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This page presents medical treatment from an era before modern medicine. The remedies described are ineffective against the conditions named, and some of the ingredients or doses are harmful. Do not use them to treat any illness; consult a qualified medical professional.
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Wart or Corn Powder
Ivyleaves dried and ground to fine powder. A popular and useful remedy for warts and soft + of spirit; all the food-the bread, meat, and corns. The part having been moistened with the vegetables steeped in spirit and water. strong vinegar, a pinch of the powder is The poor patient is continually drunk. On sprinkled on it, and then bound on with a the fifth day of this treatment he has an ex- strip of rag. This is sometimes called costreme disgust for spirit; he earnestly requests metic vegetable caustic. A mixture of equal other diet; but his desire must not be yielded to, until he no longer desires to eat or drink; he is then certainly cured of his love of drink.
He acquires such a disgust for brandy, or other spirits, that he is ready to vomit at the very sight of it.