Word: sinus
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Chlorophyll's most spectacular success was in the relief of sinus infections and common colds. In more than 1,000 cases treated at Temple University Hospital by Drs. Robert Ferguson Ridpath and Thomas Carroll Davis, there was "not a single case recorded in which either improvement or cure . . . [did] not take place." Patients with mild colds snuffled chlorophyll nose drops once a day. Those with severe sinus infections wore chlorophyll packs or had large amounts of chlorophyll pumped up their noses once every other day for periods as long as several months...
Indirect reason for Mabel's salon comeback was sinus trouble. In Manhattan to consult a specialist (he discovered an infected tooth), she was convinced by her son, Novelist John Evans, that a salon is needed. Mabel hopes to get a crowd like the old one ("They were young. They were magnetic. They had radiance."), is sure there are "youngish people who crave for something more satisfying than cafe society...