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Show Cure for Ringworms. As a cure Tor ringworms this curl- I ous recipe wns given In tho Housekeeper's House-keeper's Guide Tor 18.1C: "Got tho coomb or n church bell, that Is, tho grcaso which Is applied to make It work 'pni., and with which tho metal forms a kind of vordlgrls; mix It with unsnlted lard and apply n fresh platter twjco a day. It Is not Bupor-stltlun Bupor-stltlun that dictates the uso or a church boll abovo any other, but tho peculiar combination of metals employed em-ployed Tor tho purpose produces a different kind of verdigris. This remedy was long kept a profound secret, se-cret, nnd many cures effected at aa enormous charge. It has boon equally equal-ly ofllcac'cus as freely and openly communlcaipd." |