Willow bark. He'd never seen it before, but when Doc said the name, Malcolm's face lit with recognition.

"Salicin. It's an anti-inflammatory," he noted. "I'll try it; thank you." He bundled it back up and set it on the night stand.

"I've tried searching the houses and the public buildings and anywhere else I could find. Based on the period the town seems to have been abandoned, there should easily be a medication called 'Valium' found in some of the households. It was the first widely prescribed benzodiazepine and it was very common to see it handed out for stress and anxiety in the late Eighties. But I haven't found a single one. If you have better luck, it would really take the edge off," he admitted.