Mrs. Culp Revisited: May 26, 1937

Walter takes liver pills, Ford has a labor showdown

In yet another quest to restore his health, Walter Culp began taking a course of “ox bile” — possibly what was known then as bile salts — “72 pills — 6 a day,” Mrs. Culp wrote. Bile salts were an over-the-counter laxative, which seems to be one of Walter’s ongoing health problems. The bile salts advertisement here, found on eBay, seems to answer to the …