Sugar tits, was also a remedy. Butter, and sugar were creamed together and a couple of drops of paragoric were added. The mixture was shaped into the proper shape and wrapped into a peice of linen and tied. The baby who was cranky or cutting teeth was given the sugar tit to suck on. The benefit was two-fold. The paragoric to the gums was numbing and stopped the pain. The paragoric that got into the system put the baby to sleep. While we now know that the paragoric wasn't good for the baby, at that time and until not too long ago, you could get paragoric over the counter. Then for a while in VA, you could get it, but you had to sign the pharmacists chart and I don't even know if you could get it by prescription now. It is supposed to be highly addictive. But it sure was good for easing all sorts of pain. <smile> Nancy S