Diaries of Ethel Eva Brander, nee Conybeare Scan: 143 Volume 6: May 5, 1916 (Boxmoor) - December 10, 1916 (Sutton Veny)
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1916 November 5 - Sutton Veny - p.1
"Filthy weather". Overdosed on quinine mixed up by
"the dispenser" put treat a head cold; misread directions
to take every 4 hours, took every hour - "Consequently I had a head like a house, all
full of buzzing bees". Cold left the next day. ["Cold tablets" containing cinnamon and
quinine were sold at this time. Quinine has no known use outside of mosquito-borne disease,
and has no known effects on colds. It was most recently imagined to be a coronavirus treatment, but briefly - no effects.]
Diaries of Ethel Eva Brander, nee Conybeare Scan: 143 Volume 6: May 5, 1916 (Boxmoor) - December 10, 1916 (Sutton Veny)