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size Avitliiii the vessel. When fuU}^ ripe, the stem is cut and the bottle 

 filled with whisky or brandy, and after several weeks the liquid is ready 

 for use. 



Dogfat and skunk-fat are both used in certain localities for bruised and 

 incised wounds ; and for the latter, a piece of bacon-fat is also sometimts 

 applied by means of a bandage. 



Corks. 



If anj' one suffering from corns takes a small piece of cotton cloth, rubs 

 it over the offenders and hides it, unobserved, in a coffin with a body 

 about to be buried, the corns will leave him. 



Ckamp, 



It has already been noted that boj^s, to prevent having cramp while 

 bathing, tie a thong of eel skin about the leg or wrist ; and when entering 

 the water an additional safeguard is for them to urinate upon their legs. 



Croup. 



A common remedy consists of a mixture of goose-grease and molasses, 

 given internally to induce emesis. 



One less frequently used is to make a poultice of grated poke-root and 

 vinegar, and applied to the soles of the feet. 



In Leliigh county an emetic for this complaint is prepared by boiling 

 three (or five) onions until soft, and mixing the juice therefrom with 

 honey. 



In Fayette county an emetic for croup is made by mixing urine and 

 goose-grease and administering internally, and also rubbing some of the 

 mixture over the breast and throat. 



Deafness. 



This, it is believed, may be successfully treated by dropping rattlesnake 

 oil into the afiecled ear. 



A native "herb doctor," who lives in the Blue mountains of Cumber- 

 land county, presented the writer with a card bearing the following recipe: 

 "One ounce of refined camphor oil, the ears of a weasel, a male weasel 

 for a male, is proved and insured, by putting it in cotton in the ears of a 

 man, to cure all deafness." 



Diphtheria. 



In Fayette county a poultice consisting of the fresh excrement of a hog 

 is worn about the neck for one night. 



Cow-dung poultices are also known to have been used for this disease, 

 but more faith is placed in a band of red flannel secured about the neck. 

 There is great faith in the color of the material used ; the general impres- 

 sion prevailing is that all red flannel is medicated ; and there appears to 

 be an association of ideas between the color of the flannel and that of the 

 inflamed throat. 



