Condition |
Method Of Treatment |
mumps |
performed - girl who has never seen father rub sufferer’s face |
mumps |
performed - rub wrist of victim |
mumps |
ingested - sugar |
mumps |
applied - tar from a buggy wheel |
apoplexy, epilepsy, blindness, mumps |
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measles |
worn - asafetida. |
mumps |
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mumps |
applied - mouse killed, split open and placed fresh on site of swelling. |
mumps |
applied - front edge of hog trough |
mumps |
worn - flax |
mumps |
performed - rub swollen parts against a hog trough. |
mumps |
applied - roasted tomatoes to throat and soles of feet |
mumps |
applied - mush or oatmeal on cloth |
mumps |
ingested - goat dung tea |
mumps |
applied - wrap throat in fig leaves or cottonwood leaves |
mumps |
worn - tarred rope |
mumps |
performed - rub neck on edge of hog trough |
mumps |
performed - rub neck on a horse trough. |
mumps |
ingested - something sour. |
mumps |
Skunk oil |
mumps |
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mumps |
performed - rubbing children against the pig trough. |
mumps |
worn - braided flax |
mumps |
performed - rub swollen parts against a hog trough. |
mumps |
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mumps |
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mumps |
applied - hot fried egg |
mumps |
applied - sardine oil ingested - sardines |
mumps |
applied - tar from a buggy wheel |
Mumps |
applied - rotten apples |
mumps |
performed - don’t go under hitch strap of a tied horse. |
mumps |
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apoplexy, epilepsy, blindness, mumps |
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mumps |
applied - bags of hot salt |
mumps |
performed - ritual with black stones, holy well, and invocations in names of God, Christ, Mary |
mumps |
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mumps |
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mumps |
applied - coal tar oil |
mumps |
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mumps |
applied - sardine oil ingested - sardines |
sterility |
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mumps |
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mumps |
performed - let a dog sleep near a pillow |
mumps |
applied - marrow of a hog’s jawbone. |
mumps |
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mumps |
applied - snake skin to face |
mumps |
performed - alms given to 7 mothers when patient recovers. |
mumps |
applied - poultice of contents of gourd |
mumps |
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mumps |
applied - cottonwood leaves |
mumps |
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mumps |
applied - sardines |
Mumps |
ingested - buzzard |
mumps |
applied - green tomatoes |
mumps |
applied - cow manure |
mumps |
worn - hog marrow |
mumps |
worn - left stocking |
throat, sore, mumps, tonsillitis, quinsy |
applied - hog manure poultice |
mumps |
applied - grease from marrow of hog’s jawbone on clean white rag |
croup, measles, whooping cough, mumps |
worn - bag of asafetida worn around the neck |
gastro enteritis |
Camomile |
mumps |
worn - sack of salt around waist |
mumps |
performed an elaborate ritual end of which a little oil from the lamp with 7 wicks is applied on sick person’s forehead. |
mumps |
applied - garlic |
sterility |
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mumps |
applied - fish oil |
mumps |
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mumps |
applied - sardine oil |
chilblains |
applied - hog bristles, chip from hog trough |
mumps |
worn - medicine bag around neck |
mumps |
applied - poultice |
mumps |
performed - rub neck on pig trough. |
mumps |
worn - woolen scarves |
mumps |
ingested - marrow of jawbone of pigs |
throat, sore, mumps, tonsillitis, quinsy |
applied - hog manure poultice |
mumps |
performed - make crosses with live young little snake over swelling |
mumps |
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sterility |
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mumps |
applied - fig leaves |
injuries, ankles |
applied - red clay [sweet-gum tree resin, cow manure, onion, etc.] |
mumps |
ingested - mixture of cod liver oil, apple juice with seeds ground up in it, dill pickle juice |
mumps |
applied - grease from marrow of hog’s jawbone on clean white rag |
Mumps |
applied - sardine oil |
mumps |
worn - tarred rope |
mumps |
applied - pig’s trough |
mumps |
applied - warm sacks of bran |
mumps |
applied - hog trough |
mumps |
performed - rub back against pig trough. |
mumps |
applied - cloth, bandage, red silk. |
mumps |
Holy well |
mumps |
tea made of oats |
sterility |
