> bronchitis. It did feel good. She used to talk about an (I'm not > sure how to spell this) asapheda bag (?) that she had to wear around That sounds a bit like asafoetida - which certainly has a foetid smell and so would be used for *some* medicinal purpose. Have you noticed that ALL those old remedies were strong smelling/tasting? I live in Royal Leamington Spa and outside the Pump Rooms is a fountain where there is a constant supply of the medicinal waters that Queen Victoria used to bathe in. Salty! and now generally thought to have no good effect on the body whatever.... ====================================== Tom Holloway - (+44) (0) 1926 888333 Home: 01926 771772 Fax: 01926 771707 Internet: t.holloway@warwick.ac.uk www.rmplc.co.uk/eduweb/sites/chatback/
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