Definition of Soothing syrup

1. Noun. Medicine in the form of a syrup that has a calming effect.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Soothing Syrup

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soothing syrup (current term)
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Literary usage of Soothing syrup

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Presbyterian Historical Almanac and Annual Remembrancer of the Church by Joseph M. Wilson (1864)
"WINSLOW, An experienced Nurso and Female Physician, presents to the atttention of mothers her soothing syrup, FOR CHILDREN, which greatly facilitates the ..."

2. Alcohol, a Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine by Fritz Wilhelm Woll, Alfred Fournier, Martha Meir Allen (1900)
"Mothers sometimes wonder why their boys take so readily to cigarettes, or their daughters to cocaine, never thinking that the soothing syrup, ..."

3. The Law of Pure Food and Drugs, National and State: With Appendices by William Wheeler Thornton (1912)
"soothing syrup. To say of a child's soothing syrup that it "contains no morphine" than a certain amount when it does; and that it contains 4 percent of ..."

4. Law and Business by William Homer Spencer (1911)
"D demurred to the declaration. What judgment on the demurrer ? 6. D, in an advertisement, said: "My soothing syrup is the best on the market. ..."

5. The Richmond and Louisville Medical Journal (1872)
"Journal), alludes to the baneful effects and the enormous consumption of " Mrs. Winslow's soothing syrup " in this country. About one hundred thousand two- ..."

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