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Thread #143503 Message #3312732
Posted By: catspaw49
24-Feb-12 - 11:00 AM
Thread Name: BS: Childhood folk medicine
Subject: RE: BS: Childhood folk medicine
Bob, your brother must have been peeing in the alley a lot. According to my Dad that was what caused a stye.
Fletcher's Castoria seemed to be my Grandmother's favorite thing along with several other cure-alls for bowel and stomach problems. She was a bit nutso for that sorta' crap.....so to speak. Matter of fact I recall a lot of her generation seemed to believe nothing was more important to good health than a functioning digestive system. The problem was that you didn't dare mention any irregularity from normal or you would be pumped full of something at both ends!