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A cordial is any invigorating and stimulating preparation that is intended for a medicinal purpose. The term derives from an obsolete usage. The term derives from an obsolete usage. Various concoctions were formerly created that were believed to be beneficial to one's health, especially for the heart ( cor in Latin ).
Godfrey's Cordial was a patent medicine, containing laudanum (tincture of opium) in a sweet syrup, which was commonly used as a sedative to quiet infants and children in Victorian England. [1] Used mostly by mothers working in agricultural groups or industry, [ 2 ] it ensured that she could work the maximum hours of her employment, without ...
Cordial (candy), a type of candy that has a liquid filling inside a chocolate shell; Cordial (medicine), a medicinal beverage; Elderflower cordial, a non-alcoholic beverage, commonly called just "cordial" in Ireland; Squash (drink), a non-alcoholic fruit drink concentrate sometimes known as cordial
The formula for Dalby's Carminative was created by Joseph Dalby, [3] surgeon and apothecary of London, England, in the 1770s.Born Joseph Dolby, Joseph changed the spelling of his name to "Dalby" when he married Anne Sparrow in 1739.
Cordial waters, adapted into dessert-like refreshments after the Renaissance, were alcoholic infusions considered as medicine for a wide range of maladies. [4] Sweet foods were frequently prescribed for chest ailments. [2] Floral sugars, flavoured with violets and roses, originated in the Middle East and were touted as cough cures.
In pre-modern medicine, "diarrhodon" (Gr διάρροδον, "compound of roses", from ῥόδων, "of roses" [1]) is a name given to diverse compositions, in which red roses are an ingredient. [2] Diarrhodon abbatis is a cordial powder, denominated from the Abbot who invented it.
Squash (sometimes known as cordial in British English, dilute in Hiberno English, diluting juice in Scottish English, [1] and water juice in the Northern Isles of Scotland), is a non-alcoholic beverage with syrup used in beverage making. It is usually fruit-flavoured, made from fruit juice, water, and sugar or a sugar substitute.
Moulded on the sides of this 5-inch tall glass bottle are the inscriptions MRS. WINSLOWS / SOOTHING SYRUP / CURTIS & PERKINS / PROPRIETORS. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup was a patent medicine supposedly compounded by Mrs. Charlotte N. Winslow, and first marketed by her son-in-law Jeremiah Curtis [1] and Benjamin A. Perkins of Bangor, Maine, United States [2] in 1845. [3]