Fighting A Cold

   We...the human race...have been fighting the Common Cold forever!  Before the advent of "Modern Drug Therapy" our ancestors tried many remedies.  I don't recommend that your try these at home:

1. Smear goose grease on your chest and wrapping it with flannel.

2. Rubbing the soles of you feet with tallow and turpintine...and holding them against a wood stove.

3. Getting passed three times uinder a horses belly.

4. Having a fish skin tied to your feet.

5. Cupping...Followed by blood-letting.

6. Going to sleep wearing a pair of cold, wet socks with a pair of thick, dry socks on top of them.

7. Stuffing your nostrils with cut garlic cloves.

8. Pressing a warm, peeled hard-boiled egg to your forehead.

9. Eating snakeskin.