21 MARCH 79 DAYS PAST Friday 286 DAYS TO COME Am happy to finish house cleaning inside today and it couldnt be done better but was some Job. Will have out side done next week. Janath Russell our eldest grand child reached Utah from her Mission in Canada. My blood pressure is quite high havent been sleeping well. This A.M. it is 130 over 90 so must try & slow down & rest more. INDIGESTION- CANDLE ON THIS STOMACH An odd cure for dyspepsia was an Irish one called lifting the evil from the body. A small piece of candle on a penny piece was set on the region of the stomach. The candle was lit, and a well-dried tumbler placed over all. This, as in cupping, would draw up the skin. Saturday 80 DAYS PAST MARCH 22 285 DAYS TO COME Cleaned all my sterling silver. But up drapes & curtains. Called over the phone fifteen friends to meet & hear a review of Hellen Cortez Saffords Historical Novel in which she features Drs mother as the mom character Dr & I went to hear Gracie Fields. Enjoyed her a lot auditorium crowded. Dr Ezra came home from Calif where he & family have spent the winter Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider- SIR FRANCIS BACON WARNERS CALENDAR OF MEDICAL HISTORY