Superstitious Customs and Beliefs.
For one that is or will be dronken. Take swallowes and burne them, and make a powder of them; and give the dronken man thereof to drinke, and he shall never be dronken hereafter.
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APPARENT DEATH FROM DRUNKENNESS
Raise the head, loosen the clothes, maintain warmth of surface, and give
a mustard emetic as soon as the person can swallow.
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The Brisbane Courier Saturday 11 December 1875
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