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Sore Throat

Condition	Method Of Treatment
throat, sore	performed - have powdered sulphur blown into throat (through paper tube)
throat, sore	worn - dirty sock around neck
throat, sore
throat, sore	worn - wriggling worms
throat, sore	applied - bacon, vinegar
throat, sore	applied - salt and pepper.
throat, sore	applied - cloth oil
throat, sore	applied - ice
canker sores	ingested - green frogs, butter, alum, rattlesnake’s gall
throat, sore	worn - salt in a silk cloth
throat, sore	performed - hold throat, swallow three times.
throat, sore	applied - hot salt, stocking.
throat, sore	performed - bathe affected part; ingested - water used to bathe affected part
illness, healing methods	applied - red flannel
throat, sore	worn - old socks around the neck
throat, sore	applied - flannel, kerosene.
throat, sore	ingested - fig leaf, olive pit
throat, sore	applied - bacon, salt, pepper, sock.
throat, sore	applied - snow
throat, sore
throat, sore	worn - wrap a dirty work sock that a man has worn for a week around the throat.
throat, sore	applied - salt pork, woolen or flannel cloth, salt, pepper.
throat, sore	applied - worn sock, ingested - onion syrup from grapefruit rines
throat, sore	applied - kerosene
throat, sore	worn - woolen sack
throat, sore	applied - rub first frost in eyes
throat, sore	worn - stocking around neck
throat, sore	ingested - hot sage tea
throat, sore	ingested - yellow root tea
throat, sore	Canterbury bells petals
throat, sore	worn - fat pork
throat	applied - tomato on feet, then on throat
king's evil	applied - dead person’s hand.
throat, sore	ingested - gargle of honey & vinegar
throat, sore	applied - pine oil
throat, sore	applied - salt, water.
throat, sore	ingested - 5 nails from left foot of toad, ground and boiled in water.
throat, sores	ingested - gargle with distilled water of fumitory with water and honey of roses
cough, colds, whooping cough, croup, asthma, influenza, bronchitis	ingested - Dr. Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry
colds, fevers, sore throat	ingested - rhubarb & soda
colds	applied - A little Vicks on finger tip and rub in top of baby’s mouth.
throat, sore	applied - mashed baked potato in old sock with flannel
throat, sore	worn - wrap a sock that you have worn all day around your neck. Put a scarf around that and wear it into bed
throat, sore	ingested - urine.
throat, sore	applied - liniment and wool cloth
throat, sore	applied - salt pork, flannel
throat, sore	applied - iodine to outside of throat
throat, sore	performed - pull palate up by lock of hair
throat, sore	worn - stocking from left foot around neck at night
throat, sore	worn - dirty sock around neck
colds, sore throat	performed - gargle with bourbon
throat, sore	ingested - applied - hollyhock seed
throat, sore	ingested - sugar, vinegar, ginger, salt, butter, water.
throat, sore	ingested - turpentine, sugar
throat, sore	applied - blue clay
throat, sore	worn - slice of fat pork under flannel cloth
throat, sore, angina	performed - elaborate ritual
throat, sore, influenza, whooping cough, croup	ingested - Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry
throat, sore	applied - alum
throat, sore	ingested - jalapeno peppers; chili
throat, sore	worn - old sock, ingested - onion, grapefruit rinds
throat, sore	worn - flannel, camphor oil.
throat	applied - tomato on feet, then on throat
throat, sore	worn - salt herring
throat, sore	performed - scratch each side of throat with form, put fork above head
throat, sore	worn - stocking turned inside out around neck at night
throat, sore	applied - salt pork, turpenntine, black pepper.
throat, sore	worn - turpentine
throat, sore	performed - have throat blessed on St. Blase’s Day
throat, sore, mumps, tonsillitis, quinsy	applied - hog manure poultice
malaria, typhoid, scarlet fever, diphtheria	Houchens Family Physician
throat, sore	applied - fat salt pork (sprinkled with pepper) covered with dirty stocking and flannel
throat, sore	applied - salty water.
throat, sore	worn - bacon sprinkled with pepper around neck
throat, sore	ingested - whiskey, glycerine
throat, sore	worn - dirty sock around neck
patent medicines	ingested - Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry
throat, sore	ingested - roach tea
throat, sore	ingested - chew grated grapefruit rind.
throat, sore	ingested - oregano tea
throat, sore	applied - camphor oil.
throat, sore	applied - sock
throat, sore	ingested - alder bark
throat, sore	applied - bacon rind to throat, wrap with flannel
throat, sore	worn - black stocking turned inside out around neck at night, with heel over Adam’s apple
