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Small threadworm, common roundworm and tapeworm
For small threadworm (pinworms), J.F. Oberlin recommended eating raw...
Dysentery
Sébastien Scheidecker recommended using huckleberry with gum arabic.
J.F. Oberlin recommended...
Scrofula
J.F. Oberlin recommended taking a tablespoon of yellow gentian root tincture twice a day.
This tincture was made...
Gynaecological ailments
For amenorrhea, J.F. Oberlin used infusion decoctions of bitter and astringent aromatic plants: absinth, arnica...
Ophthalmic disorders
Conjunctivitis was treated with eyebright powder, either smoked or snorted.
Eyebright was used...
Eruptive diseases and discharges of various origins
Eruptive diseases and discharges of various origins (cradle cap, scabies, measles, dartres, spots, abscesses...
Fresh wounds
J.F. Oberlin recommended covering them with plantain juice mixed with fresh butter.
He applied ground comfrey...
Diet for acute or febrile diseases
For diseases in the initial stages
- Stop working altogether, but continue mild exercise....
Sore throat, scarlet fever and inflammatory fevers
For sore throat and scarlet fever the treatment recommended was the same: vinegar water...
Smallpox
This disease disappeared after the vaccine was introduced in 1800 by Sébastien Scheidecker.
The procedure to be followed...
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