Mrs. Winslow soothing syrup (also full of that lovely opium!)

Did you know a laxative could do so much?

1900 WINE OF CARIDUI

This "vegetable compound" for female complaints sound innocent enough. It is full of various herbs but the alcohol the herbs are in is probably why the compound was so popular. Proper, upstanding women really couldn't drink, but a health elixir is something else.

1900 MILWAUKEE DENTAL ADVERTISEMENT

Vitalized Air was a sort of trade name for anesthesia.