throat, sore	applied - cinnamon and sugar
throat, sore	ingested - flowers of white lilies, whiskey
throat, sore	applied - sow belly, flannel
throat, sore	applied - warm salt
throat, sore	applied - turpentine, goose grease
throat, sore, mumps, tonsillitis, quinsy	applied - hog manure poultice
throat, sore	applied - wet handkerchief
throat, sore	applied - cow manure
throat, sore	ingested - onion, rock candy
throat, sore	worn - red flannel
throat, sore	applied - bacon
throat, sore	ingested - whiskey, rock candy
throat, sore	worn - Piece of string in topmost lock of hair.
throat	applied - Soiled sock or stocking around the neck.
patent medicines	ingested - Dr. Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry
throat, sore	worn - sleep with a dirty sock around the neck.
throat, sore	ingested - salt water.
throat, sore	applied - Vics Vapo Rub
throat, sore	ingested - lemon
throat, sore	ingested - iodine
throat, sore	applied - grease, flannel.
throat, sore	ingested - honey, vinegar.
throat, sore	applied - fat meat, turpentine, coal oil.
throat, sore	applied - dirty sock
throat, sore	applied - raw beef
throat, sore	worn - stocking wet with spirits of turpentine around throat at night
throat, sore	worn - animal scrotum around the neck until it falls off
throat, sore	ingested - ground cloves
throat, sore	applied - wilted horseradish
throat, sore	applied - salt pork sprinkled with black pepper
throat, sore	applied - kerosene, turpentine, lard; ingested - kerosene, sugar
throat, sore	ingested - butter, applejack brandy
throat, sore	ingested - apple cider vinegar, water
throat, sore	applied - iodine
throat, sore	applied - grease, turpentine
throat, sore	applied - bread, milk
throat, sore	worn - three handfuls of ashes in left stocking around throat
throat, sore	performed - apply three hairs from top of head to throat, say religious phrase.
throat, sore	ingested - fat meat
throat, sore	applied - warm water, salt, baking soda, cider vinegar.
throat, sore	inhaled - fumes of turpentine, liquid tar
fever	performed - needle sheep's heart, burn it.
throat, sore	ingested - stewed stone in dog’s excrement
throat, sore	applied - onion, vinegar
throat, sore	ingested - whiskey while sitting on a hot stove
throat, sore	worn - old dirty sock around neck
patent medicines	ingested - Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry
throat, sore	ingested - vinegar, salt, pepper
throat, sore	worn - take the sock you’ve been wearing and wrap it around your throat, toe first.
throat, sore	applied - Sulphur.
throat, sore	applied - mercurachrome
throat, sore	ingested - whiskey, honey
throat, sore	applied - chicken feather
throat, sore	applied - wet and dry bandages around throat
throat, sore	ingested - pickled, salted herring juice.
throat, sore	applied - soap
throat, sore	performed - gargle with water in which mashed bedbug has been mashed and which has been stirred with rusty nail
colds	applied - put a little cold water on chest just before leaving the house, to avoid catching cold.
throat, sore	applied - cloth with peeled and scraped and salted Irish potato
throat, sore	ingested - sage, vinegar, water, honey, alum.
throat, sore	worn - stocking or sock damp with perspiration around neck
throat, sore	ingested - whiskey and brake root
throat, sore	worn - dirty sock around neck
cough, colds, croup, whooping cough, kidney ailments	ingested - dr. poland’s white pine compound
patent medicines	ingested - Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry
colds	applied - To cure a cold, chest cold or sore throat, rub the chest with polecat grease and put a flannel rag over it.
throat, sore	ingested - applied - Mint leaves, salt and bacon grease.
throat, sore	worn - Long white towel dipped in water.
throat, sore
throat, sore	inhaled - sulfur fumes
throat, sore	ingested - salt and vinegar.
throat, sore	applied - dirty sock
throat, sore	applied - goose oil worn - stocking or flannel
throat, sore	applied - pine needles, butter, woolen sock.
throat, sore	worn - black thread
colds, coughs, sore throat	applied - skunk-oil on chest and throat, at bedtime
throat, sore	performed - gargle with vinegar, salt, pepper
throat, sore	inhaled - breath of man who smokes or smoke of dry mullein leaves
throat, sore	applied - warm poultice of grated potatoes, cooked in vinegar and lard
throat, sore	worn - stocking around neck
throat, sore	worn - dirty stocking around neck
teething, dentition, cutting teeth
patent medicines	ingested - Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry
throat, sore	performed - put stolen dishtowel under mattress and sleep on it
throat, sore	applied - mecuricome.
