Before it was said that children came with a bread under their arm, now it seems that they come with a jar of Dalsy and another from Apiretal as remedies for almost all the ills of the baby.
Both pediatricians and midwives recommend having both medicines at hand, but in the 19th century, how mothers managed... with Miss Winslows' syrup . We "owe" the formula for this miracle remedy to Mrs. Charlotte Winslow and it was marketed in the mid-19th century. Its calming effect was much faster and more effective than the famous Dalsy or Apiretal... surely because it contained pure morphine .
In 1910, the New York Times published an article unmasking these soothing syrups that contained "morphine sulfate, chloroform, heroin..."
In 1911, the American Medical Association published a study, called "Panaceas and Quackery ", in which he called Miss Winslows' syrup "baby killer «. Even so, it would still be a few years until it was withdrawn.
Sources:Antique Bottle Club, Wikipedia, Opioids