article_snippet.sent: I have my doubts if this would have worked but perhaps this had more of a placebo effect.'
article_snippet.sent: One recipe describes the need to rub a decapitated ant onto a stye.
article_snippet.sent: Another for treating a discharge of mucus from the eyes called rheum, uses a mixture of copper flakes, antimony oxide, white lead, washed lead dross, starch, dried roses, rain water, gum Arabic, poppy juice and a plant called Celtic spikenard.
article_snippet.sent: Two others offer in-depth discussions of different kinds of fever and Two others treatment. '
article_snippet.sent: A suggested treatment for a condition that had symptoms similar to asthma is listed as a mixture of herbs heated on a brick so the sufferer could inhale the fumes.
article_snippet.sent: While smearing a paste of dates, acacia, and honey to wool and applying the warm liquid as a pessary would be used as a form of contraception by the worker's wives.