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September 1, 2010 EditionAlso in this issue...News | Sports Scene | Education | Viewpoints | Records |
Dr. MomMost moms out at Possum Trot were "medically" trained. There were home remedies for almost every affliction imaginable. A lot of those remedies were composed of a tender voice and a "kiss it and make it well" process that absolutely worked wonders.The little cowboys I ran with almost never went to see the city doctor, Mom had a cure for everything - except perhaps a broken bone. Those cures must have worked pretty well; we are all pushing 70 now, and we are still breathing. Of course every household had a bottle of castor oil for a stomach ache and a package of Ex-Lax for constipation. Oh, but that was the store-bought meds. No one put a lot of stock in their worth. continued...
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