Intrigued to know

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My dad was fishing at a local pond and found this is the pond brought it home my mum washed it out and said it appears to be an old medicine bottle "soothing syrup" by "Mrs Winslow" just wondering does anyone have any history on this I'm interested lol

This is the bottle

Impressed with the intact bottle in such good condition.

www.pharmacytimes.com/view/pharmacys-past-the-soothing-syrup-known-for-causing-death-in-thousands-of-babies-

https://museum.dea.gov/museum-collection/collection-spotlight/artifact/soothing-syrup

Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup was a patent medicine first introduced in the 19th century and marketed to calm small children, clean teeth, freshen breath, and relieve constipation. Its colorful advertising, including trading cards and calendars, showed happy, peaceful babies cradled by beautiful new mothers.

Unknown to parents, each bottle contained a dangerous amount of morphine and alcohol. Patent medicines were treatments that could be purchased without a prescription. They were commercially protected by trademarks and rarely ever patented. Consumers did not know the contents of patent medicines, including the ones they gave their children.

Some infants who consumed Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup went to sleep and never woke up.

Very tragic.

I find this an interesting aspect of medical history. I have some old medicine bottles, some American: Lydia Pinkham's tonic (which is actually still sold!), Atwood's Jaundice Bitters, Dr. Adolf Hommell's Haematogen and a few others.