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Aye, having ready much of edition 1 and half (because only half of the book is left due to a fire ~ )of edition 38. I have seen that twice and though many things in TACB are far from correct most of it is right. Just a note for all of you, I've heard from chemistry people, who explained why this worked but I dont remember, that I'f you take only a few banana peals like 2-4, and place a few sticks of ment gum in them and leave in a cold dark place for about a week that the gum will contain the alkaloids of the fruit. Now by 'mint' I dont remember what mint it was, there are several popular flavors, spearmint, wintergreen and other such plants. It was a trusted source but I simply held no interest in trying such an experiment.