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  • How the Ranger Was Cured (1912)
  • Short | Short, Comedy, Western
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How the Ranger Was Cured (1912)
Short | Short, Comedy, Western
James Morgan is a patent medicine fiend. Whenever his wife, their little girl, his cowboys or himself are sick or even ailing, James insists upon them taking all sorts of patent medicines, and, as a consequence, everyone becomes worse ...See moreJames Morgan is a patent medicine fiend. Whenever his wife, their little girl, his cowboys or himself are sick or even ailing, James insists upon them taking all sorts of patent medicines, and, as a consequence, everyone becomes worse after the doses. The only one who absolutely refuses to take his patent medicine is the foreman, Tom Merrill, for he claims that when he wants to drink whiskey, he will take it pure. Alcohol in any form, however, is prohibited on the Morgan ranch, and the foreman cures the boys of the harmful patent medicine habit by showing them the Pure Food Law label on the bottles, which proclaimed that 65 percent of the compound was alcohol. On this particular day, Morgan sends away the doctor from his sick child, quarrels with the foreman in regard to a new brand of medicine he had bought, insists upon his wife taking a dose and takes a goodly amount himself. He lays down to sleep and Morpheus takes a hand. After a horrible nightmare, in which James kills two men by forcing them to drink entire bottles of his favorite brand of patent medicine. P-Dope-A, is pursued, and finally caught by the sheriff and his posse, and the doctor is shoving a great big gun down his throat, James awakes to find the medico forcing him to drink some medicine in order to restore him to consciousness. The vivid impression that his wild dreams have made upon him, or rather his attack of delirium tremens, caused by freely imbibing P-Dope-A, make James declare, then and there, that never again would he touch patent medicine. As a result, in a few months, not only himself, but his wife and child, are restored to health and happiness. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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David Horsley
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Updated May 22, 1912
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May 22, 1912 (United States)

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