Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-25
BY LOGAN CLENDENING. MD

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"MERRY CHRISTMAS" OH
Ni served my old friend,
DR.. Adrian Gibbs glumly and
for him, in rather defensive
tone of voice.
"NO. I did not read Dickens
Christmas Carol last night. This
II one Christmas In my life
when l did not feel like blessing
every one.
II decided that az we have
gone through the year celebrat-
ing National DOughnut Week,
and National Apple Week. and
National Pine Week. and Ma
tional Pineapple Week and
few Others, this Christmas would
be National Clean Out the Medi-
cine-C loset-Day.
Il read the article by your
friend, Doctor Peete. on the
Home Medicine Chest last night
and must say he produced the
only sensible article on the sub
J'''
But IL occurred To me that
instead Of thinking about put
ting things into medicine
cabinet, il would he "A good
thing Ia take some of the things
out of the medicine closet.
Wine won't hold any more,
80 L did little house cleaning.
80 FOUND "A charming bottle
OF tincture OF iodine of
Stiegei glass that dated back 10
World War I.
The rubber cork was badly
rOtted and the little glass rod
had been broken of and the
Iodine itself had lot Of mel
low old dregs in IL.
II sacrificed IL with regret.
some day that bottle will be
rescued and find a place In Ed
Hashinger's collection.
There was a large jar labeled
plainly and chastely. DR..
Dennie. Apply locally Oct. rs.
1872. II contained some kind
OF ointment.
II tried to puzzle out what
was in IL; II smelled like whale
blubber from An animal with
Nitamin deficiency.
But anyway II must have
done It's work. Dennis IL a good
doctor who makes cures. No
one in the house had any local
on which TO apply il, so il went
the way of the iodine.
Then there was a pastebOard
box with a single solitary enor-
nous capsule filled with some
kind Of purple powder.
1t said on the box Take one
every hour until relieved
What dark incident in my past
did that represent?
II have forgotten, hut I'm
glad TO think relief arrived just
before they had TO fire the last
gun.
OW have To fill that
II medicine cabinet afi up
again. l am going To start with
a new iodine bottle and some
sterile gauze and bandages and
adhesive. I am convinced that
1 must prepare for carnage.
AS to the cathartics so uni
verSally recommended, / dunno.
Constipation isn't an emergency
that pounces upon YOU out OF
clear sky.
There Is always time 10 20
10 the drug store. Maybe
small bottle Of paregoric would
be more sensible anyway.
II am also very dubious about
the sleeping pow ders. I don't
think there il a. much harm I'm
them a. some doctors do, hut il
YOU tempt easy, YOU are likely
10 he like my brother-in-law
who keeps hiding them for him
self and climbing up In chairs
~ night inside dark closets with
NIlhN NV ms
fallen of the chair 80 often he
has broken nearly every small
bone in his body.
There il one sort Of Christ
masy thought in looking over
these old remedies.
Mature il very kind i'm eras-
ing the memory Of troubles from
our minds and leaving only the
happy ones"
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS
II. c. F-All kidding aside
what causes spots before the
eyes -?
Answer All kidding aside.
they are never serious. no mat
ter what causes them.
Eor Yo,,r