In a message dated 11/16/02 1:16:18 AM Eastern Standard Time, Tacy413408@aol.com writes: > For fever we were given Spirits of Nitre with a little sugar and warm water. > > I don't even think you can buy that now. I really liked that one. How > about > sulfur out of shotgun shells??? And I really believe we were healthier > then. > > My grandmother believed in black strap molasses, also. > > Pat > > Pat, Do you remember Paregoric? My mother wound give is a little in water, with sugar added, when we had a belly ache. I remember buying it at the drug store, and giving it to our kid's for the same reason. They took it off the market now, and you need a doctor's respiration to get it. I just recently heard that it is a mixture of opium, camphor, and alcohol. No wonder I liked it when I was small. Diesel