Chapter 14 Aiden Lives in Seclusion

• On Cole's prescription, it clearly stated that one pound of croton and three cups of clear alcohol should be boiled together and ground into pills. The patient should then take one pill at a time!
• Croton was a laxative that could cause one to excrete immediately after taking it. Moreover, the patient was extremely weak. Thus, the other doctors couldn't help wondering if the patient's condition would worsen after she consumed croton.
• Clear alcohol, on the other hand, would only increase the burden of someone who had a weak stomach.