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2. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
• 1849 - Mrs. Charlotte N. Winslow
• Prepared a soothing syrup to help
the stressed 19th-century mothers
in baby care
• Consisted of Morphine sulphate
(65 mg/ounce), sodium carbonate,
spirits foeniculi, and aqua ammonia
• Kids were not only at their brattiest
but also often died
3. 1872 – Best Medicine of the World
• “Infants Preservative”
• Given to Queen Victoria
• Very popular medicine
• Instant relief of
– Whooping cough, Convulsions,
– Flatulence, Bowel affections,
– Teething, Thrush
– Cow pox, Measles, etc.
Contained opium
4. Narcotic Cough Syrup
• Finally in 1910 the New York Times banned the whole
narcotic-babysitter concept
5. Cough Syrups
Kimball White Pine
and Tar Cough Syrup
Until 1976, Chloroform
was used in cough
syrup, toothpastes &
ointments
Cough remedies
contained codeine,
Chloroform, Cannabis
and Morophia
6. Cough Remedy
Smith Glyco-Heroin
A mixture of Heroin
and glycerin.
Heroin was originally
developed by Bayer
as Cough Elixir,
balsams & losenges.
8. Asthma Cigarettes
• Dr. Batty’s Asthma Cigarettes
Claimed to provide temporary relief
of everything from asthma to colds
and bad breath.
• “Not recommended for children < 6.”
10. Kilacold chlorine bomb
• Doctors noticed that flu was
less common among workers
in the chlorine gas plant
• The Kilacold chlorine bomb
was a teardrop-shaped glass
ampoule containing 0.35g of
chlorine gas.
• Claimed to cure the cold of the
President of the United States.
11. Carbolic Smoke Ball Company 1892
• It claimed to be a cure
for influenza and other
diseases
• The smoke ball was a
rubber ball with a tube
attached. It was filled
with carbolic acid
• The nose would run,
flushing out viral
infections.
Heroin, by the way, was originally developed by Bayer. You know, those friendly folks behind harmless old aspirin.
Oh, and while we're taking on the man, we should also mention that Bayer used to be called IG Farben, a pharmaceutical and chemical conglomerate that allegedly sponsored experiments by Nazi torturers. How is this not at the center of every single Tylenol ad campaign: the fast acting pain reliever that has never sponsored Nazi torture camps.