Table 3 Mineral and chemical remedies

T1 p. 58

Turi says it is a substance which causes great harm

ingestion

T1 p. 129

inability to pass afterbirth

place a hot compress of sand and ash wrapped in woolen fabric just below mother’s chest

A: [12, 13, 29]

C: [20, 33]

T1 p. 124

swelling

mix flecks of copper into reindeer fat and apply to swelling

A: [12, 13]

B: [8, 48]

C: [49, 50]

T1 p. 127

broken bones, contusions, shooting pains, severe diarrhea

swallow a spoonful of quicksilver**

A: [12, 13, 56]

B: [74]

C: [74, 75]

T1 p. 127

sties and other eye ailments

apply quicksilver to affected area

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T1 p. 127

protects against ghosts

carrying quicksilver*

A: [12, 56]

T1 p. 128

joint problems

grind the muscovite as fine as flour, mix in water, and then drink*

B: [76]

C: [77]

T1 p. 120

excessive bleeding

press the bleeding vessel with a silver coin*

A: [12, 13]

T1 p. 170

pain relief

press silver to affected area*

A: [12, 13]

B: [14]

T1 p. 115

skill at law

steal a snakestone from where snakes breed*

A: [12, 29, 56]

T1 p. 124

male urinary blockage

rub soot from the bottom of a copper kettle on the outside of the penis

A: [12, 29]

T1 p. 94

wolf poison

put strychnine mixed with lead shavings or inside a tallow plug in chunks of reindeer meat

T2 XXXIX

parasites in dogs

give the dog stinking assa (Ferula asafetida) and sulfur to eat

A: [13]

C: [78]