throat, sore	ingested - whiskey, lemon juice
cold	ingested - sugar, turpentine
throat, sore	ingested - lemon and sugar
throat, sore	applied - potatoes, onions
throat, sore	ingested - honey, lemon
throat, sore	performed - gargle with water in which mashed bedbug has been mashed and which has been stirred with rusty nail
throat, sore	worn - yarn
throat, sore	worn - stocking around neck
throat, sore	ingested - Downey yellow violet
patent medicines	ingested - Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry
throat, sore	ingested - urine
throat, sore	applied - cream of tartar
throat, sore	performed - steal dish cloth; let it rot
throat, sore	worn - goose grease wrapped in material around neck
throat, sore	worn - tie a sock around your neck
throat, sore	applied - performed - rub bacon rind on the throat & then bury it in the ground.
throat, sore	worn - woolen sock soaked in hot water, paper
cold, sore throat, general illness	ingested - hot Coca-cola (Coke) ingested - ground prehistoric animal bones
throat, sore	applied - flannel, goose grease.
throat, sore	worn - red flannel
throat, sore	performed - gargle with vinegar, salt, pepper
throat, sore	applied - chicken droppings in cloth
throat, sore	worn - wet rag around neck
throat, sore	worn - hot axle grease on cloth around throat
cough	ingested - tea from boneset, or catnip, or cocklebur, or golden rod, or marigold
throat, sore	ingested - green sage, vinegar, black pepper, salt, alum
throat, sore	applied - warm curds, sour buttermilk, coal
throat, sore	worn - yarn, kerosene
cold, sore throat	applied - hog lard, camphor, onion, salt
fallen palate	performed - pull “palate- lock” (wisp of hair) up tightly and tie with a string
throat, sore	performed - raise small bit of hair in center of head; tie cotton scrap to head
throat, sore, inflammation, angina	ingested - decoction of “saradja” plant; applied - cataplasm of “saradja” plant
throat, sore	performed - say charm and put hand on throat
throat, sore	performed - gargle with fluid from the boiled inner bark of an oak tree.
throat, sore	applied - cold rag covered with flannel
throat, sore	performed - Swallow a piece of fat meat, tied to a string, then pull it back up.
throat, sore	worn - bacon with pepper
throat, sore	worn - woolen cloth soaked in bacon fat
throat, sore, headache, stomachache	performed - “counter irritation”: repeated pulling of the skin
throat, sore	ingested - inhaled - sulfur
throat, sore	performed - plug hair into a hole in a tree
throat, sore	applied - boiled, mashed navy beans
throat, sore, cough	worn - around neck, rag dipped in Vicks, Mentholatum, or camphorated oil
throat, sore	applied - stocking.
throat, sore	ingested - urine
throat, sore	ingested - Roquefort cheese
throat, sore	applied - soot in form of a cross
colds, coughs, sore throat	applied - fat bacon on throat
throat, sore	worn - dirty stocking around throat
cold, sore throat	applied - hog lard, camphor, onion, salt
throat, sore	performed - hang branch of plum tree over the fireplace
throat, sore	worn - stocking around neck
throat, sore	worn - dirty sock around neck
throat, sore	Throat plant
throat, sore	performed - sleep with a stocking from the left leg
throat, sore, cough	worn - ripe sock around neck
throat, sore	performed - smell shoe, apply stocking.
throat, sore	ingested - dry sour clovers, sugar
cough, sore throat, mouth sores	ingested - young twigs of Acacias
throat, sore	performed - cauterization
throat, sore	worn - left sock
throat, sore	applied - mutton suet, then poultice of febrifuge stewed in vinegar.
throat, sore	applied - onion poultice
throat, sore	ingested - yellow root tea
throat, sore	worn - dirty yarn sock around neck
throat, sore	applied - garlic.
throat, sore	worn - black thread.
throat, sore	worn - red woolen cloth
chest ailments	applied - mixture of raccoon oil (skunk oil) and turpentine
throat, sore
throat, sore	applied - chicken fat.
throat, sore	applied - vinegar.
eye ailments, inflammation, soreness, sore throat, king's or queen's evil	applied - saliva
throat, sore	applied - hot tomato
throat, sore, lung ailments, hemorrhage, tape worms	ingested - pomegranates
throat, sore	ingested - onions, sugar
throat, sore	ingested - pill made out of bread and pinch of cayenne pepper
throat, sore	applied - urine, stocking
throat, sore	applied - poison sumac
throat, sore	ingested - honey from a black radish
throat, sore	applied - alum
throat, sore	ingested - cloudberry infusion
throat, sore	worn - bag of asafetida
throat, sore	applied - tomatoes
throat, sore	worn - stocking around neck
throat, sore	worn - old dirty sock around neck
