Show one dose always cured A doctor at one of the aror tr tier posts some year years ago conce conceived hed a way of 0 checking dead beating among the soldiers who tried to shirk their duties by claiming they were sick he invented a mixture called mie mis tura diabo licus which was composed of valerian and gum gualaca it made a truly blood curdling dose though it did not injure the health ot of the malingerer the doctor frequently referred to it as the tho most po powerful erful medicine within his knowledge for the gum gualaca was introduced to make the valerian and asafoetida stick ti 0 the teeth and so retain the taste in the mouth long after the nauseous dose had been swallowed one dose always effected a speedy cure stray stories |