The Anonymous Widower

The Only Pain Killer I Ever Use

My teeth and mouth are a bit painful tonight, so I’ve resorted to the only pain killer, I’ve ever found effective.

The Only Pain Killer I Ever Use

The Only Pain Killer I Ever Use

I’ve always found it so and I suspect, it is able to deal very well with the muck that seems to run into my mouth.

But after all, so many million Scots can’t be wrong! Can they? Although they probably think my habit of diluting it with London tapwater, is a bit Philistine!

On the other hand there’s a serious article from Time magazine here. This is the first paragraph.

Whiskey is one of the cheapest and best painkillers known to man.” So reported Dr. Harold George Wolff of Cornell last week to the Association of American Physicians meeting at Atlantic City. Earlier doctors, he said, prescribed whiskey freely but were finally forced to discard it for “moral and ethical considerations.

The report is dated May 19th, 1941. The only problem is that they weren’t talking about Scotch whisky, but bourbon.

May 7, 2014 - Posted by | Health | ,

2 Comments »

  1. good advice!

    Comment by houseportraits | May 7, 2014 | Reply

  2. It’s certainly settled the pain in my arm as well! But that could be Paul, the nurse, who gave me a B12 shot in my left arm, as he thought I might need to up the dosage.

    Comment by AnonW | May 7, 2014 | Reply


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