Show I C Copyright right 1923 North American Newspaper Alliance How Ancients Cured Their Ailments A medical book published in tn Ix Lone n- n don in 1669 and once owned by WIT wn- WITham ham Penn was recently presented to the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy Pharm Pharm- ac acy and Science One prescription Jn requires as an Ingredient the carcus of a a. red haired man whose blood is Js thinned and flesh therefore betten better better bet bet- ter ten whole and sound 24 years ol old old not dying of disease but killed In the Chemical as the book 1 Is i. called it is boldly asserted asserted assorted as as- as- as sorted that plants that represent the part of ot a a. man afflicted are wholesome wholesome whole whole- some so that for tor the things tha that have heads are good such as aa wal- wal ants nots chestnuts etc The same au authority an- an asserts asserts' that the eating of liver cures liver trouble kidney b beans relieve kidney trouble Apparently the most moat drastic pr prescription pre was the blood of a a. young man taken in May Maj which was distilled distilled dis dia tilled in a a. small email glass stilL Incase la In lacase case one could not take a a. young man In May goats goat's blood was of offered of of- fred as a remedy The goat Is ts-a ts I cheerful creature swift proud quick 01 ot hearing and ravenous the book adds Another remedy which among amone a other t live things pigeon ro cured u cut In melancholy m the n middle I was waa wasa and laid to the head while the blood wa was still hot hot This was supposed to mitigate the fierce humors and b be good t the frenzies headache and the gout A cure which might prove expensive was wag made of rubles rubies either drunk or hung around the neck Amon the virtues of ot this cure were those of preserving er against the h plague evil iI d dreams e and dg frightful u uh thoughts h Belgium sold tons ons of or German Ger man unan marks to a Junk dealer thus thua indicating that It also has Uttie littie littie lit lit- tie or no regard for mere scraps of paper paper Pacific Coas SerIce Ser Ser- Ice Uce- 1 J j |