Cure for a Cold
Anon
Genre: | Notes, Drollery |
Subjects: | Medical Treatment |
Extract of a cure for a cold from 'an old black letter book' of 1403. Includes such advice as 'Putt your feette in hotte water, as highe as your thighes' and 'With a number four dippe when tallow your nose'. | |
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