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In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> Iain wrote: > I seem to remember (ISTR!) something about soldiers > in the war chewing on Cordite (???) which has GTN/TNT > in it - the aim being to raise their pulse so that they > would fail a medical and not have to serve/go to the > trenches/whatever. > > Sounds dangerous to me, but am I making it up, or > does this ring any bells with other GP-UKers? It is, and it was also used in Day of the Jackal by the assassin to make him look sick, when he was getting through the security cordon. Andrew -------------------------------------------------- Dr. Andrew N. Herd MRCGP General Practitioner & Journalist Medical Adviser to County Durham Health Commission [log in to unmask] -------------------------------------------------- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%