Corns :- Boiled ivy leaves rubbed on to the corns Warts :-Water found in a hole in a stone and rubbed on the warts, but a pin should be left in the hole and when the pin gets rusty the warts will go. Nerves :- Water cress eaten three times a day. Stomach doubles :- Three feeds of Indian stir about to be taken each day for nine days. Boils :- Fresh fat pork to be uses as a poultice Stys :- Ten gooseberry thorns to be pulled, the points of nine of them to be pressed gently against eh sty, and the tenth to be thrown away Burns :- Bread soda and soap rubbed on, prevents it from blistering
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