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ANTIQUE MORPHINE BOTTLE, MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP

SPARKLING NARCOTIC, TEETHING SYRUP, BABY KILLER,1880's
Item number: 200221450792

Starting bidUS $19.95 
(approximately £10.06)  

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Item location:Cleveland, OH, United States

Ended:12-May-08 03:05:00 BST
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Seller:bojulbottles( 808Feedback score is 500 to 999)
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Member: since 21-Jun-03 in United States

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  Up for bid is an aqua cork top medicine/morphine bottle from the 1880's era, it was hand blown in a mold with a hand finished rolled lip.  This attic fresh hard narcotic sedative bottle is in super condition containing 65 mg of MORPHINE per ounce and given to babies and children for teething pain, general comfort and colic conditions.  History tells of mothers who would overdose the baby and they would sleep forever, so it was known as "THE BABY KILLER" of the era.  Mothers would also drink her share to calm her nerves which brought on years of addiction to this hard narcotic.   This company also advertised this product as "THE MOTHER'S FRIEND" and could have been purchased by mail order and over the counter at your local drug store.   Embossed on sides "MRS. WINSLOW'S  SOOTHING SYYRUP, THE ANGLO AMERICAN DRUG CO. SUCCESSORS TO CURTIS & PERKINS PROPRIETORS".  The mold seams stop at lower part of the neck, stands 5-1/8" tall with a 1 1/4" round base embossed with a #37.   A real piece of our dark medicine history, in hard to find near mint condition with no chips, cracks, stains or wear.  A color copy of the original  advertisement from 1887 will be sent out to the winning bidder, suitable for framing.   Only those that can close a deal in a timely honorable manner need bid.   Thanks for looking my fellow Americans and other humans of the Earth.




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Buyer is to pay for shipping and insurance is optional. If sending payment via mail, please contact me with your intent. No personnel checks please. No contact with winning bidder after (7) days will take it's course for the worst. Cheers, Bob

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