throat, sore	worn - dirty sock around neck
throat, sore	applied - saliva to foot.
throat, sore	applied - ingested - stewed tomatoes, butter.
throat, sore	worn - wet cloth and a dry woolen cloth
throat, sore	worn - silk stocking wrapped around your neck.
throat, sore	applied - sock
throat, sore	performed - blow sulfur into throat.
throat, sore	performed - make a cross on the throat with soot
throat, sore	worn - amber beads
throat, sore	applied - roasted onion poultice
throat, sore	Petals from Canterbury bells
throat, sore	worn - dirty yarn sock around neck
colds, sore throat	ingested - hot honey (with lemon, vinegar, milk, or whiskey)
throat, sore	ingested - privet tree bark, alum, turpentine, vinegar.
throat, sore	applied - sock
colds, coughs, sore throat	worn - around throat, a long woolen home-knit sock, wrong side out with sole of sock against sorest spot
throat, sore	worn - left sock turned inside out
throat, sore	applied - bullfrog lard; performed - pour grease on crossroad with nine corpses
throat, sore	worn - stocking around neck
patent medicines	Byrn’s “Magic Pain Cure”
throat, sore	worn - silk scarf
throat, sore	applied - tomato
throat, sore	worn - red woolen sock that is still warm from the foot
throat, sore	worn - cotton stocking, wood ash
throat, sore	ingested - warm honey and lemon juice.
throat, sore	worn - woolen sock around neck (soiled; red wool)
throat, sore	applied - on chest and throat, kerosene oil heated in saucer, covered with flannel rag
throat, sore	worn - gold beads around neck
throat, sore	ingested - goldenseal
throat, sore	applied - ammonia, lard
throat, sore	worn - woolen socks
throat, sore	worn - scrotum of castrated hog
throat, sore	worn - left sock turned inside out
patent medicines	ingested - Dr. Byrn’s Magic Pain Cure
throat, sore	performed - Gargle with oak bark decoction.
throat, sore	applied - woolen cloth or sock sprinkled with kerosene
throat, sore	ingested - warm salted water.
throat, sore	ingested - sugar and turpentine.
throat, sore	worn - wet face cloth
throat, sore	ingested - egg yolk, sugar, milk
throat, sore, quinsy, tonsillitis	salt pork
colds, coughs, sore throat, typhoid	ingested - feed cold, starve fever (thyphoid)
throat, sore	worn - onion on wet string around neck
throat, sore	applied - dog dung, sock
throat, sore	ingested - yellowroot tea
throat, sore	applied - left sock
colds, coughs, sore throat	performed - pull up hairs on top of head
throat, sore	worn - warm right sock
throat, sore	applied - cabbage leaves; ingested - cabbage juice with honey
throat, sore	ingested - root of uha loa (Watheria americana)
throat, sore	worn - gold beads
throat, sore	worn - dirty sock around neck
throat, sore	worn - wet woolen sock and a cloth handkerchief
throat, sore	ingested - petroleum jelly
throat, sore	applied - boiled tomato poultice on throat and bottom of feet.
throat, sore	applied - sock, hot salt
throat, sore	ingested - hot salt water.
throat, sore	ingested - peach leaves tea
throat, sore, cough, colds	elderberries
colds, sore throat	worn - dirty sock around neck
throat, sore	worn - garlic
throat, sore	applied - camphorated oil, fat bacon
throat, sore	worn - around throat, sock you have worn on left foot
cold, sore throat, flu, pneumonia	ingested - mullein leaf
throat, sore	ingested - infusion of flowers of elder; applied - leaves of elder
throat, sore	applied - kerosene
throat, sore	worn - dirty stocking
throat, sore	worn - dirty sock around neck
throat, sore	worn - woolen sock around throat
throat, sore	worn - heated wool stocking with some linament
throat, sore	applied - old sock full of salt
throat, sore	ingested - kerosene and sugar applied - kerosene (on boils)
chest ailments	applied - skunk or goose grease with flannel wrap
colds	ingested - lemon
throat, sore	ingested - turpentine, sugar
throat, sore	ingested - salt water
throat, sore	applied - worn - left stocking filled with three handfuls of ash bound around the neck
throat, sore	worn - poultice made from paste of marrow of hog’s jawbone with bagging from bale of cotton, around neck
colds, sore throat	performed - gargle with vinegar
throat, sore	worn - red yarn string.
throat, sore	applied - warm dog manure
throat, sore	applied - cut onion in cloth, to neck worn - padding of silk batting around neck
throat, sore	yellow root
throat, sore	worn - wood ashes in stocking
throat, sore	worn - woolen sock (with salt placed within)
throat, sore	ingested - yellow root tea
throat, sore	ingested - kerosene
throat, sore	worn - yarn around throat
throat, sore	worn - dirty sock around neck
throat, sore	applied - wool cloth with turpentine and lard
