The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-09-02

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I9 G allied an unusually large !
space. nearly all OF tile |
better known species hav-
9h 9lI Ing been. at one time or
s--1-l,-', ..cld as cure for the cause |
of some ailment. These superstitions
are not confined TO one country alone,
but seem TO spread all over the world
and are common from the earliest
ages. A few OF these traditions are
founded on fact. but the great major
lty are fiction pure and simple.
The common tench has been termed
the dishes physician" and Camden,
In his Britannia, states that he had
seen the bellies OF pixies closed by the
touch OF the tench aud by their glu-
tlnous slime perfectly healed up. AT
one time archaeological writers be-
lieved that pike. perch and cells knew
OF this propensity OF the teneh and
spared Il In consequence.
In oldon times Il used TO be nppliol
to the palms OF the hands and feet In
order to absorb fever, or laid upon the
liver I'm case Of jaundlce. when the
Gsh. II was asserted. became yellow
and retained the disease. IL was 20 be
buried at once after being removed.
In case OF nervous headache the fish
would be tied TO the temples. while for
sore eyes Il was TO be wound around
the neck. II would stop hemorrhage
and was said 10 be eficacious In OBJ
stinatc cases OF worms.
In Russia the small mllcr's thumb
(cottus gobio) Is employed as charm
against fevers. In the time OF Galen
the flesh OF the electric fishes was re-
commeded TO be eaten by epileptic
persons, who were likewise 20 have
shocks from the living lsh applied 10
their heads.
Even prior 10 this Describes had
recommended its external application
, for pains In the head. while in more
recent times persons suffering from
= govt were advised 10 place the ar
: fected part ON one OF these fishes and
keep II there until the numbness ex-
tended ns high as the knee. In Abys.
sinia fever was cured with an electric
), eel while the tetroden was said 70 be
excellent In lung affections.
The Welsh consider the oil from the
liver OF the sting ray to be good for
burns and other wounds. while the
Norweglans use oil from the liver OF
the king OF herrlngs (chimaera mon
u trosa) for treating some disorders Of
the eyes. The latter Is also said 20 be
= good for nll wounds and bruises.
The oil OF the turbOt II considered q
good external remedy for swelllngs
u while the gall Is said 10 be excellent
for affections OF the eyes. The oil
from the liver OF many fishes is used
u incidentally. the more notable ex
u amples being the cod and the colo
" chan. or cAndle1sh. OF the Pacific
coast.
The eggs Of the angelhsh were a
', one time dried and used incidentally
y while its skin was also dried, an,
y when powdered, prescribed for itel
~ and other skin diseases. When tn
u flesh OF the lx.gilled or Mediterranean
u shark is eaten, II is said to act as
=, strong purgatlye. Sharks teetl
rubbed on the gums were said 10 he'll
~ children speedily through the tryinl
20 teothing period. while the liver OF III
.e muroena cured poisonous bites.
- The lamprey. while having an III
&c omened reputation. was said to remoy
~ smallpox scars when its fat was ap
" piled to them. That rubbing the par
pc affected with a red herring Will cur
IN rheumatism is stlll positively assertei
" by the old fishermen OF England. Will
IL In Scotland toothache can be got RI
Of by carrying about person a plec
OF dogfsh. the fish being returned ally
,o TO the water after the inclslon II madt
an A quite general tradition is tina
a. whooplng cough can be cured by put
'ct ting live fish into chllds mouth
A After being used. the lsh must b
al thrown back into the water alive
90 Cancer could be cured by tying a era
10. TO the affected part.
90 Eels were favorlte subjects with u
,et old physicians. Hippocrates forbad
10 their use as food In tabes and dl'
nj eased spleen. while Galen prescribe
,st them as a medicine in nephritlc con
ot plants, where the gluten might .
ne thought TO convert grale into stone
Ne Pllny claimed their use as food In
On paired the singing voice. while the
~ cleared choleric OF phlegmatlc humoI
,ot out OF the system. likewise the INN
nd mites of the spleen. The monks
ha salerno did not like them. aud con
az planned that to live on cells ia a sur
~, recipe for spelling the voice"
In an old manuscript OF the fou
teenth century persons who desire
avoid collie are recommended TO max
lch q girdle OF the skin OF an eel, ana
Ia long as this is worn around the wan
Dut the wearer Is safe. In Scotland u
fresh skin OF an eel was tied aroun
I'D, the leg Is cases OF cramp and sprai
the and II is said that even to this ga
ed many Scottish women wear the eel
old skin as a garter.
use For persons suffering from Wel
out nerves the old English remedy va
Tho 10 mix NORWOOD root, gall OF 'rou
one brain OF pike and oil Of eel toget'
over a hot FIRE and take this mi1tul
nd, In doses OF three spoonfuls at a um
A powder made from the eePs NV
the was considered a cure for dealnes
while In certain parts OF England