"Dutch water" was not imported from the Netherlands, in the late Qing Dynasty, because the Netherlands was an important trading country, so most of the new things introduced were titled "Dutch", such as the current onion, which was originally called "Dutch onion", and Dutch beans.
"Dutch Water" advertisement
"Dutch water" is actually what is now called soda, which chemically injects carbon dioxide into the water, and people drink it to cool down and quench their thirst.
Early Watsons "Dutch Water" advertisements
In the beginning, the production water of "Dutch water" was raw water. Later, due to people's emphasis on dietary hygiene, they switched to boiling water production.
The catcher is inspecting
The "Dutch water" produced by boiling water will be tested by the fishing house, and after passing, it will be affixed with a red label to prove that "this is Dutch water produced by boiling water, which can be safely drunk." "
The early packaging of "Dutch Water" was beautiful and expensive
This change is mainly due to the frequent outbreak of epidemics in the country in the late Qing Dynasty, and at the beginning people also used traditional epidemic prevention methods to "drive away epidemic ghosts", and later due to the introduction of modern Western medicine.
"Driving away epidemic ghosts" is a commonly used epidemic prevention method in ancient times
Some doctors who have studied Western medicine have begun to criticize the traditional anti-epidemic customs and publicize the scientific concept of hygiene, which has played an effect of "enlightening the people's wisdom".
Public water pipes on the streets of the evening sun
Subsequently, various provinces and cities began to build waterworks, tidy up rivers, set up health management departments and a series of measures, so that the health situation in cities across the country improved.
Introduction to the early waterworks in the museum
The reason why "Dutch water" was changed to boiling water production was because some unscrupulous businessmen, seeing the profits of "Dutch water", cut corners and directly took untreated river water to produce, resulting in food poisoning for many children.
Qing Dynasty children in naval uniforms
After that, the rectification began, and the regular "Dutch water" manufacturers began to use boiled and cool white open for production.
Water tower of the waterworks