The Loony Bin
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Wed, 20 Nov 1996 15:19:27 +0000
Hiya All...
Here are some genuine medical treatments from the past...and the
present...
Wishes & Dreams...
- ANDREA
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DEPARTMENT OF THERAPEUTICS
The modern doctor, surrounded by new ideas for treatment of disease,
sometimes gets a chuckle out of old-time remedies. Here are some from
Doctor Henry Wilkins' "Family Advisor," published in 1804:
To stop Vomiting: Apply a large onion, slit across the grain, to the
pit of the stomach.
To cure Baldness: Rub the part morning and evening with onions, till it
is red, and rub it afterwards with honey. Or electrify it daily.
A Cold in the Head: Pare very thin the yellow rind of an orange. Roll
it up inside out, and thrust a roll into each nostril.
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ANALOG EXAMINATION
In a recent column in Popular Science Magazine on the Web
(www.popsci.com), Carol Hoidra discussed the "digital rectal
examination" for prostate cancer screening. (From the "Science"
section, select "Between the Quacks".) When I read column's headline, I
thought someone had developed a new, computerized test. But as I
started to read, I quickly realized that I had forgotten the etymology
for the word "digit."