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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