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them a mother would use either
salt, starch, bran, or various kinds
of herbs in the bath. These baths
were used also to cure such ordi
nary ailments as anemia, malnu
trition, or muscular pain. Mother
herself also cured such diseases
as measles, scarlet fever, dyspe
psia, worms, rickets, grippe, ma
laria, fever scrofula, eczema, en
larged glands, tonsilitis, sore
throat, bronchitis, dysentery, and
many other ailments.
The two chief remedies in which
mother believed religiously were
what is now commonly known as
quinine and cod liver oil. Quinine
was used for all kinds of fevers.
Mother did not own a thermom
eter, so she would press her cheek
or hand to the little one’s forehead
and exclaim, “Good God, the child
has fever.’’ Immediately the house
was searched for a quinine pow
der. If there was none she hasten
ed to the apothecary to get some.
In truth we children were none
too happy to swallow this because
it was as bitter as death itself.
Mother would cajole, coax, talk
herself dry in the throat and final
ly promise us the moon until she
succeeded in persuading us to
swallow it. Sometimes she had to
use force. As soon as the quinine
had been taken mother grew tran
quil. She was positive this would
help. In addition to the quinine
they always believed that with
fever one must sweat. If the pati
ent perspired freely they were
sure he would get well, and so
they would ply him with hot
water, hot tea, tea made of dried
raspberries, cover him with a
featherbed, and shut the windows,
all in the hope that he would
sweat.
Cod liver oil was the second
great remedy, in the infallibility
of which mother firmly believed.
She had no knowledge then of
why this was so helpful. Greater
seers and far greater physicians
than she did not, at that time,
know why this is so efficacious.
They too thought it was an empiric
remedy. It is only recently that
medicine has discovered what cod
liver oil means in regard to the
growth and structure of the child.
Mother also used cod liver oil for
anemia, bronchitis, scrofula, ecze
ma and poor appetite. For poor
appetite mother prepared a home
remedy which is still used to this
day in the field of medicine, a
preparation which she herself
made of herbs or roots which were
called gential and quasia. This
drink was very bitter, and when
we swallowed a spoonful we saw
stars. It was not easy for mother to
make us take this. We would screw
up our faces, close our eyes, and
with a gulp swallow it; but after
that we ate as though after a long
fast — if only to drown the awful
taste of bitterness in our mouths.
Measles was a contagious disease
which they thought all people had
to have. Very seldom did any
child escape. If one of the children
developed measles the windows
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