Re: Re: Re: OT--Health Care
- To: g*@hort.net
- Subject: Re: Re: Re: [CHAT] OT--Health Care
- From: &* <g*@academicplanet.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:39:00 -0500
Sounds nasty, and isn't that a morphine relative, i.e. addicting??
Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: Kitty
Sent: 9/12/2004 9:39:40 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] OT--Health Care
> Terpine Hydrate was really terrible but it contained codeine (which is why
> it is no longer available) The codeine let you sleep so you could get past
> the bronchitus brought on by both parents smoking.
>
> Kitty
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <gardenqueen@academicplanet.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2004 8:59 PM
> Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] OT--Health Care
>
>
> > No clue what that second concoction is but it sounds loathesome. ugh.
> >
> > Pam Evans
> > Kemp, TX
> > zone 8A
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Kitty
> > Sent: 9/12/2004 7:18:51 PM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT--Health Care
> >
> > > Well, all I can say is Castor Oil and Terpine Hydrate kept me on the
> perfect
> >
> > > attendance list.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Kitty
> >
> > >
> >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > > From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
> >
> > > To: "Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >
> > > Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2004 2:58 PM
> >
> > > Subject: [CHAT] OT--Health Care
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > I got this message from a friend in India. It is so mordantly funny
> and
> >
> > > > reminds me so much of our own medical tradition that I had to pass it
> >
> > > > along.
> >
> > > >
> >
> > > > >
> >
> > > > > The medical tradition in India seems to me to have a
> >
> > > > > philosophical bent of believing that medicine or treatment must be
> >
> > > > > deeply
> >
> > > > > unattractive to be effective. A lot of loathsome stuff is consumed
> >
> > > > > because
> >
> > > > > its good for your health. Some of our tonics are so disgusting that
> the
> >
> > > > > thought of being fed it forever is liable to make you fake being
> >
> > > > > healthy.
> >
> > > > > The logic being, that if it tastes good, it can't be medicinal. I
> >
> > > > > remember
> >
> > > > > quinine being given to me in liquid form as a kid when I got
> malaria.
> >
> > > > > Nothing more disgusting has ever been invented. I was sure that the
> doc
> >
> > > > > thought it was more effective in liquid form rather than the easy
> way
> >
> > > > > of
> >
> > > > > swallowing a tablet. ;-)
> >
> > > > >
> >
> > > > > Samar Gupta
> >
> > > > > Mumbai, India
> >
> > > > >
> >
> > > > Island Jim
> >
> > > > Southwest Florida
> >
> > > > 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> >
> > > > Zone 10a
> >
> > > > Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> >
> > > >
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