You're feeling sick.

If it were a long time

ago you might...

A. drink a glass full of millipedes

B. rub some moldy bread on your leg

C. tie earthworms around your neck

D. put some mustard on your head

Carlyn Beccia takes readers on a colorful and funny medical mystery tour, asking them if they would prefer to have their wounded foot stuck in a bull's mouth, or have it wrapped in spider webs! Readers will discover that while times may have changed, many of today's most reliable and helpful cure-alls have their roots in some very peculiar practices.

From the dust jacket