At 04:12 PM 12/18/02 -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote:
--- Reggie Bautista <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Debbi wrote: > >Bonus points for those who come up with > *legitimate* > >instances of alcohol or cocaine use that promotes > >survival (there are several, but they don't involve > >addiction either). > > Wasn't alcohol used at one time to delay the onset > of early labor?Yep! Of course now we have other drugs to use, but I'd guess there still might be situations where giving birth _right now_ would be worse than inconvenient, and delaying by even a few hours helpful (on a plane, frex).
Some doctors apparently were still prescribing it not too long ago, as I have heard guys around my own age at Church describe being sent to the state store after the doctor prescribed it for their wives, and, being good LDS, they had never been in there before and had absolutely no idea what to ask for. Apparently the store employees (in Utah at least) were used to getting such requests . . .
--Ronn! :)
I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon.
I never dreamed that I would see the last.
--Dr. Jerry Pournelle
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