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Show Qu:er Medicines. In Now England cdbwob pills nro supposed to cmo tho ague, and in tho south of that stato a certain knucklebone knuckle-bone of a pig's foot Is looked upon as asino euro for rheumatism, If U bo car. rlod In the pockot or worn suspended from n rtrlng nround tb.a neck Tracing the rplder web pill, it originated In China, whore all ppecles ol Insects havo cortnln positivo or nogatlvo values val-ues in inedlrlno. In Pekln It Is cus-tommy cus-tommy to glvo two or thrcu scorpl nns or spldeis to n patient III of fever. In Iioland tho peasantry swallow -mail spiders alivo to effect cure. In l'lRn,dor tho Hvo spider Is fastenod Into tl.o empty nhell of a walnut and wcrn nround tho neck of tho patient. As the creature jllos the fovur is bo-ll8eil bo-ll8eil to decrease until it Is ,jono "oa-tlrely. |