The _Worcester Journal_ (England), in one of its issues for 1845, had this astounding item: "A party from the city, being on a visit to a friend who lived at a village about four miles distant, had occasion to go into the cottage of a poor woman, who had a child afflicted with the hooping-cough. In reply to some inquiries as to her treatment of the child, the mother pointed to its neck, on which was a string fastened, having nine knots tied in it. The poor woman stated that it was the stay-lace of the child's godmother which, if applied exactly in that manner about the neck, would be sure to charm away the most troublesome cough! Thus it may be seen that, with all the educational efforts of the present day, the monster Superstition still lurks here and there in his caves and secret places."[120] We find that not only human beings but animals profited by amulets. An amulet is used in the cure of a blind horse which could hardly have helped on the cure by his faith in it. "The root of cut Malowe hanged about the neck driveth away blemishes of the eyen, whether it be in a man or a horse, as I, Jerome of Brunsweig, have seene myselfe. I have myselfe done it to a blind horse that I bought for X crounes, and was sold agayn for XL crounes."[121] That was a trick worth knowing. Brockett tells us that "Holy-stones, or _holed-stones_, are hung on the heads of horses as a charm against Diseases--such as sweat in their stalls are supposed to be cured by this application." The efficacy of the elder also extended to animals, for a lame pig was formerly cured by boring a hole in his ear and putting a small peg into it. We are also told that "wood night-shade, or bitter-sweet, being hung about the neck of Cattell that have the Staggers, helpeth them." [89] T. J. Pettigrew, _Superstitions Connected with ... Medicine and Surgery_, pp. 51 and 66 f. [90] R. Burton, _Anatomy of Melancholy_, pt. II, sec. V. [91] J. Brand, _Popular Antiquities_, III, pp. 281 f. [92] T. J. Pettigrew, _Superstitions Connected with ... Medicine and Surgery_, p. 70. [93] G. F. Fort, _History of Medical Economy During the Middle Ages_, pp. 94-100. [94] T. J. Pettigrew, _Superstitions Connected with ... Medicine and Surgery_, pp. 74 f. [95] J. Brand, _Popular Antiquities_, III, pp. 278 f. [96] E. Berdoe, _Origin and Growth of the Healing Art_, pp. 262 f. [97] T. J. Pettigrew, _Superstitions Connected with ... Medicine and Surgery_, pp. 68 f. [98] G. F. Fort, _History of Medical Economy During the Middle Ages_, p. 182. [99] J. Brand, _Popular Antiquities_, III, p. 242. [100] E. Berdoe, _Origin and Growth of the Healing Art_, p. 252. [101] E. A. King, "Medieval Medicine," _Nineteenth Century_, XXXIV, p. 147. [102] R. Boyle, _Usefulness of Natural Philosophy_, II, p. 157. [103] R. Burton, _Anatomy of Melancholy_, pt. II, sec. V. [104] T. J. Pettigrew, _Superstitions Connected with ... Medicine and Surgery_, pp. 96-98.