Dr. John Henry Brown

1843 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	John Henry Brown
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	CA 1843
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1873	Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Doctor
  Residence	1892	Clayton, Lanark Co., Ontario
  Occupation	1906	Clayton, Lanark Co., Ontario
  	Doctor
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-169779
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I169779	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

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  Among the most notorious patent medicines was Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. Eventually labelled a "baby killer" by the American Medical Association, the product's main ingredient was morphine sulphate. Charlotte N. Winslow was credited with coming up with the formula in the 1840s as a way to help mothers calm teething infants. But overdoses were common and in some cases, ingestion of the morphine-laced liquid resulted in death. Baden physician Dr. John H. Brown treated one such case in August of 1873 when the mother of 20-month-old George Light Read found him unresponsive after giving him a dose of Mrs. Winslow's. Unfortunately he never regained consciousness and the cause of death was listed as an overdose. New Hamburg Independent Heritage Edition 2015 __________________________ BROWN, JOHN HENRY was in Baden in September 1873, according to a newspaper account of a threshing accident, and the Registry of Births lists his name for the early 1870's. The Berliner Journal of October 5, 1904 mentions a visit he made to Baden, from Ottawa, and says he had practised there over thirty years ago. He received his degree in 1869 from Buchanan's Diploma Mill - the Eclectic Medical College of Pennsylvania. Despite this he was certified by the Eclectic Medical Board in the same year. He was listed in Waterdown, but all later directories indicate that he was located in Clayton, Lanark County, as late as 1906. From: Doctors in Waterloo County 1852-1925 by Alexander D. Campbell

  
  

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  Occupation - Doctor - 1873 - Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1892 - Clayton, Lanark Co., Ontario Occupation - Doctor - 1906 - Clayton, Lanark Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth