Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ut-sally.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!ut-sally!riddle From: riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: The garlic cure Message-ID: <486@ut-sally.UUCP> Date: Wed, 30-Nov-83 17:25:19 EST Article-I.D.: ut-sally.486 Posted: Wed Nov 30 17:25:19 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 2-Dec-83 01:16:43 EST Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 10 My housemates tell me that consuming prodigious amounts of garlic will prevent and/or relieve the common cold. One of them, our resident hypochondriac, began by scoffing but tried it on the sly and is now a True Believer. I have the usual questions: (a) are my housemates crazy? and (b) if they're not crazy, why does the stuff work? ---- Prentiss Riddle {ihnp4,seismo,ctvax}!ut-sally!riddle riddle@ut-sally.UUCP