"Bride Judy" and I were just having a conversation about some of the weird "medicines" and treatments that our parents used on us when we were too young to defend ourselves. I'm only 174, but my memory is still intact. Here's a few of the weird recipes I well remember my father forcing on me:

To break a fever, my father would give me a tablespoon of turpentine mixed with sugar.

For a sore throat, my father would coat my throat and chest with "vapor rub" and then wrap my throat in his old wool sock.

When I started to develope a goitor (sp?), my father would make me drink three drops of iodine every day.

These "cures" all worked well. I no longer have fevers, sore throats, or any goitors (sp?). And I'm still alive.

Anyone else out there remember any homegraown cures that worked without killing you? bob(deckman)nelson