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mumps |
applied - garlic |
mumps |
worn - tarred string around neck |
mumps |
worn - asafetida bag |
mumps |
performed - rub jaw on hog trough. |
mumps |
applied - sliver of wood from pig pen fence. |
mumps |
applied - rags, brackish water. |
mumps |
applied - squirrel tonsils under jaw |
mumps |
tea made of oats |
mumps |
worn - hemp rope around waist |
mumps |
worn - black handkerchief |
mumps |
worn - silk string around neck |
Mumps |
applied - sardine oil |
mumps |
worn - flax |
whooping cough |
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mumps |
worn - black cloth around throat |
mumps |
applied - negro har, fried in lard. |
mumps |
applied - piece of hog’s trough. |
mumps |
worn - red wool yarn |
mumps |
applied - rub on hog trough |
mumps |
performed - lead patient to south-running stream in branks |
mumps |
applied - pig trough |
mumps |
tea made of oats |
mumps |
ingested - purple coneflower root |
mumps, neck swellings |
performed - draw circle and cross around swelling with red earth and holy water, recite Credo |
mumps |
marrow cut of hog-jowl bone |
mumps |
worn - cord around neck |
throat, sore |
applied - mush, oatmeal |
measles, mumps, chicken pox |
worn - asafetida |
mumps |
performed - draw five-star figure on swollen part |
mumps |
applied - on jaws, grease from hog’s jawbone |
mumps |
performed - rub swollen part on pig’s trough |
mumps |
worn - string towel. |
mumps |
applied - sack full of hen. |
mumps |
worn - string around waist |
mumps |
applied - steam from sheep nanny tea |
mumps |
performed - cut off an old hog trough, carry it in your pocket, and rub it over your jaws and throat every day. |
mumps |
applied - onions |
mumps |
worn - silk cord |
mumps |
performed - worn - place halter around the neck, bathe nine times in brook, recite prayer |
mumps |
applied - aniel on neck |
whooping cough |
worn - bag of asafetida around neck |
mumps |
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mumps |
applied - marrow from lower jawbone of hog |
mumps |
worn - thread or sash of silk around waist |
Mumps |
ingested - hog bone, sardine juice |
mumps |
worn - hemp cord |
mumps |
worn - wool string around neck; sock around neck |
mumps |
applied - spread marrow from jawbone of hog on face |
mumps |
applied - fried eggs and sardine oil to jaw |
mumps |
applied - hog’s foot oil and turpentine |
mumps |
worn - black silk cord |
mumps |
goose grease |
mumps |
worn - clothes rope. |
mumps |
applied - bag of salt around waist |
mumps |
performed - recite charm |
mumps |
ingested - infusion of cranberry |
mumps |
fat from hen’s ovary |
mumps |
worn - Asafetida |
fertility, virility |
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mumps |
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mumps |
worn - halter around neck performed - bathe patient in brook; invoke Blessed Trinity |
measles |
ingested - goat dung tea |
mumps |
worn - red wool around waist |
mumps |
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mumps |
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Mumps |
ingested- hog bone |
mumps |
performed - tie warm tie around mumps |
mumps |
worn - lead around neck (tied with buckskin string) |
mumps |
applied - eggs fried in rancid hog’s foot oil or kerosene |
mumps |
worn - red string |
cold, flu, mumps, croup, children's diseases |
worn - asafetida in bag around neck |
mumps |
worn - asafetida |
mumps |
applied - kitchen knife |
mumps |
applied - the swollen parts rub against such portion of a hog trough as has been worn smooth by that animal. |
mumps |
worn - Camphor. |
mumps |
applied - grease from hen’s ovary, silk kerchief |
mumps |
applied - sardine grease |
mumps |
worn - red wool yarn thread around waist |
mumps |
applied - urine |
mumps |
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mumps |
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measles |
worn - red yarn |
Mumps |
applied- chip from an old hog trough |
mumps |
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mumps |
worn - red woolen string |
mumps |
worn - tarred rope |
mumps |
applied - warm poultice of linseed or bread and milk |
mumps |
worn - white string |
mumps |
performed - sit over pot of beans. |
mumps |
applied - knife |
mumps |
applied - string of sardines around neck |
mumps |
worn - a lump of fat salt pork may be tied around the neck. |
mumps |
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mumps |
performed - passing them three times back and forth under the belly of a she-ass. |
mumps |
applied, ingested - sardines |
mumps |
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mumps |
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mumps |
