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[Lucky Pittman <Lucky.Pittman@murraystate.edu>]

At 11:18 AM 02/01/2001 -0500, Tom wrote:
>Willow was the original source of asprin.  Native indians used the bark to 
>make
>a pain reliever.
>Gosh do I feel dumb in comparison.
>Talk about finding and using natural resources well!

Yes, Tom, and they took thousands of years to decipher those mysteries, and 
probably quite a few of them died along the way to discovery.


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