A Laudanum bottle. Laudanum was an opiate used in the Civil War for pain relief and was very addictive. It was largely replaced by morphine, which was

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A Laudanum bottle. Laudanum was an opiate used in the Civil War for pain relief and was very addictive. It was largely replaced by morphine, which was felt to less addictive and less nauseating, after the Civil War.

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