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Candy, Treatment, or Poison?

These lovely bottles appear to contain candy. But that’s not the case, so far as I can tell by the labels.

These were on display at Brooke Lodge in Augusta, Michigan. I’m not sure if they are still there, because last I knew, the gorgeous place closed.

These are medications from yester year with Upjohn pharmaceuticals. Some names are Sodium Chloride, Cathartic Vegetable, Phenobarbital, Acetylsalicylic Acid, Ferrated Liver Concentrate, and, lastly, Iron, Strychnine, Arsenic, and Mercury compound.

Some are still used today. Some are no longer recommended to healthy living. Some have little if any impact. What do we use today that will work tomorrow, be ineffective on a regular basis, or lead to our demise?

(PS: No accounting for spelling even though I tried to enlarge the names on the bottles to read them.)

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Posted by on August 17, 2013 in Uncategorized

 

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Books are my Candy

Sweets. Candy. Chocolate. Jaw breakers. Licorice. Lemon drops. Peppermint patties.

Candy entices many people. They long to enjoy that sugar buzz or the flavor of a dark chocolate candy bar with a gooey caramel center. Perhaps the bitter and sweet taste of gummy candies.

The love I hear of candy, expresses well how I feel about books (most candy does not interest me). Don’t I mean reading? No, I don’t. I enjoy getting into a book more than I enjoy magazines, online articles, or the newspaper. A book to me is as luscious and enticing as chocolate is to most people.

Mysteries. Biographies. Humor. Oh my! Give me a Lorna Landvik tale or a Janet Evanovich adventure. Oh, a sweet mystery by Joanne Fluke, JoAnna Carl, or Diane Mott Davidson. Then there’s kitty cat sleuths with Rita Mae Brown or Miranda James. Delicious!!!

Morale of the Story: Books are sweet too! Check them out at http://www.goodreads.com.

 
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Posted by on January 24, 2013 in Uncategorized

 

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