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Laudanum
1media/download-4_thumb.jpg2020-11-22T18:04:33-08:00Catherine Cunhacc5dc9b7774b6a676a31715e1bbd86b0ae5b91c6378232Picture of Laudanumplain2020-12-07T16:19:41-08:00Meghan Adamsef5f31bc97e10f55dcbb2d5e9f4c0b1674ced7e6
Laudanum was a real favorite of the Victorian era, used as a cure for everything from coughs (like in this recipe book) and toothaches to rheumatism and insomnia. It was even used to 'quiet' fussy babies. It was made from a tincture of opium- yes, opium- that was readily available in British grocers. Adverts for laudanum at the time demonstrate its wide-spread usage:
While the painkilling drug was quite addictive, the dangers were not well-known at the time, and only after it became associated heavily with the working class and with Chinese imports, were there heavy pushes to consider it a dangerous substance in England (Ng).
