Glass bottle with orange label and glass stopper.
Label says "Ipecacuanha Wine" from "George and Welch Chemists". Also see AAA2224.2. Ipecacuanha, or ipecac, is an exotic medicinal that has been around since the 18th century. It contains an extract made by soaking the root of a Brazilian shrub in water or alcohol, which is then added to medicinal wines or syrups. In high doses, its active ingredient, emetine, causes vomiting. The belief was that this rid the body of excess bile, thus restoring the balance of the humours. Most often, it was used in small doses as an expectorant and diaphoretic (sweat-causing) agent in treating colds and flus. Ipecac mixed with various wines and syrups was still very popular in the late 19th century. (http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M21681.25)