Valerian Wine

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(08-08-2012 11:01 AM)MaddieM Wrote:  

(08-08-2012 10:58 AM)BettyO Wrote:  

(08-08-2012 10:56 AM)HerbS Wrote:  I know people who take Valerian Root[anti-anxiety]before they go to work in the morning[Kodak]!

I just drink coffee (LOTS of coffee) or eat candy -- I've got to stop that! Puts on too many pounds!!

I'm not sure any form of sedative would have taken away the horror of the situation unravelling around them the morning of the execution. I so feel for Mary Surratt. Not only beside herself with the contemplation of her own death, but gyno problems too. And the heat! What a combo! Poor soul.

People here in Germany also take Valerian Root to calm their nerves before their practical driving exams - and it's not considered driving under the influence. :-D
Before exams at uni, I always eat tons of pure dextrose, convincing myself it will my heighten brain activity. I'm usually a jittery, hyperactive mess by the time I pick up a pen!
And no, I doubt the amount of sedation given to Mary and the others could take away the horror of what was happening. They were still lucid and functioning, so they were probably quite aware of everything, even if it might have seemed more surreal to them than to Lewis Powell.
In any case, just thinking about the helpless terror people must have felt at the prospect of their own execution makes my stomach twist in knots.