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     susceptible to rheumatism, depended strongly upon Minard's Liniment. None 
     
     of those, to my knowledge, was actually disabled; they were always able to 
     
     get about. The disorder seemed to take the form of acute discomfort. In 
     
     contrast to the present day, with its prevalence of crippling arthritis 
     
     affecting persons of practically every age group, I can remember no one 
     
     below the middle-fifty age Line complaining oe rheumatism. 
     
    

    
     There were remedies that bordered on the fantastic. On the first day of 
     
     each November, an elderly spinster of the district applied a wad of tar to 
     
     her upper lip, where it remained until the last day of the following April. 
     
     According to her claim, she was never troubled by so much as a sniffle. A 
     
     gentleman who was nearing his hundredth birthday declared that his robust 
     
     health and longevity stemmed from a life-long practice of starting the day 
     
     with a tablespoonful of turpentine mixed with a double dollop of Jamaica 
     
     rum. A housewife on the Colville Road treated a stomach problem by boiling 
     
     an armful of yellow-weeds and drinking a cupful of the water, together with 
     
     a glass of sarsaparilla wine. 
     
    

    
     Our area was fortunate beyond belief in the presence of Dr. Alex. 
     
     Murchison of Clyde River, and his brother, Dr. John, of Bonshaw. Educated 
     
     in the finest medical schools of Edinburgh and Vienna, those men rejected 
     
     opportunities. of establishing lucrative practices in the city, to spend 
     
     their lives ministering to the farming population of the greater part of 
     
     central Queen's County. Times without number I have seen Dr. Alex. driving 
     
     his tall roan mare through pelting rain or swirling snowstorm, over almost 
     
     impassable dountry roads in answer to a call from some-back-road cottage. 
     
     Whether their modes t feo was forthcoming mattered not at all; their 
     
     dedication to the sick was their pnly consideration. 
     
    

    
     For years, the preservation of youthful teeth was given little thought. 
     
     For most, it was a matter of extracting one aching tooth after another 
     
    
   
   
    
     until "store teeth" became the only answer. Toothache, it seemed, was an