# @royalcollegeofgps on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DNarIbzt4Ja
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/33400926-royalcollegeofgps-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-08-16T13:00:01.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Royal College of GPs (@royalcollegeofgps) — https://gondola.cc/royalcollegeofgps

## Caption

🍼 A bottle with a deadly legacy.

This Cherub Feeder from the RCGP’s own collection dates back to the 1890s - one of many so-called “murder bottles.”

Difficult to clean and prone to bacterial contamination, these bottles were linked to countless infant deaths. The long rubber tubing also posed a serious choking hazard, especially for babies left to feed alone.

For mothers with large families or limited support, these widely used bottles were often a necessity, not a choice.

A sobering reminder of how health risks and inequality can start from the earliest days of life.

Visit our Health Inequalities exhibition for more interesting objects.

[Image description: Cherub Feeder bottle from the RCGP Collection.]

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