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Medicine, Traditional

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  • The pains of gout could be eased by boiling rosemary leaves and tying them, wrapped in linen, round the afflicted members. Encyclopaedia of Superstitions, E. & M. Radford : 'Zyloric' Allopurinol.
  • Die Medicin der Naturvölker : ethnologische Beiträge zur Urgeschichte der Medicin / von Dr. Max Bartels.
  • To cure mumps the patient was led by an ass-halter three times round a pig-sty. A handbook of Irish folklore G. O'Suilleabhain : 'Pro-Actidil'.
  • La médecine dans l'ancien Pérou / Raoul d'Harcourt.
  • When cough iteslf is the chief concern Actifed Compound Linctus quickly quietens cough.
  • Wherever gout strikes Zyloric protects.
  • La médecine dans l'ancien Pérou / Raoul d'Harcourt.
  • A fever - smear the wrists, 5" - 6" long with treacle - and cover it with brown paper...'Primitive Physic' John Wesley : 'Emprazil' tablets.
  • Zyloric prevents the formation of high uric acid levels in the body : apply a raw lean beef-steak to the gouty part ...
  • Pro-Actidil in hay fever and other allergies.
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Catalogue

    • Archives and manuscripts

    Falcutius, Nicolaus ( -1412)

    Falcutius, Nicolaus, -1412 | Date: Early 15th Century | Reference: MS.268
    • Books

    Visionary vine : psychedelic healing in the Peruvian Amazon / [Marlene Dobkin de Rios].

    Dobkin de Rios, Marlene. | Date: [1972]
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Billard, Michael

    Billard, Michael | Date: 1650-1681 | Reference: MS.134
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Le Cat, Claude Nicolas (1700-1768)

    Le Cat, Claude Nicolas, 1700-1768 | Date: 1763 | Reference: MS.3207
    • Books

    Memorias del quinto Coloquio de Medicina Tradicional Mexicana : un saber de extensión / [comité organizador, Magda Luz Atrian Salazar and others].

    Coloquio de Medicina Tradicional Mexicana 1991 : Escuela Nacional de Estudios Profesionales Zaragoza) | Date: 1992
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