As Romania Pratt and the new wave of professionals took over, however, unscientific medicine and practitioners dwindled.  Cure-all mustard plasters concocted in the kitchen gave way to compounds concocted in pharmaceutical laboratories.  Some folks today still swear by hot chicken soup to soothe colds, just like they did back in Great Granny’s time!

[Parley Parker Pratt Jr. & Descendants, Cora S. Winkler, 1992]

[transcribed and proofread by David Grow, Dec. 2006]