throat, sore	applied - Stew tomatoes, fry in garlic, place in cloth and wrap around bottom of feet.
throat, sore	performed - swallow while pressure applied to wrist.
throat, sore	applied - wet cloth, dry cloth.
throat, sore	applied - old sock
throat, sore	applied - stocking, salt
tonsils, tonsillitis	inhaled - broiled tomatoes
throat, sore	ingested - Bachelor Button.
throat, sore	applied - skunk oil, polecat grease, flannel
throat, sore	ingested - sulphur, lemon
colds, coughs, sore throat	applied - hot mixture of lard and turpentine on chest and throat
throat, sore	worn - right sock around neck at night
throat, sore	applied - salt and hot ashes
throat, sore	ingested - tea of dried elder flowers
throat, sore	applied - dirty rag around throat
throat, sore	worn - wear a man’s sock around your neck. The sock should have recently been worn.
burns, hand blisters, corns, sore throat, rheumatism, convulsions, fits, seared skin, insect bites	applied - turpentine spirits
throat, sore	worn - dirty sock around neck
throat, sore	worn - woolen
throat, sore	applied - dirty sock
sickness	ingested - plants shaped like sick part of the body
throat, sore	worn - heated dirty stocking around neck
throat, sore	performed - blow powdered sulphur in throat
throat, sore	applied - chicken feather
throat, sore	worn - salt, potatoes, muslin bag.
throat, sore	ingested - vinegar, salt, pepper.
throat, sore	applied - black stocking
throat, sore	applied - breath of man who has smoked for several years
throat, sore	ingested tea of hyssop
throat, sore	worn - black rag around neck
throat, sore	ingested - wintergreen oil
throat, sore	worn - fat meat and pepper
throat, sore	applied - stocking, hot salt.
colds	applied - For a sore throat: sprinkle pepper on a thin slice of pork, place pepper side nearest to skin on throat, hold on with a piece of flannel. OR use lard, smeared on the throat. Few drops of turpentine would increase the potency of the lard.
throat, sore	ingested - honey
throat, sore
throat, sore	worn - something woolen.
throat, sore	worn - dirty sock
throat, sore	performed - apply sock, ingest onion, grapefruit.
throat, sore	applied - bacon, potato
throat, sore	applied - lard, kerosene
throat, sore	applied - hot pork fat wrapped in red flannel around throat
throat, sore	ingested - yellow root tea
throat, sore	applied - goose liver
throat, sore	inhaled - scent of potato
throat, sore	ingested - coal oil, sugar, kerosene
throat, sore	ingested - gargle with black pepper, vinegar
throat, sore	ingested - gold colored bead
throat, sore	applied-kerosene
throat, sore	worn - stocking turned inside out around neck
throat, sore	worn - Left stocking around the throat
throat, sore	worn - vinegar rag
throat, sore	ingested - warm honey and lemon juice
throat, sore	worn - old stocking or sock around neck
throat, sore	applied - heat, salt, sock.
throat, sore	performed - squeeze black olives on to a rag and wrap around throat
throat, sore	worn - wool wrap
throat, sore	applied - mullein, vinegar, ashes, horse radish.
throat, sore	applied - Vick’s Vaporub
throat, sore	applied - goose grease
throat, sore	ingested - salt, vinegar
throat, sore	applied - right stocking
cold	ingested - jalapeño peppers or chili that is very hot
colds, whooping cough, sore throat, measles	ingested - Roasted mouse, and water in which parts of a mouse have been dropped.
sores, ulcers, mouth, throat, genitals	applied - goldenrod
mouth	ingested - bark medicine
throat, sore	ceremony of the “Benediction of the Throat”
throat, sore	ingested - root of bark medicine
throat, sore	worn - warm red woolen sock, recently removed from foot
throat, sore	ingested - whey with a hot poker in it
cough, colds, bronchitis, quinzy, asthma, croup	ingested - Dr. Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry
throat, sore	ingested - kerosene or lemon
throat, sore	applied - salt pork, left stocking
throat, sore	applied - woolen sock around neck
colds	applied - sliced, fried tomatoes in cloth
throat, sore	ingested - salt, water, lemon, bicarbonate
throat, sore	ingested - kerosene, orange juice.
mumps	worn - wool or tarred string around neck or waist
throat, sore	performed - make cross with knife in soot of fireplace, make cross on throat
throat, sore	performed - gargle gunpowder and glycerin mix
throat, sore	applied - bacon
fever, sore throat	applied - camphorated spirits of wine
rheumatism	ingested or applied - blessed earth
throat, sore	applied - burdock leaves
throat, sore	worn - if you are a man tie your sock around your neck and leave it there all night long
throat, sore	ingested - infusions of blackberries
throat, sore	ingested-kerosene and sugar

