Whooping Cough
Dear Aunt Daisy, I was interested to read in your Page about the use of garlic for whooping cough. I remember my mother using this remedy nearly forty years ago, and this is the way she applied it: Cut the garlic up finely and work it into fresh lard, thus making an ointment. Rub this into the palms of the hands, the soles of the feet, and the pit of the stomach, night and morning, always washing off with warm water before applying a fresh application. Keep the patient covered up as much as possible when applying, so as to avoid chills. Just do one part at a time, and let the child sleep in socks so as to keep the feet nice and warm. — "Just Another Listener" (Mount Eden.) Thank you very much. There is still quite a lot of whooping cough about. Perhaps someone may know a homely old-fashioned remedy for measles!
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 67, 4 October 1940, Page 38
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156Whooping Cough New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 67, 4 October 1940, Page 38
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