Local Guides Corpus Christi History by Murphy Givens Corpus Christi History is published Wednesdays. Home remedies More than a century ago when doctors were scarce and people more self-sufficient South Texans had their own remedies for home treatment.
Some remedies sound sensible.
There was chamomile tea for insomnia and kerosene for head lice. Others sound totally ineffective - like a paste made from parched flour and milk used to treat cholera. I figure that of them must have worked, but I wouldn't try any without asking a doctor first. Many early families planted pomegranates. The late Ruth Dodson of Mathis once noted that deserted homesteads could be found by the pomegranates which continued to blossom long after the families had departed.