Oh, Eddie. I'm almost sorry you brought this one up. Some of them were so horrible I shudder at the thought of them. But, you asked. A spoonful of sugar soaked in kerosene for a cough. A spoonful of sugar soaked in turpentine for worms. A poultice of onions fried in lard for pneumonia. Vinegar for burns. Buds from a Balm of Gilead tree (also known as cottonwood) heated in lard for an all-purpose salve. Spider webs to stop bleeding. Willow leaf tea for fever. Ginger tea for upset stomach. Rock candy dissolved in whiskey for chest congestion. All of the above work and have some scientific basis. I can't say that about the next one, though. When my grandmother delivered babies she always put a butcher knife under the bed to cut the pain. I know a lot more, but don't want to take up too much time or space. Sue McN.