5. My favorite are the abortifacients in the 1897 Sear Roebuck catalog.
Advertised for women's troubles, contained pepper royal, tansy and cotton seed. And yes those can cause abortions/miscarriages, severe uterine contractions.
No doubt they looked forward to a bit of tooth pain. I am guessing the tooache drops led to the stories of tooth fairies. ("Ma, I really did see a fairy. Really I did, Ma")
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