If we could only retain all the knowledge and experience gained by those who have come before us, what a brilliant bunch we would be. But so often we have to come to things on our own, each learning and gathering information as if it’s really new, when it’s just new to us. But we muddle through, and hopefully get the benefit too of picking up what those around us have also separately learned.
I was reminded of this odd arrangement of information gathering, of lost or forgotten knowledge that needs to be rediscovered in order to be shared again, when I saw the old comic below, and its reference to a medicine cabinet staple of the time. A remedy that was once more in the public vernacular.
A quick little bit about Li’l Bad Wolf:
While the first Disney comic appearance of the Big Bad Wolf came in 1936, it wasn’t until 1945 that the world was introduced to the Li’l Bad Wolf comic which revolved mostly around his Big Bad father. Noted creators included Carl Buettner, Gil Turner and Jack Bradbury. As with many cartoons and comics, they often have rather cruel premises and included pratfalls. Unlike the cliff splats and roadway runovers of the Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoons, nothing bad ever really happened to anyone here. Sometimes the Big Bad Wolf even seemed to learn his lesson, at least temporarily. But most of the time, he persisted in his quest to catch the three little pigs, who were frequently rescued by his son Li’l Wolf, the pigs’ best friend.
So who would have thought there would be a homeopathic reference in such a comic? But then again, maybe I shouldn’t be so surprised. There was a time when families didn’t have such ready access to outside help. Whether it was growing their own food, making their own clothes, building their own homes, educating their own children, or taking care of their own sick, they were more often on their own. Common knowledge seemed broader in some ways. I remember seeing an old music magazine from the earlier part of the 20th century. It was just an ordinary, everyday kind of publication then, but reading it with contemporary eyes, it seemed more intended for advanced musical study.
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Homeopathy is another area that at one time, more people just generally seemed to know about. Homeopathic remedies were among the medicines in the home medical kit. Homeopathic hospitals existed alongside other modes of healing. Big business medicine and pharmacological companies had yet to enter the fore.
Not to discount the incredible medical advances in some areas that we have seen, but the simple, preventive, ‘do no harm’ type of everyday medicine has suffered. That information was lost to many for a while. The last few decades in particular, have seen a growing resurgence of interest in taking care of oneself. We’re re-learning (and hopefully advancing too, adding our own contributions to the knowledge base) about treatments and remedies that have stood the tests of time.
And so there it was. In a comic many decades old, a mention of homeopathic Arnica. A surprising reference to readers now, but not then when the comic was released. An injured and sore Big Bad Wolf, calling out for the amazing and effective remedy must have been like us asking for an aspirin now. Maybe it’s time for another re-issue of that comic. For topically (and orally in homeopathic preparation) Arnica works wonders. I’ve seen, and felt it, firsthand. But it’s something I’d never heard of until just about a dozen years ago. Oh, if only I’d just read more comics when I was a kid…