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mumps |
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Mumps |
ingested - turpentine |
mumps |
applied - pigs throat |
mumps |
applied - sardines on both sides of neck |
mumps |
worn - flaxseed necklace. |
mumps |
ingested - soap water |
mumps |
applied - sardine grease |
mumps |
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mumps |
ingested - juice of cudweed, wine, milk |
mumps |
applied - hog excrement |
mumps |
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mumps |
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mumps |
applied - green tomatoes |
mumps |
worn - tarred string |
mumps |
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mumps |
ingested - mild laxative or nitre in barley water worn - warm flannel on neck |
mumps |
performed - put a piece of garlic in the pocket. |
mumps |
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mumps |
applied - marrow from hog lower maxillary (jaw bone) |
mumps |
applied - blind hog excrement |
lockjaw |
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mumps |
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mumps |
worn - medicine bag around neck |
Mumps |
performed - encase scrotum in squirrel skin. |
mumps |
worn - tarred string |
mumps |
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mumps |
applied - linseed. |
mumps |
applied - scythe stone. |
apoplexy, epilepsy, blindness, mumps |
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mumps |
applied - chicken fat |
mumps |
ingested - nitre in barley |
mumps |
applied - rag around cheeks |
mumps |
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mumps |
applied - warm linseed seeds in cloth |
mumps |
applied - warm sacks of bran |
mumps |
applied - sweet oil |
mumps |
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mumps |
applied - squirrel tonsils |
mumps |
performed - asafetida around the neck |
mumps |
applied - oatmeal. |
mumps |
performed - cross over running water |
mumps |
performed - rub cheeks on hog trough |
mumps |
performed - child led to south running water and made to drink |
mumps, neck swellings |
performed - elaborate ritual |
mumps |
applied - anoint the swelling with fat fried out of the chine of a pig. |
mumps |
marrow of hog jaw, lard |
illness, healing methods, panaceas |
worn - asafetida |
mumps |
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mumps |
performed, elaborated ceremony |
mumps |
applied - neck flannels dipped in hot water to which has been added poppy leaves or hops; poultice of slippery elm and milk |
mumps |
worn - bag of asafoetida |
Mumps |
applied - lye soap poultice |
mumps |
worn - tarred rope or string |
mumps |
worn - tie red cloth around waist |
mumps |
performed - boil snake eyes in water in sick room |
mumps |
ingested - catnip tea |
mumps |
worn - string around neck |
mumps |
ingested - olives |
mumps |
worn - lead tied around neck with a buckskin thong. |
mumps |
performed - go to a neighbor’s, sit down on the threshold with the back to the room, and ask for a flat bannock. |
cauls, measles, mumps, toothache, earaches |
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mumps, death |
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stomachache, pains |
applied - steak and onions |
mumps |
worn - black cloth around throat |
Mumps |
worn - velvet rag |
mumps |
performed - do not crawl through barbed wire fences or straddle anything |
mumps |
applied - goose oil on jaws and throat |
mumps |
worn - silk thread from one ear to other |
mumps |
worn - fat meat |
measles, chicken pox, mumps, whooping cough |
performed - expose children to contagious diseases worn - around neck, bag of asafetida, garlic, or onions |
mumps |
applied - woolen string soaked in hog manure around neck |
mumps |
applied - lard and soot from the chimney |
mumps |
applied - rub the swelling against a pig’s trough. |
mumps |
applied - grease from hog’s broken jaw |
mumps |
applied - bean poultice |
mumps, death |
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mumps |
applied - black silk thread around body |
mumps |
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mumps |
worn - ashes or salt in a sock |
mumps |
applied - tomato pulp |
mumps |
performed - draw five-pointed star on swollen part |
mumps |
applied - rub against bone of animal |
mumps |
applied - grease jaws with marrow of a hog bone |
mumps |
applied - poultice of the marrow of a boiled hog jaw bone; hog jowl |
mumps |
applied - sardine oil |
mumps |
worn - bacon |
measles, chicken pox, mumps, whooping cough |
worn - around neck, garlic or asafetida in a bag |
measles, chicken pox, mumps, whooping cough |
