The Washington herald., 1909-01-06
When I'LL Try These.

4 ccpy OF the London DIspensatOry by
Nick Culpeper. dated 255 years ago. has
come TO light IN e New York antique
shop. some Of its theories and prescrip-
tions follow:
Hound s-tongue. cold OF dry, applied
n the Fundament IS a remedy agains,
the biting OF dogs Some say Il you put
the herb under y5ur feet within your
stockings. no dog viii bark al YOU
Tree ivy is admirable for ii effects
coming Of drunkenness and therefore the
poets feigned BacchUs TO have his head
bound with them Your best way Is 70
boil them in the same liquor you got
your surfeit by drinking
.'CowsIips strengthens the brain, senses.
I and the memory exceedingly. and Quell
all diseases there as commissions. pal
sies. &C
The flesh OF vipers being eaten clears
the sight. helps the vices O. the nerves,
resists poison exceedingly; neither is there
anv better remedy under the sun for
fheir birirgs than the head Of the viper
tba, BIZ YOU. bruised and applied 20 the
place. and the flesh eaten YOU need
not eat above a dram az time. and make
II ID as YOU shall be taught in trouches
OF vipers-
.'Earthworns are an admirable remedy
for cut nerves. being applied 70 the place
Earthworms made into a powder and put
/ into 4 hollow tooth makes II drop out.
TO draw & tooth without pain. I'll an
( earthen crucibIe fuH Of emmets or ants,
| cal them by which name you viii, eggs
and al. and when you have burnt them.
/ keep the ashes, with which, II you touch
q tooth II VIII fall out
''Ee's being put into wine or beer and
sufTereth to die in il, he that drinks It
viii never induTe that sort OF liquor
again Grasshoppers being eaten ease
I the cholick Swallows being eaten pre-
serve the sight and preserve from drunk
enness.
a fead mouse dried and beaten into a
powder and given at a time help such as
I have diabetes. Cnicorns' horns repels
poison and the restuance- The skull Of a
man that was never buried being beaten
( into a powder and given inwardly -epels
palsies. A ring made OF an olk's claw
helps the cramp. The froth Of the sea
makes teeth white and helps badness
1 DR.. CuIpeper devOtes chapter 10 met
ais. minerals. and stones
Gold is temperate in quality, 1t Won
derfuIly strengthens the heart and vital
spirits
The emerald being worn in a ring
takes away vain and foolish fears. as OF
devils, hobgoblins, &c. Il takes away
| folly and anger, and II it do so. being
worn about one. reason viii tell him that
/ being beaten into a powder and taken in
wardIy it viii do much more.
a diamond is reported TO make him
/ that bears Il unfortunate. There is q
stone about the bigness Of a bean found
| in the gizzaTd OF an old cock which
makes him that bears it beloved. con-
slant, and bold. valiant in fighting. be-
loved by women, and potent IN sports
''Japsis calcidOnius being hung about
the neck helps melancholy illusions and
melancholy faucies For the cure OF
warts-rub them with fig leaves, bury
the leaves in the ground. and the warts
Will consume away
DR.. Culpeper gives recipe for prepar-
| ing earthwOTns.
'Slit them down the middle" he
( writes. "and wash them in white wine
so often till they be cleansed from their
impurities. then dry and keep them for
Z your use"
The book concludes with an apology by
( the author:
If you fndest me here and there a
/ little lavish in such expressions as many
( ike not I pray pardon that. il Is my
dialect I cannot write without it; ! as
sure thee it was not pTemeditated. If
/ thou thinkest I did Il fo- gain thou art
50 wide from the truth that unless thou
change thy opinion It's TO be feared that
( truth and you Will not meet again for q
/ long time
7 weigh rot the in language Of those
that mind earthly things; I wish them
ali the riches their hearts can desire.
for they have all their Wit already; It's
comfortable enough for ne, that I am
beloved Of the honest: my reward I ex-
/ pect hereafter in that place whereunt0
no earthly minded or selfish ma shall
come"