From murphyslaw@olynet.com Wed Aug 01 16:43:48 2001 To: <misc_survivalism_moderated@yahoogroups.com> Subject: [misc_survivalism_moderated] Old time remedies From: "Murphys Law Experimentation Lab" <murphyslaw@olynet.com> Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 15:43:48 -0700 -------- The following are, primarily, quotes from "The Chisholm Trail" by Don Worcester, a book covering the time of cattle drives in the old west, frequently based upon historical documents. I thought them to be interesting and worthy of further research. For whatever their worth: On the subject of lice: "The vasqueros learned from the plains Indians to place their clothing on ant hills until the ants had carried off all of the lice. Then they washed themselves and their clothes with suds made from yucca roots, allowing the suds to dry in order to kill the nits." [to which I can add, having battled such spread via schools, rosemary oil and thyme added to regular shampoo kills lice, and is reported to do the same for nits. It may be used on a regular basis, as a preventative measure, when exposure is possible] Apparently, the cook handled doctoring duties as well during a cattle drive. He "stored a few simple multipurpose medicines such as turpentine, liniment, quinine, and calomel . . . When dealing with dysentery caused by drinking alkali water, he boiled bachelors' buttons if they were in bloom, or fed sauerkraut if available. He might also make fry cakes using a batter of flour and salty water, or concoct a brew from the inside bark of cottonwood trees." [referencing J. Evetts Haley "Charles Goodnight, Cowmen and Plainsman" Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1949] [along these lines I would also mention drinking vinegar [I prefer cider but suspect any kind would suffice] after eating something I decided wasn't quite as fresh as maybe it should have been has been a reasonable remedy to potential food poisoning] "Few Texas cowboys had ever seen white flour or sugar in the early days, for cornmeal and sorghum took the places of wheat flour and sugar." Take Care, Camille ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Small business owners... Tell us what you think! http://us.click.yahoo.com/vO1FAB/txzCAA/ySSFAA/DROolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: misc_survivalism_moderated-unsubscribe@egroups.com Group webpage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/misc_survivalism_moderated Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ From dustyut@lasal.net Thu Aug 02 03:33:00 2001 To: misc_survivalism_moderated@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [misc_survivalism_moderated] Old time remedies From: Dusty <dustyut@lasal.net> Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 03:33:00 -0600 -------- "....Take two shots of turpentine and call me if you wake up." Carl Murphys Law Experimentation Lab wrote: > > The following are, primarily, quotes from "The Chisholm Trail" by Don > Worcester, a book covering the time of cattle drives in the old west, > frequently based upon historical documents. I thought them to be > interesting > and worthy of further research. For whatever their worth: > > On the subject of lice: > > "The vasqueros learned from the plains Indians to place their clothing > on > ant hills until the ants had carried off all of the lice. Then they > washed > themselves and their clothes with suds made from yucca roots, allowing > the > suds to dry in order to kill the nits." > > [to which I can add, having battled such spread via schools, rosemary > oil > and thyme added to regular shampoo kills lice, and is reported to do > the > same for nits. It may be used on a regular basis, as a preventative > measure, > when exposure is possible] > > Apparently, the cook handled doctoring duties as well during a cattle > drive. > > He "stored a few simple multipurpose medicines such as turpentine, > liniment, > quinine, and calomel . . . When dealing with dysentery caused by > drinking > alkali water, he boiled bachelors' buttons if they were in bloom, or > fed > sauerkraut if available. He might also make fry cakes using a batter > of > flour and salty water, or concoct a brew from the inside bark of > cottonwood > trees." [referencing J. Evetts Haley "Charles Goodnight, Cowmen and > Plainsman" Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1949] > > [along these lines I would also mention drinking vinegar [I prefer > cider but > suspect any kind would suffice] after eating something I decided > wasn't > quite as fresh as maybe it should have been has been a reasonable > remedy to > potential food poisoning] > > "Few Texas cowboys had ever seen white flour or sugar in the early > days, for > cornmeal and sorghum took the places of wheat flour and sugar." > > Take Care, > Camille > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > misc_survivalism_moderated-unsubscribe@egroups.com > > Group webpage: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/misc_survivalism_moderated > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! 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