Since mankind learned that fermented fruits and grains rendered a punch with a punch, alcohol has been used and abused. One of the uses, a genuine use, is for medicinal purposes. Legitimate medicine and over the counter fixes often contain a touch of the "recipe." Don’t believe me, just check the label on some of the cold relief bottles are your local pharmacy.
My friend Ronnie called his doctor to get a prescription for a horrible sinus infection. The doc was out until after the first of the year. So, he went to a Doc-In-The-Box. After a couple of hours, he finally saw a doctor. Ronnie explained that his primary physician was out of town and that he always gives him a particular antibiotic for this ailment, which occurs once a year or so. The doc refused to give him anything. Ronnie went home and laid on the sofa for three days with a temperature often reaching 103 . When he and I talked, I suggested a concoction that I had used before. It involves a particular spicy tomato juice drink, the juice from a whole lemon, a few dashes of salt and pepper and a bit of 80 proof. The trick is to drink it down and go to bed and cover up.
Mark Twain told a story of how when traveling he caught a horrible cold and a fellow passenger on the stage coach told him that when they arrived in San Francisco, he should get a quart of whiskey, drink it and go to bed. Checking into the hotel, the clerk seeing Mr. Twain’s agony, made the same suggestion. Twain said that made two quarts and it was the best cold he ever had.
If you are going to drink two quarts, you probably should get into bed first.
PMO
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