17th century medical guide discovered in an attic

Daily Mail ^ | March 4th, 2009 | unattributed

[SunkenCiv]

full title: A dragon's blood cure for a cold and other bizarre remedies: The 17th century medical guide discovered in an attic

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[allmost]

That’s pretty cool.

[Radl]

Don’t laugh. Dragon’s blood worked great on my hemorrhoids.

[GSP.FAN]

That is really cool,i cannot believe it will only fetch 400 British pounds.

[mollynme]

Dragon’s blood worked great on my hemorrhoids.

I had a sudden vision of flaming farts. LOL!

[Fiddlstix]

......Outlandish natural ingredients include ragwort, nightshade, venis turpentine, ferne roots, hoggs grease and the bizarrely-named 'earbagrace', which is probably Ambergris, a substance produced in the digestive system of sperm whales...

AND Just what is so "Outlandish" about it?
I always make sure to have plenty of those items in my medicine cabinet at all times!
Outlandish Indeed!
I believe I've been insulted!

[null and void]

How is it for spattergroit? I’m having trouble with the barrel of eel’s eyes...

[SunkenCiv]

As long as you’re home, I need to borrow some eye of newt.

[Fiddlstix]

Funny you should ask. I just got a fresh batch today, in fact. I’ll send it straightaway.

[aruanan]

It's full of spelling mistakes and bad grammar but presents a fascination insight into 17th and 18th century quack medicine.'

I think the larger part of 17th and 18th century medicine would be considered quack medicine today.

[baltodog]

“This just goes to show how far medicine has advanced...
Why, only 20 years ago, we'd have thought a witch put an evil hex on you...but now, we know you probably swallowed a tiny fairy, or maybe even a harmless, little tree troll...Well, time for a good bleeding!”

[thecodont]

That's pretty cool.

From the article:
He said: 'It's a really nicely handwritten book of about 100 recipes. It's full of spelling mistakes and bad grammar but presents a fascination insight into 17th and 18th century quack medicine.'

I came across some old medical prescriptions of my grandfather's, from the early 20th century. They were handwritten by the apothecary and included such ingredients as wild cherry bark.

[allmost]

And?

[JoeProBono]

17th century medical formulas

[mo]

Don’t laugh. It’ll turn out to be the Fed’s New Formulary...all in it fully 100% covered....anything outside of it...well you’ll need pre-authorization....

[aMorePerfectUnion]

“Don’t laugh. Dragon’s blood worked great on my hemorrhoids.

Are you serious? Where would you even buy it?

[thecodont]

Well, I didn't try to duplicate anything I saw written there.

Looked like a recipe for sore throat/coughing. Demulctent.

[Radl]

I was joking.