I have heard of Collis Brown's Gripe Water. Also Dinneford's and Woodward's. My mum used to give me Nurse Harvey's and I had to be weaned off it. I can remember as a small child finding some in the cupboard and taking little sips when my mum wasn't around. I loved the taste! The last time I was pregnant I drank loads of it to settle my stomach.

I have some old (1940s and 50s) women's magazines, and it is interesting to see what is advertised in there for children, including, in 1943: Virol Children are Healthy Children - "Thousands of the Virol children of yesterday are distinguishing themselves in the war-time tasks of today. Virol, too, is the food on which their children in turn are being equipped to tackle the peace time tasks of tomorrow." Stirring stuff! And of course there had to be one - "Soup made with Marmite always 'goes down' well!" Also another make called "Yestact" from the Trent Teast Extract Co. Ltd. at Burton-on-Trent!

I think they called Moon Dust "Space Dust" over here in the UK. I can remember trying it, and I did hear of someone who gave some to their cat to see how it would react... I think it had to be coaxed down off the curtain rail, poor thing.

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