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   dip it in boiling hot water and drain it out and then sprinkle it over with turpentine and put the piece across the back.

   Eczema
   To cut the bark off an elm tree and boil the inside of the bark, leave it boiling for a whole day then drink a cup full of water mixed with sugar for a whole year.

   

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2. Local Cures

   

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   Cure for a Toothache 1. To rub pepper on the gums. 2. Put some vinegar on a bit of wool and to put it in the tooth. Cold 1. Take a good hot lemon drink. 2. To take a hot cup of buttermilk. Whooping Cough 1. To give a saucer of milk to a ferret and the minute the ferret has touched the milk give it to the person that has the whooping cough. A Sore Throat 1. To take hot drinks, drinks

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

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   English