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    How to Cure Cramps, 1739

    engraving of woman in frilly clothes revealing her calf

    For the Cramp. Take of rosemary-leaves, and chop them very small, and sew them in fine linen, and make them into garters, and wear them night and day.

    Eliza Smith, The Compleat Housewife

    You know what they say: one person’s cramp remedy is another person’s herbal undergarment.

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    Tags: 18th century, garters, old remedies, the cramp

    Updated: September 10, 2013

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