School: The Vale (An Gleann)

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1. Cures for People (continued)

   

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   of water.
   Cure for Boils
   Boils should be brought to a head by warm poultices of camomile flowers or boiled white lily root, or onion root: by fermentation with hot water, or by stimulating plasters. When ripe they should be discharged by a needle, or the lancet. But this should not be attempted until they are fully proved.
   Cure for Bleeding at the Nose (another cure)
   A small piece of lint or soft cotton, dipped into some mild styptic as a solution of alum, white vitriol, creosote or even cold water. This will generally succeed: but should if not, cold water may be snuffed up the nostrils.
   Cure for Rheumatism, Lumbago, Bruises and Chillblains: One raw egg well beaten, half a pint of vinegar, one ounce of spirits of turpentine, a quarter of an ounce of spirits of wine, a quarter of an ounce of camphor Beet all up together, put in a bottle and shake for ten minutes. Cork tightly to exclude

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eva Carolan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Drumoosclin, Co. Cavan