How to Cure Stomach Pain, 1697
Conrad Gesner, Historiae animalium
If you apply a living duck, the feathers being pulled off behind, to the Stomach, it will ease the Pain of the Cholick.
John Pechey, A Plain Introduction to the Art of Physick
Feeling a little crampy? What you need is the soothing touch of a duck’s bare bottom.
I don't know if this is 17th Century trolling a genius stand-in for a heating pad.
Simply apply to tummy and all will be better:
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