| Show Sure Cures For All A complete complete- list of superstitious II ideas concerning the prevention or cure of diseases disease'S prevalent among amons amon ignorant people even to this day would be almost endless In a re- re recent recent re recent cent addre address s Dr Joseph 1 L I Miller on ong a practicing ph n amon among the tho hill folk of West Virginia en en- en enumerated en a few fen of them including the following Soot or stop bleeding a bag bat of asafetida a hung around tle neck prevents pre measles and an whooping cou cough h amber necklaces neck neck- necklaces necklaces laces pre tnt cot goiter rubbing rubbing- a over a baby s 8 facet face stops convulsions piercing th the the the-caia eab aids weak eak eyes nutmegs s worn around the neck prevent Indigestion indigestion tion and colic blood from a black cat cures erysipelas e carrying horse horge chestnuts in the pocket pre pre- presents pre prevents vents a n coin com held un- un under un under der the upper lip and a cold key tey key dropped dropped do down donn n the back Lad will stop cd The annoy ince nce of ot hiccoughs maybe maybe may maybe be readily abated by taking nine nine- sips nine SIP of water hater counting nine Lacy Lacy- back backwards wards ards and turning mound around nine tImes putting on a clothes feet first insures normal growth wearing nearing the knee cap of a sheep on cramps placing apan a apan apan the le leg prevents presents pan of water ate under the bed stop stops night sweats nearing a rattle rattle- rattlesnake rattle rattlesnake snake skin belt prevents lumbago snake o oil I skunk n fat fat or fishing worm norm j I inflammation wrapping a cures CUles woolen sock around the warm red neck cures sore throat The ritual for curing asthma IS ISmore ismore ismore elaborate Back BacI the patient more up against a tree pe peg a lock Jock of trunk half hair into a hole bored m in Its and snip it off When the bark barl er the hair the asthma asthma- will asthma gro vs 0 os over will be gone All the foregoing are utterly utterly- foolish procedures of course butI but but but- superstitious persons believe In I some or all of them And if such beliefs give Ive them any comfort should I should worn wom 1 |
