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STRANGE MEDICINE
Hundreds of years ago, an iron knifa ara* considered a good babysitter, with valuable qualities:
"Let the *up*r*titiou* ,wifa Near tbbe child'* head lay a
knife. Point bo np and kaft he down While she goe*ipt in the town. This ’moag other my*tic
charm* Keep the sleeping child from
harms.**
In certain part* of Europe, people tie red thread* around their necks to prevent goiter. In Alaska, the Tlingit Indian* use a rattle to scare away the spirits that cause disease, la Lapland, spider webs are recommended as a treatment for burns. Peasant* in Germany eat frog bile as a remedy for fever.
Strange medicine is not confined to the long ago or the far away. In New Jersey, U.S.A., many a mother will bury a potato to cure 'bar children** waifs. When the potato rots fa the ground, the wart* are supposed to fall off.
Fortunately, most Americans would rather not depend * magic and superstition. They place their confidence, wisely, in the specialised scientific training and skills of thoir doctors and pharmacist*.
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