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A Little Birdie Told Me |
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The Early Bird Who Gets the Worms |
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Another bothersome affliction, especially for children, were worms. This is how our ancestors may have dealt with the problem. The Every-day Cookbook, published in 1884, offered this advice: "Honey and milk is very good for worms, so is strong salt water, likewise powdered sage and molasses taken freely." |
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The Ladies Indispensable Assistant, published in 1851, gave this remedy: "Take tobacco leaves, pound them up with honey, and lay them on the belly of the child or grown person, at the same time administering a dose of some good *physic (medicine); or take garden parsley, make into a tea; and let the patient drink freely of it; or take the scales that fall around the blacksmith's anvil, powder them fine, and put them in some sweetened rum. Shake them when you take them, and give a tea-spoonful three times a day." |
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For Ringworm, the same 1851 article, suggested the following: "Boil three figs of tobacco in a pint of urine, add one *gill of vinegar, and one gill (about 4 ounces) of lye; rub this wash on frequently." Light on Dark Corners offered this advise: |
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PIN WORMS - Pin worms and round worms are the most common in children. They are generally found in the lower bowels. Symptoms: Restlessness, itching about the anus in the fore part of the evening, and worms in the faces. Treatment: Give with a syringe an injection of a tablespoonful of linseed oil. Cleanliness is also very necessary.
ROUND WORMS - A round worm is from six to sixteen inches in length, resembling the common earth worm. It inhabits generally the small intestines, but it sometimes enters the stomach and is thrown up by vomiting. Symptoms: Distress, indigestion, swelling of the abdomen, grinding of the teeth, restlessness, and sometimes convulsions. Treatment: One teaspoonful of powdered wormseed mixed with a sufficient quantity of molasses, or spread on bread and butter. Or, one grain of santonine (chrystilized compound from the santonica plant) every four hours for two or three days, followed by a brisk cathartic. Wormwood tea is also highly recommended. |
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Swaim's Vermifuge
2 ounces wormseed
1 1/2 ounces valarian
1 1/2 ounces rhubarb
1 1/2 ounces pink-root
1 1/2 ounces white agarie. |
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Boil in sufficient water to yield 3 quarts of decoetion, and add to 20 drops of oil of tansy and 45 drops of oil of cloves, dissolved in a quart of rectified spirits. Dose, 1 teaspoonful at night. |
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Another Excellent Vermifuge
Oil of wormseed, 1 ounce
Oil of anise, 1 ounce
Castor oil, 1 ounce
Tinet of myrrh, 2 drops
Oil of turpentine, 10 drops.
Mix thoroughly.
Always shake well before using
Give 10 to 15 drops in cold coffee
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RINGWORM - The head is to be washed twice a day with soft soap and warm soft water; when dried the places to be rubbed with a piece of linen rag dipped in ammonia from gas tar; the patient should take a little sulphur and molasses, or some other genuine aperient, every morning; brushes and combs should be washed every day, and the ammonia kept tightly corked. |
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