Mrs. Culp's Diary, Thursday, September 23, 1937

A backache keeps Mrs. Culp awake all night

“Bad night for me on account of backache,” Mrs. Culp wrote. She dispatched Walter to town to buy her a Belladonna Plaster.

At first I thought this was another of Mrs. Culp’s patent remedies, but I learned that belladonna plasters are still used today for backaches, and the belladonna plant is still used in some oral medicines, though this use is frowned…