Friends, Thank you for the likely solution to the question of "Sliperalum and yurse." I reviewed the handwriting and decided that the words were spelled as stated. I believe you folks are as correct as we can be nearly a hundred years since the letter was written. After due thought it was my guess as well though I knew and know little about either medicine. History tells us that both were used, but we don't know how widely the use was applied. Of course the other significant problem is we don't know the symptoms that her daughter's husband had--and Mother asked her daughter to send some of it if she could get it. Perhaps it was like my childhood during the great depression if you were sick there were only a few remedies available, castor oil being one of the main ones. I can say that knowing the range of treatments available left open the likelihood of not complaining unless you were really sick. That tells me that maybe the best treatment is no treatment. That may be the actual fact. The place in Oklahoma was pretty isolated, and it was only five years after Oklahoma became a state from Indian Territory. Thanks again. I'll consider it resolved. Gerald