Dear Faldage: I am sure you will be thrilled to learn that no pills are to be had these days. Pills were made by tolling such things as ground up medicinal leaves.What we have now are compressed tablets. In Pharmacology, we had a real oldtimer prof who had us make ancient medications, such as aloe pills. Thereby hangs a tale. In toxicology we had to learn tests to identify medications, particularly poisons. Some of the lazy slobs in the class were seen tasting of things instead of doing the chemical tests. So, to show them the error of their ways, he gave a "Practical Exam" in which we were supposed to identify medications made by a previous class. Among them were some quarter inch roundish dark brownish objects from which fibers stuck out a bit. The wise guys tasted them, but could not tell what they were The rest of us did the chemical tests, which were negative. The only ones of us who really knew what they were were the few of us country hicks who knew a rabbit turd when we saw one. Were the wise guys mad when they too late found out.
