Thursday's thing to love about being a writer

Today's thing I love about being a writer: RESEARCH

Yep, research. Whether for fiction or nonfiction writing, research always seems to lead me somewhere fun and surprising. Today I'm reading about the medical practices of the 19th century frontier. Take a gander at the following frontier "granny" remedies, from Karolevitz's Doctors of the Old West:

• For diphtheria treatment: snails and earthworms mashed into water
• For tuberculosis: eat some fried heart of rattlesnake
• For warts: rub with chicken feet
• For whooping cough: boil up some owl broth
• For ear ache: Drip a bit of bug blood in the ear

Makes you want to try some old-fashioned medicine. Not.

:) Cheryl