Re: [Cz-L] Affordable maladies

    Medications of old times:
  Essigsaure Tonerde
  Salmiakgeist
   Tierkohle
    Fischoel
    Ichthyol
  Hypomanganat
  Baldrian Tropfen
   Kandelzucker
    Bankes
     Kilebendel
      Lapzedeckel
       Calcium shots
        Blutegel
         Aderlass
          Punktroller

     Und noch viele andere
      Die ich nicht entsinnen kann
Hardy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Miriam Taylor" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
To: "HARDY BREIER" <HARDY3_at_bezeqint.net>
Cc: "CZERNOWITZ-L" <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 7:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Affordable maladies

> Since Hardy wrote about the words denoting various maladies
> used by "Bessere Menschen" and "Amchu" in Czernowitz.
> I would like to mention the home remedies used to cure some of them.
>
> To cure a stomach ache, the lid of a large pot was placed in the oven.
> When it was hot, the lid was wrapped in a towel and placed on the stomach
> of the affected person.
>
> To disinfect a wound, a Lily petal which had been sitting patiently in
> alcohol,
> was placed on the wound and the wound wrapped in a piece of "Schmatte"
> torn from an old shirt or sheet.
>
> To alleviate a sore throat, you drank hot milk mixed with butter and
> honey.
>
> To extract the puss from an infected wound, a piece of onion
> was placed on the cast iron stove, till it was cooked, then placed on the
> wound
> and bandaged with a clean "Schmatte".
>
> Does anyone remember "Essig saure Tohn-Erde"?
> I cannot remember what it was used for, but I liked the sound of the
> words.
>
> Mimi

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