performed - expose children to contagious diseases worn - around neck, bag of asafetida, garlic, or onions |
mumps |
applied - spleen of lamb placed on swelling three times at three in the morning. |
mumps |
performed - place donkey’s branks on sufferer. Lead sufferer to water, have sufferer drink. |
mumps |
applied - marrow from hog’s jaw |
mumps |
worn - buckeye |
mumps |
applied - silk handkerchief around neck |
mumps |
worn - fat meat hung on neck |
mumps |
applied - smashed rotten tomatoes on linen |
mumps |
worn - wool string around neck |
Mumps |
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mumps |
worn - tarred rope |
mumps |
applied - cooked jawbone of hog |
mumps |
applied - rub in marrow from a hog jowl |
measles, mumps, whooping cough, chickenpox |
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mumps |
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mumps |
applied - salt pork. |
measles, chicken pox, mumps, whooping cough |
worn - around neck, garlic or asafetida in a bag |
mumps |
applied - red string |
mumps |
worn - donkey’s harness |
mumps |
applied - marrow from hog’s jaw, worn - sack of salt, string dipped in hog manure |
mumps |
applied - marrow from hog jaw |
mumps |
Sardine oil |
mumps |
applied - marrow from a cured jaw bone. |
illness |
applied - Finseed (Linseeds?) poultice. |
gender, cause, prediction |
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mumps |
applied - poultice of hot boiled tomatoes |
mumps |
worn - sock around neck |
Mumps |
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mumps |
worn - tar rope |
mumps |
worn - red string |
mumps |
applied - cooked jawbone of hog |
mumps |
applied - rub jaws with sardine oil |
mumps |
applied - sardines |
glandular ailments |
ingested - cranberry |
mumps |
applied - red yarn string saturated in swine manure around neck |
mumps |
applied - poultices of linseed or bread and milk |
mumps |
performed - applied - wrap the child in a blanket and take it to the pigstye, rub the child’s head to the back of a pig. |
mumps, apoplexy, blindness, epilepsy |
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mumps |
applied - poultice of linseed or bread and milk |
mumps |
oil from hog’s jowl |
mumps |
worn - a bag of heated oats around the neck. |
mumps |
performed - walk across water (stream) |
mumps |
applied - warm roasted tomato |
mumps |
worn - string around neck |
mumps |
applied - poultice of bread crumbs and warm milk in cotton towels |
mumps |
applied - grease jaws with sardine oil ingested - sardines |
mumps |
ingested - sardines, oil. |
mumps |
worn - silk cord around waist |
mumps |
worn - red string |
mumps |
performed - measuring ritual |
mumps |
performed - applied - wrap the child in a blanket and take it to the pigstye, rub the child’s head to the back of a pig. |
mumps |
applied - eggs fried in rancid hog’s foot oil or kerosene |
mumps |
applied - grease from jaw of pig |
mumps |
applied - sardines |
mumps |
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mumps |
applied - marrow from jawbone of ass |
children, mumps |
performed - boil water snake’s eyes in room of child |
mumps |
worn - wool sock around neck |
Mumps |
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mumps |
applied - grease of jawbone of hog on swollen glands performed - make cross with piece of charcoal |
mumps |
hot lard |
mumps |
applied - fish oil behind each ear and over throat; cover with cloth |
mumps |
ingested - warm mare’s milk. |
mumps |
performed - place red flannel cloth with five pins beneath child’s bed. |
mumps |
ingested - hog jowls |
mumps |
applied - sardines rubbed and then packed around jaw |
mumps |
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mumps |
applied - bacon with strips of cloth |
mumps |
ingested - hog hoof tea |
throat, sore |
applied - sock |
mumps |
worn - lead around neck tied with buckskin string |
Mumps |
performed - “take a bath” in barnyard manure |
mumps |
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mumps |
worn - wool or tarred string around neck or waist |
mumps |
worn - silk string around neck |
mumps |
sugar, lard |
mumps |
applied - wrap throat in fig leaves or cottonwood leaves |
mumps |
ingested - water from crossing of four rivers |
mumps |
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mumps |
performed - a ritual with a match stick around swollen area. |
mumps |
applied - flaxseed meal poultices |
mumps |
applied - marrow from hog jowl |
mumps |
applied - tar off of buggy wheel |
mumps |
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mumps, tonsillitis |
applied to feet--mashed tomato poultice |
mumps |
applied - bacon |
mumps |
applied - poultice of hog manure |
mumps |
applied - fish oil behind each ear and over throat; cover with cloth |