Chap. 9.] REMEDIES DEBITED FEOM THE HUMAN HAIR. 2^1 



may be prevailed upon by bis prayers, not to follow, as the 

 destroyer of bis glory, close upon bis back. 



CHAP. 8. REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE WAX OF THE HUMAN 



EAR. 



Tbe buman bite is also looked upon as one of tbe most dan- 

 gerous of all. Tbe proper remedy for it is buman ear-wax ; 

 a tbing tbat we must not be surprised at, seeing tbat, if ap- 

 plied immediately, it is a cure for tbe stings of scorpions even, 

 and serpents. Tbe best, bowever, for tbis purpose, is tbat 

 taken from tbe ears of tbe wounded person. Agnails, too, 

 it is said, may be cured in a similar manner. A buman tootb, 

 reduced to powder, is a cure, tbey say, for tbe sting of a ser- 

 pent. 



CUAP. 9. REMEDIES DERIVED FEOM THE HUMAN HAIR, 



TEETH, ETC. 



Tbe first bair, it is said, tbat is cut from an infant's bead, 

 and, in fact, tbe bair of all persons tbat bave not reacbed tbe 

 age of puberty, attacbed to tbe limbs, will modify tbe attacks 

 of gout. A man's bair, applied witb vinegar, is a cure for tbe 

 bite of a dog, and, used witb oil or wine, for wounds on tbe 

 bead. It is said, too, if we cboose to believe it, tbat tbe bair 

 of a man torn down from tbe cross, is good for quartan fevers. 

 Asbes, too, of burnt buman bair are curative of carcinomata. 

 If a woman takes tbe first tootb tbat a cbild bas sbed, provided 

 it bas not toucbed tbe ground, and bas it set in a bracelet, and 

 wears it constantly upon ber arm, it will preserve ber from 

 all pains in tbe uterus and adjacent parts. If tbe great toe 

 is tied fast to tbe one next to it, it will reduce tumours in tbe 

 groin ; and if tbe two middle fingers of tbe rigbt band are 

 sligbtly bound togetber witb a linen tbread, it will act as a 

 preservative against catarrbs and opbtbalmia. A stone, it is 

 said, tbat bas been voided by a patient sujffering from calculi, 

 if attacbed to tbe body above tbe pubes, will alleviate tbe 

 pains of otbers similarly afiiicted, as well as pains in tbe liver ; 

 it will bave tbe eifect, also, of facilitating delivery. Granius^ 

 adds, bowever, tbat for tbis last purpose, tbe stone will be more 

 efficacious if it bas been extracted witb tbe knife. Delivery, 

 when near at hand, will be accelerated, if the man by whom 

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