The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-08-26
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fresh skin of an eel was tied around
the leg is cases of cramp and sprain,
and ii is said that even to this day
many Scottish women wear the cells
skin as a garter.
For persons suffering from weak
nerves the old English remedy was
to mix NORWOOD root. gall Of trout,
brain of pike and oil of eel together
over hot fire and take this mixture
in doses of three spoonfuls at time.
A powder made from the eeFs liver
was considered a cure for deafness,
while in certain parts Of England fe-
yer was cured by the application of an
eel.
In England the jaWbone of the pike,
beaten up, was good for .pleurisy and
other kindred ailments, also for pain
in the heart and lungs. The small
bones, powdered, were used to dry up
sores. The heart and gall Of this fish
were considered a sovereign cure for
ague and bad eyes and to abate fe-
vers, etc.
The Older physicians ascribed var
ious miraculous powers to the fate Of
the carp. Among other diseases for
which it was remedy was a peculiar
now undefnable disorder termed "hot
rheumatism" 1t was applied by fire.
quent rubbing Oh the painful part, and
the effect was said to be very moli-
flying and salutary.
small triangular stone. believed
(erroneously) to be found in the jaws
of the carp, on a bleeding nose was
said to act as styptic. The gall was
used as a liniment for sore eyes. and
above the eyes," says an old Aescula-
Plus, ''two little bones exist, semicir-
cular i'll shape, which are diligently
preserved by noble females against the
lunatical disease"
In the Haven of Health" an old
medical work, the carp is comprised
in the list of ''ten sorts of fish which
are reckoned in the preservation of
| health" and the author adds. sit is
in great Wholesomeness, of great
value, and the tongue of the carp is
very pleasant to carping ladies'"
Walton quotes Gesner to the effect
that the fat of the grayling being
set with d little honey a day or two
in the sun, in little glass, is very ex-
cellent against redness or swarthiness.
or anything that breeds in the eyes,
Ladies should take q hint from this.
The 'otoliths," or ear stones, from
| the Sciaena aquila are comparatively
large and were formerly deemed eff.
cacious against collie, provided they
had been received as gifts, as pur.
chased stones were believed to lose
their virtue. They were mounted in
gold and Worn suspended around the
neck and were highly priced.
Many fish are said to have poison.
GUS qualities when eaten. while others
poison by biting with their teeth OF
wounding with their spine or fins. The
sting ray had an evil reputation among
the ancients, and is not much loved
by the present generation. The ser
rated spine on the tail of this fish
occasions severe lacerated wounds.
Pliny, Aelian and Orphan asserted
that the venom with which it was en-
lowed was capable of causing iniury
even to vegetable and mineral sub
stances, trees losing their verdure ant
rocks even being affected. The natives
of the Gold Coast colony, West Africa
claim they can cure wounds made
by the tails of the rays, if taken il
time, by using the powdered cauda
spine of like fish, mixed with certain
leaves and herbs.-B-ffalo Courier
Frank1in's Idea of Nero.
| SeNen.Year-Old franklin is one O.