Before the standardisation of the medical profession and the creation of the NHS, people had to rely on all types of sources to receive practical health advice.

Reliability was often an issue and not every piece of advice of advice handed down from generation to generation should be taken as fact.

So, which nuggets of wisdom should be taken with a pinch of salt and which have truth in the telling?

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