The Long Hidden Friend
Translated by Anonymous English translator
John George Hohman’s arts and remedies, with his preface, testimonials and closing words.
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The opening
A good Remedy for Hysterics, (or Mother-Fits,) to be used three times.
Put that joint of the thumb which sits in the palm of the hand on the bare skin covering the small bone which stands out above the pit of the heart, and speak the following at the same time:
Matrix, patrix, lay thyself right and safe, Or thou or I shall on the third day fill the grave. † † †
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