"In appendicitis, cover the stomach of the sick person with a piece of
raw beef, until the sweat enters it. Then give the meat to a cat, and
as soon as the latter has eaten it, the patient will recover."
"What becomes of the cat?" Kelson asked.
"The appendicitis is transferred to it," the voice explained. "It
should be killed at once.
"In cancer take the sea wrack Torrek Mendrek--a weed of deep mauve
colour streaked with white. It must be boiled for three hours in clear
spring water (3 ozs. of wrack to half a pint of water), and then let
to cool. When quite cold, a dessert-spoon of it should be taken by the
sufferer every four hours--and at the end of two days the disease will
have completely disappeared. The wrack is to be found at the twenty
fathom level, six miles west-south-west of the Scilly Isles.
"In Bright's disease, the mumia of the afflicted should be planted at
1 a.m., with a cutting of sassafras, after the latter has been slept
on, for one whole night, by the sufferer. As soon as the sassafras
begins to rot, the patient will be cured.
"In dropsy, place a hare, that has been strangled, over the diseased
portion of the body, and let it remain there for one hour. Then bury
the hare, together with the mumia of the sick person, and as soon as
the hare begins to decay, the patient will recover.
"In jaundice and liver diseases (apart from sarcoma), plant the mumia
of the afflicted, at 2 a.
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