If they claim it cures everything between warts and polio, then we know it's good old snake oil.  If it does have medicinal properties, I'd certainly rather have it tested before I bought any at that price!  That adds up to a grand total of over $295 a pound.  That's $295.00!  MYRA HERRON Tempus Fugit; Memento Mori  (Time Flies; Remember, you will Die.) Let no one ever say of you, And say it to your shame, That all was always beauty here, that is, until you came. --- On Sat, 8/29/09, syrnick@mts.net <syrnick@mts.net> wrote: From: syrnick@mts.net <syrnick@mts.net> Subject: [CAN-USA-MIG] Spanish Flu Epidemic To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com Date: Saturday, August 29, 2009, 9:29 PM Like many others, I subscribe to My Trees and received a blurb today with info on the Spanish Flu in reply to another edition which annoyed me as it seemed to be against any flu vaccinations.  Great strides in using sterile needles, vaccines, etc. have been made since 1918! Anyway they sent me something more and am giving the URL as the piece is an interesting bit of history around Native medicine.  The Indians used things like willow bark (which we get aspirin from and many other herbs and plants which led to many of our present day medicines. http://www.kindredkonnections.com/Indian-Influenza-Remedy.html Lauraine When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List,  I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !!    Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. To search the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION The information page is: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message