Feeling Sick
Been feeling a bit under the weather recently? Touch of flu? Got a pain?
You can nip off and see your doctor. Back in the 1700s, people had to make their own remedies. Plenty of which were worse than the disease.
Take a look at these illnesses. Then click on them to find the cure. You might think it's better to put up with being ill.
Pain in the side
Squeeze horse dung in milk; drink a quarter of a pint often.
Yes, that's right, I said drink! That pain feels quite bearable now, doesn't it?
A fever
Take fresh gun ammunition, soap, hog lice and purified nitre. Make 20 pills and take morning and evening.
Exploding lice pills. Yes, you probably wouldn't notice your fever after that.
A dog bite
Let the patient be bloodied in the arm.
Well, he probably has been if a dog's just bitten him...
The patient must be put into a cold bath every morning, with no food, for a month.
As a punishment for annoying that dog, presumably
A weak constitution
Take 30 garden snails and 30 earthworms, cut them in pieces, boil them in three pints of water, and sweeten to taste.
Sweeten to taste? All the sugar on the planet wouldn't sweeten that enough to taste!
Weak eyes
Lay a piece of raw beef on the neck before going to bed. When taken off in the morning, the beef will smell very strong.
Yes, I dare say it will...
Insanity
Take fresh herbs and tie them on the top of the head.
Is this to cure insanity, or make it look as if you suffer from it?
Pain in the stomach
Half a pint of strong white wine, a little toasted rhubarb, and some brandy.
No, it won't cure you - but after that you won't care
