Remedies From 1910

c. 1910

The following "remedies" come straight from the book pictured above.  Most are ludicrous, a few plausible, none prescribed today.  All are entertaining, even humerous for us today and a part of our heritage and ancestry.  You may remember some of your own "old family remedies."  Feel free to share them in the comment box below.  I'd love to hear from you!

Remedy for Poison:

Kill a chicken and, while warm, cut open and lay upon wound, entrails and all, and it will draw out the poison.

Bruised plantain leaves.  (Actually, this plant has long been known for it's healing properties throughout the "old world," since well before Shakespeare)

Baking Soda

Lime (aka calcium oxide)

Turpentine

Ammonia

Clay

Olive Oil

Witch Hazel

Remedy for Burn:

Wood Soot and Fresh Lard

Castile Soap

Flour

Baking Soda

Alum

Cosmoline (rust-preventative)

Lime Water & Linseed Oil

Egg White

Alum, Lard, & Egg Whites

Charcoal

Scraped Potato

Glycerin

Alcohol (for carbolic acid burn)

Olive Oil and Camphor Gum

Egg White Froth and Lard

Remedy for Blister:

Tallow

Cabbage Leaves

Beeswax and Sweet Oil

Remedy for Wounds:

Tobacco and Salt

Onions and Salt

Salt and Lamp Oil

Sucking

Vinegar

Lemon Juice

Ice

Sage and Honey

Alum

Flour

Black Tea

Rosin

Charcoal

Cobwebs

Wood Ash

Brown Sugar

Sole Leather

Gun Powder

Salt Pork

Chloroform Liniment

Smoke from Live Coals

Copperas (iron sulfate) and Alum

Remedy for Hiccoughs:

"Boyling saltpetre"

Nitre (potassium nitrate, or saltpeter)

Chewing While Pressing Fingers in Ear

Vinegar and Sugar

Lemon Juice and Sugar

Mustard, Ginger, or Soda in Hot Water

Drink Through a Towel

Drink Water

Placing Two Fingers Together as Close as Possible without Touching

Swallowing

Baking Soda in Water

Startling