When I was there 20-some years ago on my mission, we had an elder that split a tooth. The pain was severe for him, but they didn't have the technology to fix it down there (only could pull it). Since he was going home in a month, the dentist told him to chew coca leaves for the pain, until he could get home and have it fixed properly. So we had an elder walking around with a chaw of coca leaves in his lip, telling others about the word of wisdom!
K'aya K'ama, Gerald/gary Smith gszion1 @juno.com http://www .geocities.com/rameumptom/index.html "No one is as hopelessly enslaved as the person who thinks he's free." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Marc: It's interesting that Bolivian Indians chew coca leaves and it's only a mild stimulant -- it took Western chemistry to distill cocaine out of it and turn it into something truly dangerous. ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
