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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Breast Cancer / August 2007An Approved Remedy for a Cancer in the breeast (1758 AD)
Take off the hard knobs or warts which grow on the legs of a stone-horse; dry them carefully, and powder them, give from a scruple to half a drachm every morning and evening in a glass of sack; you must continue taking them for a month or six weeks, or longer, if the cancer is far gone. from The Compleat Housewife: or Accomplished Gentlewoman's Companion ... by Eliza Smith I hope this doesn't offend anyone ... Mary >Take off the hard knobs or warts which grow on the legs of a stone-horse; >dry them carefully, and powder them, give from a scruple to half a drachm [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >from The Compleat Housewife: or Accomplished Gentlewoman's Companion ... by >Eliza Smith >I hope this doesn't offend anyone ... Not me. What's a stone horse?  Signature"It's easier to get forgiveness than permission." Rear Admiral "Amazing" Grace Hopper >>Take off the hard knobs or warts which grow on the legs of a stone-horse; >>dry them carefully, and powder them, give from a scruple to half a drachm [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Not me. What's a stone horse? LOL! An entire horse - not a gelding - one with 'stones' :-) 'Stones' has been used as a euphemism for testes for centuries, it's died out now, instead we say 'balls'. Well, some of us do :-) Mary >>>Take off the hard knobs or warts which grow on the legs of a stone-horse; >>>dry them carefully, and powder them, give from a scruple to half a drachm [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > An entire horse - not a gelding - one with 'stones' :-) Hunh. And here I was thinking it might be a metaphorical name, maybe for something like a staddle only with more legs, and the nobs some sort of lichen or such. Y'know, a saw-horse isn't a -horse- horse, either (and you Brits probably call them something different anyway <g>). I'm glad she asked! (Not that we have many of either stallions or quadrupred staddles in my neighborhood, let alone nobby ones . . . .). Ann T. Remove 'dontsendspam' from address to reply by email >>> Not me. What's a stone horse? >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Hunh. And here I was thinking it might be a metaphorical name, maybe for > something like a staddle OK - what's a staddle? > only with more legs, and the nobs some sort of lichen or such. Y'know, a > saw-horse isn't a -horse- horse, either (and you Brits probably call them > something different anyway <g>). A saw bench, perhaps, but a saw-horse isn't unknown. Well, not among oldies anyway :-) Then there's the haorse we had to leap over in gym :-((( (you know, like the one in the escape from some German POW camp) > I'm glad she asked! (Not that we have many of either stallions or > quadrupred staddles in my neighborhood, let alone nobby ones . . . .). You have to look at the date - in 1758 veterinarians weren't thick on the ground ... at least not the ones who didn't deal in snake oil :-) Mary >> Hunh. And here I was thinking it might be a metaphorical name, maybe >> for something like a staddle > > OK - what's a staddle? Now that one I'm surprised you don't know! It's a mushroom-shaped stone thingie used back in the day (say 18th century?) to elevate crop-containing structures off the ground to keep them dry & keep out mice/rats. It's a U.K. thing, I think. Dunno if they were used here. Quite, quite fashionable as antique-y garden ornaments today, much like the antique stone troughs being used as planters. Ranging far OT . . . ! Ann T. Remove 'dontsendspam' from address to reply by email >>> Hunh. And here I was thinking it might be a metaphorical name, maybe >>> for something like a staddle [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > crop-containing structures off the ground to keep them dry & keep out > mice/rats. Oh! Of course I knew that but was thinking in equine terms. Thanks, Ann :-) > It's a U.K. thing, I think. Dunno if they were used here. Quite, quite > fashionable as antique-y garden ornaments today, much like the antique > stone troughs being used as planters. I've not seen staddles in gardens - but I lead a sheltered life. Plenty in agricultural museums, mostly being used properly. In Scotland last week I saw several horse troughs, they're not common here (my city) these days, I only know of one by the side of the road. I suspect that the City Fathers of old wanted to clear away all the signs of a pre-motorised age :-( They didn't manage to get rid of all the mounting steps I'm pleased to say. Without these things, in situ (i.e. not in museums), children will have no idea of how we once lived. > Ranging far OT . . . ! Oh, sorry! Mustn't do that <BG> Mary At least the "sack" twice a day would have made our Compleat Housewife very merry. Otherwise, totally gross and probably (!) not very effective. The Accomplished Gentlewoman [dec'd] RIP! María > Take off the hard knobs or warts which grow on the legs of a stone-horse; > dry them carefully, and powder them, give from a scruple to half a drachm [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Mary > At least the "sack" twice a day would have made our Compleat Housewife > very merry. > > Otherwise, totally gross and probably (!) not very effective. The > Accomplished Gentlewoman [dec'd] RIP! Probably? I don't think that's the right word! Mary Would you repost that in "English", please? How can we be offended if we can't even translate it?<g Bea 'NO FORWARDS OR SPAM, PLEASE" > Would you repost that in "English", please? How can we be offended if > we can't even translate it?<g > > Bea > > 'NO FORWARDS OR SPAM, PLEASE" OK. "Take off the hard knobs or warts which grow on the legs of a stone-horse; dry them carefully, and powder them, " (= desiccate and grind the warts from a stallion's legs to a fine powder) "give from a scruple to half a drachm " (= dosage is from .045714268 to .06857141805) "every morning and evening in a glass of sack;" To make English Sack (from the same book) To every quart of water put a sprig of rue, and to every gallon a handful of fennel-roots; boil these half an hour then strain it out, and to every gallon of this liquor put three pounds of honey, boil it two hours, and skim it well; when it is cold pour it off, and turn it into the vessel, or such cask as is fit for it; keep it a year in the bottle and then bottle it; it is a very good sack. So now you know :-) Might be as well to start making the sack in advance. By the way, the original was in English ... Mary Mary Maybe that's what modern medicine needs - to give us a good glass of sack with our chemo! >> Would you repost that in "English", please? How can we be offended if >> we can't even translate it?<g [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > Mary > Maybe that's what modern medicine needs - to give us a good glass of sack > with our chemo! All my medication packages instruct me to avoid alcohol so I do. Mary with the ever-growing nose ... |
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