRAUDULENT CLAIMS • FRAUDULENT • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • INEFFECTIVE • LAUDANUM • MEDICAL • MEDICINAL • MEDICINE • MORPHINE • NARCOTIC • NON-PRESCRIPTION • NONPRESCRIPTION • OPIATE • OPIUM • PATENT MEDICINE • PHONY • PHOTO • PHOTOGRAPH • PSEUDO MEDICINE • PSEUDO-MEDICINE • QUACKERY • REMEDY • SCIENCE • SHAM • TEETHING BABIES • TWENTIETH CENTURY • UNITED STATES • US • USA