Sore Throat

Condition

Method Of Treatment

performed - have powdered sulphur blown into throat (through paper tube)

worn - dirty sock around neck

worn - wriggling worms

applied - bacon, vinegar

applied - salt and pepper.

applied - cloth oil

applied - ice

ingested - green frogs, butter, alum, rattlesnake’s gall

worn - salt in a silk cloth

performed - hold throat, swallow three times.

applied - hot salt, stocking.

performed - bathe affected part; ingested - water used to bathe affected part

applied - red flannel

worn - old socks around the neck

applied - flannel, kerosene.

ingested - fig leaf, olive pit

applied - bacon, salt, pepper, sock.

applied - snow

worn - wrap a dirty work sock that a man has worn for a week around the throat.

applied - salt pork, woolen or flannel cloth, salt, pepper.

applied - worn sock, ingested - onion syrup from grapefruit rines

applied - kerosene

worn - woolen sack

applied - rub first frost in eyes

worn - stocking around neck

ingested - hot sage tea

ingested - yellow root tea

Canterbury bells petals

worn - fat pork

applied - tomato on feet, then on throat

applied - dead person’s hand.

ingested - gargle of honey & vinegar

applied - pine oil

applied - salt, water.

ingested - 5 nails from left foot of toad, ground and boiled in water.

ingested - gargle with distilled water of fumitory with water and honey of roses

ingested - Dr. Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry

ingested - rhubarb & soda

applied - A little Vicks on finger tip and rub in top of baby’s mouth.

applied - mashed baked potato in old sock with flannel

worn - wrap a sock that you have worn all day around your neck. Put a scarf around that and wear it into bed

ingested - urine.

applied - liniment and wool cloth

applied - salt pork, flannel

applied - iodine to outside of throat

performed - pull palate up by lock of hair

worn - stocking from left foot around neck at night

worn - dirty sock around neck

performed - gargle with bourbon

ingested - applied - hollyhock seed

ingested - sugar, vinegar, ginger, salt, butter, water.

ingested - turpentine, sugar

applied - blue clay

worn - slice of fat pork under flannel cloth

performed - elaborate ritual

ingested - Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry

applied - alum

ingested - jalapeno peppers; chili

worn - old sock, ingested - onion, grapefruit rinds

worn - flannel, camphor oil.

applied - tomato on feet, then on throat

worn - salt herring

performed - scratch each side of throat with form, put fork above head

worn - stocking turned inside out around neck at night

applied - salt pork, turpenntine, black pepper.

worn - turpentine

performed - have throat blessed on St. Blase’s Day

applied - hog manure poultice

Houchens Family Physician

applied - fat salt pork (sprinkled with pepper) covered with dirty stocking and flannel