_Druggists frequently get requests, occasionally by a doctor's prescription, for such queer, almost forgotten but nonetheless authentic remedies as:
Skunk or beaver secretions, for amenorrhea.
Crab claws or oyster shells, powdered, to clean teeth.
Cuttlefish bones and crabstones, for acid stomachs.
Neat's-foot oil from the unhoofed foot of an ox, or turtle oil from turtle eggs or fat, to cure scurvy.
Musk tincture, a heart remedy.
Ox gall, to overcome constipation or cure snake bites.
Bear grease, for salves.
Spanish flies, an aphrodisiac.
Oil of egg yolks, to treat sore eyes.
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