10 Shocking Vintage Children’s Medicine Ads

Will morphine cure a child's common cough and cold? Well, yes, probably, but it's not something you'd ever give them (unless you were looking for an out-of-the-box way to grab the attention of Child Protective Services, that is). Morphine, meth, weed, cocaine and heroin are just a few of the medications used back in the day to cure things like sore throats and tooth aches. Yowza! Once you've picked your jaw up from off the floor, take a look how children of yore were cured of what ailed them (and even what didn't ail them): - By Meredith Carroll

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  1. Lloyd Cocaine Toothache Drops
  2. Asthma Cigarettes
  3. Cosadein
  4. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
  5. Eli Lilly Amphedroxyn
  6. Kimball White Pine and Tar Cough Syrup
  7. Anheuser-Bush's Malt-Nutrine
  8. Pabst Extract
  9. Dr. Miles' Nervine
  10. Let's not forget Dad, too