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| Zoologia Medicinalis Hibernica by John Keogh 1739 |
Keogh's book not only tells us what part(s) of an animal can cure your ailment. He also tells you how to prepare the animal part(s) to be eaten, drunk, rubbed on or poured over. Below can be seen his entry for the medicinal uses of a deer, which are quite extensive and in some cases bizarre!
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| How deer can help treat diseases according to Keogh |
Who knew that mixing the filings or ashes of a deer's hoof with bear's grease and the juice of an onion would take away 'scurs, morphew, ring-worms and all other defadations of the skin'!
According to Keogh insects, fish and birds were all used to produce medicinal remedies.
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| Butterflies can cure baldness! |
A dog isn't called 'man's best friend' for nothing. Not only can a dog fetch a stick or guard his master's home. If you happened to have been poisoned drinking your dog's blood would save you, but not him!
The taste of a cough bottle or headache tablet doesn't seem to bad now, eh?!
- Researched and written by Meadhbh Murphy