George's Marvellous Medicine

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...?George?s Marvellous Medicine? was the first of Roald Dahl?s stories which we read to our eldest son. It?s the story of a little boy who has a real stinker of a grandmother. She?s rude and scary and bosses him around all the time. One day George?s mum and dad have both gone out, leaving him alone with his Grandma. George has had enough of Grandma bullying him and so decides to cure her of her cantankerous behaviour with a special potion, which he?ll give her instead of her usual medicine. He finds an enormous saucepan in the kitchen and lugs it all around the house, essentially putting in a bit of everything he finds [lipsticks and canary seed included!]. He even makes sure he adds some brown paint so that it is the same colour as Grandma?s real medicine! He then boils it up to make sure that everything?s nicely mixed together before...

princesslaura 13.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of George's Marvellous Medicine - Roald Dahl

Medicine or Cosmetic

Advantages: Very effective for dry skin and chapped lips
Disadvantages: Initial cost and strange smell

...'s grazed knee! However, before I get too carried away, there is a warning on the tube not to apply the cream to puncture wounds, infections or lacerations. I got some on a deep cut by mistake once and whilst there was a slight stinging sensation it easily washed off and there was no further stinging. One downside for me though is the smell, which seems more medicinal than cosmetic and took me a while to get used to. I also find the colour slightly disconcerting - a strange peachy/brown - although it appears clear when you apply it. Although it calls itself a cream, its consistency and texture are more like a gel and as such I find it a bit off-putting applying it to large areas of skin (eg using it as a moisturiser) and prefer to use it on smaller "problem" areas. The initial outlay on a 50 ml tube is around £17 which sounds a lot...

mgrigsby 25.06.2002 · Read review
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a marvelous medicin

Advantages: brilliant story
Disadvantages: none

...George lives on a farm with his mother, father and grandmother, George is a nice boy but he cant stand his Grandma and who can blame him she is the most rude and nasty woman you could ever imagine. Georges parents go out for the day leaving him at home to look after his Grandma, all morning his Grandma keeps threatening to tell his parents he is naughty if he forgets to do anything for her. George decides to get his own back on her and makes a medicin potion using all the tablets and chemicals he can find around the house and farm. At 11 am it is medicin time for grandma, George gives her some of his potion and she begins to grow and grow and grow untill she is as big as the house with her head sticking through the roof. Mom and Dad return and are angry at George, Dad uses Georges medicin on the animals on the farm to...

danniell 20.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of George's Marvellous Medicine - Roald Dahl

George's Medicine Making Morning

Advantages: Fun for small children
Disadvantages: Lacked a certain sparkle that other Dahl books have

...An extract for George?s Marvellous Medicine was in a Roald Dahl Anthology that I was privileged to own when I was younger and was one of the things within it that I really liked reading. Because of this I was quite pleased when I discovered that my brother had the book in his Roald Dahl box set. The book is like most of Roald Dahl?s offerings rather simple and easy to read. The story is rather vibrant and entertaining and the covers of the book can merely contain the colourful characters bursting to get out. The book itself was first published in 1981 and is not too long a read, coming in at 104 pages long in my copy, which is a Puffin edition, published in 2001. Despite saying that this book is 104 pages in length, not all of these pages contain writing and some contain only a minimal amount, as the story is accompanied by some...

MI9to5 05.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of George's Marvellous Medicine - Roald Dahl

Natural talent

Advantages: Good performance by Robert Redford
Disadvantages: It's about baseball

...lose for his financial gain. When Roy refuses to play ball (not literally!), things begin to get nasty. Can Roy save his career and the reputation of his team? And will he manage to sort out his complicated love life? I don't like baseball. I don't like films about baseball either. I recently watched Field of Dreams about a reincarnated baseball team and thought it was rubbish. Yet while sitting flicking the channels the other night, The Natural caught my attention and I ended up becoming engrossed. Baseball aside, this film is quirky and slightly off the wall. Oh, and the fact that Robert Redford is in it helps too! As Roy Hobbs, Redford is playing a man that is quite a bit younger than he was at the time - he would have been nearly fifty, yet Roy Hobbs is in his thirties for most of the film. Although this is immediately obvious...

sunmeilan 18.09.2007 · Read review
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Review of The Natural (DVD)

* Natural *

Advantages: Good Song , Chilled out feel to it
Disadvantages: None!

