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Music Godfrey and Dalby were rivals.

Both were competing for the affections of Victorian women.

But before you imagine two dapper gentlemen with pistols raised at dawn, I should make one thing clear. Godfrey

and Dalby weren't people. No, they were actually medicines. Just like Tylenol and Advil

today duking it out in the headache aisle, Godfrey's cordial and Dalby's carminative were two

popular patent medicines, both claiming to alleviate the same

symptoms.

Named for their respective creators, these tinctures sought to reduce colic, that is, to keep babies

from crying.

To quotes advertisements for Dalby's carminative, these mother's friends, as they were called,

could help infants affected with

wind, watery pipes, fluxes, and other disorders of the stomach and bowels.

Marketed largely to working moms and nannies, it's no surprise that the products were such a

hit. After all, you could get a lot more done, and therefore bring home a larger income

if you didn't have a crying baby to deal with on top of all the rest. And the truth is, the stuff

worked, too. A few spoonfuls from one of the iconic green glass bottles, and even the most

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