The Dangers of Self-Medication

Alright, so maybe this isn't the deepest deep of themes, but we can't gloss over Gertrude's pill-berry binge here. She seems to think she knows better than the doctor, chowing down as she pleases.

But is this really surprising? When this story came out, we were just starting to enter the era when all sorts of pills would become available to fix the outer symptoms of inner problems.

Gertrude is the forebear of many woes to come. Um…hooray?