...contact lenses , Pretty Polly , Sky Sports and Marks and Spencer's. Natural was the fifth single from S Club 7. Natural was released in the United Kingdom on 11th September 2000. The song comes under the pop and R&B genres. The length of the song is three minutes and twenty two seconds. Rachel sings the lead vocals on this track. Natural reached number three in the British single charts. Natural is taken off the S Club album '7'. What a great song ; one of my favourites from S Club 7! This song has an R & B feel to it and is different to their other songs. Natural is a very chilled out and relaxing song. It is quite a smooth song. I think it's nice that another band member takes the lead vocals on this song , as it was a bit to 'same-y ' every time Jo took the lead vocals. Rachel's unique vocals compliment the song really well. Her...

xdonzx 16.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Natural (Single) - S Club 7

Wilt - My Medicine

Advantages: Cracking, melodic rock music
Disadvantages: Unheard of by many

..."Distortion", "Understand" and "Dave You Were Right" suggest and highlight a band extremely keen on melodic rock music - something caught between REM and Bush, as well as Idlewild and the Manic Street Preachers thrown in there - which is no surprise then that Eringa produced this album considering his previous work. Tracks such as title track "My Medicine" instantly back-up such the similarities with REM - especially the vocal consistencies of REM's Michael Stipe and Wilt's Cormac Battle; there's an uncanny resemblance after a couple of listens. "Take Me Home" was another single off the album, or so my basic research shows, which is surprising for me, as I feel it's style is somewhat "off key" compared to other tracks, such as the other single "Distortion". The slight distorted vocal effects don't work for me, and although the powerful chorus...

carl.mcqueen 01.08.2006 · Read review
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Review of My Medicine [ECD] - Wilt

An Essential For The Medicine Cupboard

Advantages: great medicine for a sick child with a high temperature or minor pain, cheap, sachets are great too
Disadvantages: rather bright pink colour, very sticky and syrupy

...Calpol is one of the most useful things for parents. It is liquid paracetamol, and a wonderful medicine that can be used for children with high temperatures, colds, headaches, teething pains and so on. It is suitable for babies from three months of age, although it is often suggested for babies aged two months who have just had their MMR vaccinations. But as they get older, the strength seems to diminish and I would recommend buying Calpol Six Plus for older children. Calpol is a pink colour and very sticky, but all children seem to like the taste, which is important. A sugar free version is available too. The box of Calpol sachets is also very useful, especially for when you are out and don't have a 5ml measuring spoon to hand ! The sachets contain the right amount for the dose, so can be administered directly from...

KarenUK 14.01.2001 · Read review
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Review of Calpol Medicine

Natural and Effective

Advantages: Really cleared up my skin
Disadvantages: Quite expensive, needed to take for a long time

...For many years I have suffered from acne, I was told it was just a teenage thing and would eventually go, but at the age of 17 it was getting even worse. I tried a lot of different products like clearasil, simple and all kinds of face washes. I have got quite greasy, swarthy complexion and was constantly scrubbing my face with all kinds of soaps and washes. My confidence was wrecked and I felt like sometimes I couldn't even leave the house. I was prescribed a 6th month course of antibiotics and steriod creams by my doctor and this did not work. I was then referred to a dermatogolist who suggested I take Roacctune. A good friend of mine had always told me that these medicines would not work and warned me of the side effects. She works as a herbalist and lecturer in Traditional Chinese Medicine sho I thought I might as well listen...

gemma1234 06.11.2004 · Read review
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Review of Chinese Medicine

Tracing and Using The Roots of Modern Medicine

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...Having written a few reviews of the history and usage of some of the more common herbs, I thought that I would write a piece on the general background of how herbs are used in the modern era, the history of herbal prescription and some safety factors to be taken into consideration. The roots of modern medicine can be seen as recorded threads that spiral back through history over five thousand years. If written history went back further, Im sure it would be apparant that mankind has been using the natural world to provide cures and dietary supplements since the dawn of time. It is only in more recent times that the use of herbs and plants has been seen as something seperate from the daily intake of foods. As we have become more detached from the enviroment around us, we have lost the skills needed to use it to our fullest advantage...

steerpyke 21.12.2004 · Read review
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Review of *Herbal Medicine in general*