> >Well that's about all I can drag out of my memory. But whilst reminiscing >I thought of the mustard plaster, what I can't remember is how was it made >and what was it used for. >Lotte Evans > >================================================ When I was Captain of a ship in Nakhodka, a port on the Far East side of the (then) Soviet Union, a sailor wanted to go to the doctor for some bronchial problems. He returned to the ship clutching half a dozen litlle squares of paper with a yellow powder on one side, and instructions in cyrillic writing on the other. I had no idea what they were for, so when the agent came aboard I asked him to translate. He said it was a mustard plaster which you wet and stick mustard side down on your chest !! Apparently used for any chest or throat problems in theUSSR. I took him down to the ship's dispensary and gave him a jab of penicillin which did the trick There are certain places that experienced seamen know never to go sick ! ================================== Adrian Cope. "Aequo Adeste Animo" <elders@rmplc.co.uk> (Leamington Elders Line) WARWICK England Tel & FAX : (0) or (44) 1926 401 720 ==================================
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