Summary
Leaflet describing a tonic "Godfrey's Mixture", containing opium and molasses. Probably used for the sedation of patients at a Victorian psychiatric hospital in the late 1880s.
Physical Description
Paper leaflet, listing potassium bromide, chloral hydrate, tincture of digitalis, paraldehyde as the main ingrediemts in Godfrey's mixture.
Significance
Example of tonics used at Victorian psychiatric hospitals
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Collecting Areas
Medicine & Health, Public Life & Institutions, Sustainable Futures
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Classification
Medicine & health, Mental health - clinical, Pharmaceuticals
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Primary support
126 mm (Width), 202 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Medicines, Opium, Psychiatric Hospitals, Making History - Psych Services