I am a recipient of the Kimmel Lists info that I get by email. For your info, a felon is normally a pustulant infection or boil. Shauna L. -----Original Message----- From: KTompk7744@aol.com <KTompk7744@aol.com> To: KIMMEL-L@rootsweb.com <KIMMEL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, March 11, 2000 9:51 PM Subject: [KIMMEL] Another Porter Kimmel home remedy >"FELON. #260. Grind sassafras, make into a poultice with cold water and >apply. This has been known to cure a felon in one hour. -- PORTER KIMMEL, >Morrill, Kans." > >(I must confess I have no notion of what FELON might be in terms of health. >N J Roop says "The first symptom is as if a thorn were very deep in the >finger while the surface shows no mark." At any rate iother folks' remedies >include "ordinary gunpowder", egg yolks, scalding water, a fly blister, rock >salt, tobacco & vinegar, and cold stewed pumpkin.) > >I hope these two Kimmels belong to somebody on the list. > >Jan T > >