Condition |
Method Of Treatment |
corns, bunions |
applied - onion skins |
corns |
applied - buckeye |
corns, bunions |
Dr. Harris’ Corn & Bunion Cure |
bunions |
performed - turning one’s shoes upside down every night |
conjury |
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corns, bunions |
performed - soak feet in sauerkraut |
bunions, scarlet fever, lockjaw, snakebites |
applied - tobacco |
corns, bunions |
applied - castor oil |
bunions |
applied - a “scarlet tinted unguent of ham fat, beeswax and ‘shale-grout’ (celandine) boiled together and strained through a threadbare sock” |
rheumatism, contracted muscle |
applied - Foutz’s Liniment |
corns, bunions |
performed - bury stolen piece of beef |
bunions |
applied - bathing foot in solution of wood ashes in hot water |
rheumatism, contracted muscle |
applied - Foutz’s Liniment |
corns, bunions |
applied - raw pork |
foot, feet disorders, bunions, corns |
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bunions |
tobacco |
rheumatism, contracted muscle |
applied - Foutz’s Liniment |
herb doctors |
performed - prayer |
corns, bunions |
applied - chicken drippings |
foot, feet disorders, bunions, corns |
applied - poultice of fatty salt pork |
corns, calluses, bunions |
applied - rattlesnake oil |
bunions |
applied - a poultice of fresh cow dung and fish oil |
corns |
performed - Turn shoes upside down at night. |
rheumatism, contracted muscle |
applied - Foutz’s Liniment |
corns, calluses, bunions |
applied - Rattlesnake oil. |
illness |
ear wax |
corns, bunions |
applied - cow urine |
foot, feet disorders, bunions, corns |
worn - embalming fluid in shoe |
bunions |
applied - candle which has touched corpse |
snakebite |
applied - tobacco |
bunions |
applied - fatty salt pork as a poultice |
corns, calluses, bunions |
applied - rattlesnake oil |
corns, bunions |
applied - plaster of fresh cow dung; solution of cow dung and whale oil |
foot, feet disorders, bunions, corns |
worn - string of yarn around toe |
bunions |
Mixture of laudanum and camphor ice |
bunions |
worn - tie a fresh piece of fat salt pork on bunion every night for a week |
bunions |
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bumps |
applied - nail polish |
bunions |
applied - fresh cow dung plaster |
foot, feet disorders, bunions, corns |
performed - let three snails crawl across toes |
bunions |
applied - castor oil |
bunions |
worn - tie a fresh piece of fat salt pork on bunion every night for a week |
bunions |
worn - tying a slice of tomato on an aching bunion will draw out the pain |
bumps |
applied - garlic |
bunions |
applied - cow dung and whale oil solution |
bunions |
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foot, feet |
applied - salt, borax, alum, tannin |
bumps |
applied - lemon |
bunions, corns |
ear wax |
bunions |
inhaled - fat salt pork |
bunions |
performed - put your shoes upside down under the bed at night |
arthritis |
applied - fresh salmon |
bumps |
applied - banana peel |
bunions |
applied - milk from dandelions |
bunions |
performed - turning your shoes upside down every night |
corns, bunions |
applied - bath of wood ashes in hot water |
bumps |
applied - fresh salmon |
bunions |
applied - baking soda |
bunions |
performed - turning your shoes upside down at night |
corns, bunions |
“Ice Mint” (borax, oil of peppermint, menthol) |
corns, bunions, pain |
patent medicine -- Pels’ Solvent |
bunions |
applied - salicylic acid, lard |
bunions |
performed - putting your shoes upside down under the bed at night |
bunions |
applied - cotton, vaseline |
bunions |
performed - replace cut turf upside down in hole |
bunions |
performed - measure with broom straw |
dysentery |
ingested - seed of bunion |
illness, healing methods |
ingested - Bunion. |
corns |
applied - banana peel |
corns, bunions |
applied - water from a burning mine |
lockjaw |
applied - tobacco |
bunions |
applied - poultice, rubber ring |
corns |
applied - fat salt pork |
bunions |
applied - damp cotton with Vaseline or grease |
bunions |
applied - stream of very warm water from teakettle, poured from high elevation; worn - refrain from wearing short shoes |
corns |
performed - soak in wood ashes in hot water |
corns, bunions |
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bunions |
performed - soak feet in hot water, cut off hard parts applied - kerosene |
urinary ailments |
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bunions |
performed - elaborate ceremony |
bunions |
applied - cloths wrung out of turpentine |
corns, bunions |
performed - spit on corns every morning after waking |
corns, bunions |
applied - crushed plantain leaves |
corns |
applied - Pels’ Solvent |
corns, bunions |
performed - make cross on corns with saliva immediately after waking |
foot, feet, sores |
performed - cut turf in pattern of foot; replace upside down in hole |
scarlet fever |
applied - tobacco |