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Episode CXXXIV - Roman Health and Medicine

Emperors of Rome

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How to Heal Dislocations and Breast Cancer

Cabbage is good for everything from stomach upsets through to dislocations, through to breast cancer. Dislocations will be healed quickly if they are bathed twice a day in warm water, and a cabbage poultice is applied. If applied twice a day, the treatment will relieve the pain. A contusion will burst. And when bruised cabbage is applied, it will heal an ulcer on the breast. And a cancer can be healed by the application of macerated cabbage. And if the spot is too tender to endure the astringency, the cabbage should be mixed with barley flour so it can be applied. All sors of this kind will heal a thing which

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