Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-03-03
ANCIENT FISH CURES
MEDICINAL VIRTUES THAT USED To
DECK THE FINNY TRIBE.

r,,,,t,nd-,r,. ,b,sicion of Fishes,
Fishing literature prior 10 lue u"!S
and writings OF lZaah Walton opens
up points of interest which are unique.
not the least interesting are the con
slant references of the early writers to
thr medicinal virtues Of fish OF course
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not IecoII'|'u III '''' ""'''9 " '"D"'
but the Ir'SH water peFvH' carp 'elI"
and eel are yet recoGhIZed' ana II Is III
connection with these fish that some
of the quuiutcsl ideas as to their me
dfcinaI yirturs have prevailed
Tho Gnr,pans have comparative
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- 'l'',,'', r..,.,. ,iI-,,..rd,,s nr,fsas
dangerous lr'''N. .N'"' Wv -
II anu HI''l""u' .'"' ~,
Ground bones ; I"'tIlu III 'il' H'"u VI
the perch are Ihar'e'ouS'! ''" ''i
stone in the bladder.
That the carp was eSteelheu III ol0eh
times IN hhGahd - 'eI IAN. i,'i"e
BcrnerS, writing III hef quaihI AIea
tySee oi EHSShNhSe wy III an -N'l5'G'
published III lt9"' says me caiPe Dc
d"yntouS hSh' pui 'heIe "vH IeN III
EnSlongc. Beng uey h'ouS l. -
dainty must have been Soou hsh
at that time TO eat. IT mas cer'"IL'y
lost It's character since 'llen'
In 'he itI' "' l''''''i'T ,ii' "a, = pi'''
Respectable part. 'Le ol' W '!''' Si,','N'
OF the lat ol tle carp "S peH.S o' Nii
racuIous power i"r llle 'e'l"liol. "
not rheumatism. Inc manner oi 10
Application was ny frequent luo'iilo
on the painful part ana tue erect was
SAID 10 DE eihiheI'l! lHoll'lS y MS an"
salutary lhe triangular "olieS III 'no
'h'"aI % 'n' '"' W,
poNucF anu aPPI'C" ~ "'"''' -
bleeding nose were S''i" 10 "C' "S S'E p
tic ne gan was al>o S"I" " navy
been used for sore eyes, ana ABOVE
the eyes says an oiu -Esouiap'us'
two htte bones exist Sel"lcii sulaI III
shape, which are ulIlEehlH pic9eI cu
by none lFil'u'9 aSa'lSl '"9 ''li'' a.
disease.
In The 'iaNen OF HeaIIA carp are
also comprised IN lhe zen soI'eS Vi
hSche which are i'choh'u us pIih'lpal
in the preservation OF heailh' anu
adds the quaint old writer i''9 hSil
IS Of great WhoicHolheHesS ana great
value, ana us '"i-ue - very l'''A'h'
To carplng ladIeS.
y klhu OF lrSt cousin Vi Iht carp -
what Is known as jhe parooL Huch
anclentS as IuNrhaI' N'peI US anu o'i'-
ers of that iN evidence lhal u Was
known ana cSl'"Iit'" u! Ihe hoil'"
gourmet lIutdt'h mentions curious
fact IN lis natural history. III h"u'
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la''7 TINS l'H-,'-' "N ''''""N' ne '''
OF me D'Ip'i j. very Io,N''''uS y ,'''
mo GaZ,uS TOOK wv" u"luNeH an" 'HuS
describes his sensations: AT hrst / teIt
no inc"nVomencG hui some hours nav
| inG elapsed | began 10 he dINaGfecapIS
affected. and aS my stomach SW'Ilea
and could not be brought Gown by
aniSe and carmiuatIves WaS soon ID
state Of great depression ana distress.
| 1t appears that his couhtehahce was
! pallid, like man in a sWooh. Deadly
coldness enSued, ana NloIehl tiloIt'a a
| and vomiting came on. Inc paIOeI
! (BarbuS vulearIsl OF today has survived
| such poisonous qualIll'S. us Ht9H naS