Mecurochrome
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I was young and we were poor. How poor? We lived in the Seattle area in a tarpaper shack. The only thing we had for heat was an old sheet metal tent stove. Often one or more of us had colds. One winter long before i was 5 years old I got pneumonia and as we couldn't afford a Dr. my mother treated me with a very old remedy. If you haven't had a hot mustard plaster on your chest, you have missed out on one great and absolutely worthless treatment. About the only other thing which would be equally worthless for the same ailment would be to stick your head in a beehive. That is about what it felt like to me and even today, thinking back on that time, I get the jemmies just thinking about it.
Jimmy I'm not so sure about the broken heart, but I can assure you, by the time you've had four or five of them you no longer cared for that night.
My mother used most of all those things when we got hurt had a cough or bug bites. Got black widowed one time... Mother went to the pharmacy and he made up something to put on the area. Week or so all gone. I still hate spiders. Terpenhydrate and codeine for coughs. Hated that stuff. Captain on my shift at work developed a terrible cough. I had to sleep in the same area as him. I called the closest pharmacy and talked to the fellow. He let me sign for some. Got the captain to take a shot or two. He quit coughing fell asleep and didn't even hear the Aircraft alert call we had middle of the night. Once had a bullet stuck in my rump, medic pulled it out and poured something on it that hurt so bad I wanted to get even. Don't know what it was but they thought it was kinda funny. Worse than Iodine
kozmic
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Covers most things that happen around the house. Pretty sure the New Skin stuff is like the Super Glue I've used in the past. Haven't tried it yet.
Looks like the inside of my bowling bag for emergency fixes.
'Round these part that was sometimes known as the "Two hat cure"
Step one: Put a hat on the bed post.
Step two: Drink whiskey until you see to hats.
It is alleged that at some point thereafter, you will no longer be afflicted by whatever ails you.
