Must have made for greasy bedsheets

Me: How long have you had that cough?

Patient: A week. What I really need is this treatment my mom used to give me when I was a kid. She'd collect the fat drippings from a roasted chicken.

Me: And she made you drink that?

Patient: No, no. She rubbed it all over my chest, like Vicks VapoRub.

Comments

[Bart]

Don't laugh: it works! The searing burns helped me forget all about my cough.

[Celeste]

Hey, I remember my Grannie doing the same thing only with "goose fat".
Actually, what she did with the babies is rub them with olive oil after their bath.
Some old European treatment I am guessing.

[kurt]

I once fell asleep with a bucket of KFC but I can't say I felt that great the next day. I suppose "extra cripsy" and the cononel's 11 herbs and spices don't have the same healing qualities. Nonetheless, I still swear by topical remedies.