Remedies for chest colds: (Open question)
| MUSTARD PLASTER | 365 |
| ONION POULTICE | 84 |
| VICKS | 73 |
| GOOSE GREASE | 61 |
| VICKS SALVE | 47 |
| CAMPHORATED OIL | 34 |
| VICKS VAPORUB | 32 |
| TURPENTINE AND LARD | 24 |
| POULTICE | 22 |
| MUSTARD POULTICE | 19 |
| MENTHOLATUM | 11 |
| TURPENTINE | 11 |
| BEN-GAY | 10 |
| CAMPHOR | 10 |
| LARD AND TURPENTINE | 10 |
| PLASTER | 10 |
| SKUNK OIL | 10 |
| MUSTEROLE | 9 |
| ONION PLASTER | 9 |
| FLAXSEED POULTICE | 8 |
| SKUNK GREASE | 8 |
| SKUNK’S OIL | 8 |
| ANTIPHLOGISTINE | 7 |
| ASPIRIN | 7 |
| COUGH SYRUP | 6 |
| GOOSE GREASE AND TURPENTINE | 6 |
| HOT LEMONADE | 6 |
| HEAT | 5 |
| HOT POULTICE | 5 |
| MUSTARD ROLL | 5 |
| VICKS RUB | 5 |
| WHISKEY | 5 |
| CHEST RUB | 4 |
| COAL OIL AND LARD | 4 |
| GOOSE OIL | 4 |
| KEROSENE | 4 |
| LARD | 4 |
| MUTTON TALLOW | 4 |
| QUACK | 4 |
| SALVE | 4 |
| SLOAN’S LINIMENT | 4 |
| STAY IN BED | 4 |
| TALLOW | 4 |
| VAPORIZER | 4 |
| VAPORUB | 4 |
| ANAPHAGESTINE | 3 |
| ASAFETIDA | 3 |
| COAL OIL | 3 |
| COAL OIL AND TURPENTINE | 3 |
| FLANNEL | 3 |
| GOOSE GREASE RUBBED ON | 3 |
| GREASE | 3 |
| HOT PACKS | 3 |
| KEROSENE AND SUGAR | 3 |
| LINIMENT | 3 |
| QUININE | 3 |
| SASSAFRAS TEA | 3 |
| BONE BEN-GAY | 2 |
| CAMPHOPHENIQUE | 2 |
| CAMPHOR BAG | 2 |
| CAMPHOR GUM | 2 |
| CAMPHOR POULTICE | 2 |
| CASTOR OIL | 2 |
| CHEST PLASTER | 2 |
| COUGH MEDICINE | 2 |
| CROUP KETTLE | 2 |
| DEEP HEAT | 2 |
| FLANNEL CLOTH | 2 |
| FRIED ONION POULTICE | 2 |
| GINGER TEA | 2 |
| GO TO THE DOCTOR | 2 |
| GOOSE GREASE AND CAMPHOR | 2 |
| GOOSE GREASE ON THE CHEST | 2 |
| GREASING | 2 |
| HOREHOUND TEA | 2 |
| HOT COMPRESS | 2 |
| HOT FLANNEL-CLOTH | 2 |
| HOT FLANNELS | 2 |
| HOT TODDY | 2 |
| KEROSENE AND LARD | 2 |
| LARD AND NUTMEG | 2 |
| MUSTARD PASTE | 2 |
| MUSTER OIL | 2 |
| MUTTON SUET | 2 |
| OINTMENT | 2 |
| ONION | 2 |
| ONION BAG | 2 |
| ONION JUICE | 2 |
| ONION PACK | 2 |
| ONION SYRUP | 2 |
| POLECAT GREASE | 2 |
| POROUS PLASTER | 2 |
| RUB CHEST WITH SUET | 2 |
| RUB CHEST WITH VICKS | 2 |
| RUB WITH GOOSE GREASE | 2 |
| RUB WITH LINIMENT | 2 |
| RUBBING OINTMENT | 2 |
| RUBS | 2 |
| SKUNK OIL AND TURPENTINE | 2 |
| SKUNK’S GREASE | 2 |
| STEAM | 2 |
| TAR JACKETS | 2 |
| VASELINE | 2 |
| VICKS OINTMENT | 2 |
| “ASPIRIN, LIQUIDS, AND RUBBING WITH VICKS” | 1 |
| “BOIL TALLOW FROM SUET IN WATER, LET COOL, PUT ON” | 1 |
| “BOILING WATER, WHISKEY, LEMON-JUICE PUNCH” | 1 |
| “CLOTH WITH COAL OIL, CAMPHOR, TURPENTINE AND LARD ON CHEST” | 1 |
| “COAL OIL, TURPENTINE AND HOG LARD” | 1 |
| “COAL OIL, TURPENTINE, TALLOW ON A HOT RAG ON CHEST” | 1 |
| “FLANNEL RAG, IMPREGNATE” | 1 |
| “FLANNEL WITH TURPENTINE, CAMPHOR, VICKS AND SALVE” | 1 |
| “FRY ONIONS IN LOTS OF GREASE, PUT IN A FLANNEL CLOTH AND PUT ON CHEST” | 1 |
| “GREASE ‘EM WITH LARD, CAMPHOR” | 1 |
| “GREASE OR OIL MIXED WITH KEROSENE, QUININE” | 1 |
| “HONEY, ALUM, BUTTER, NUTMEG, CINNAMON AND ALLSPICE” | 1 |
| “HONEY, LEMON AND WHISKEY” | 1 |
| “KEROSENE, TURPENTINE, LARD” | 1 |
| “LEMON JUICE, HONEY AND WATER” | 1 |
| “LEMON, SUGAR, KEROSENE” | 1 |
| “LIQUIDS, ASPIRINS AND BED REST” | 1 |
| “MELT MUTTON TALLOW, APPLY TO CHEST WITH FLANNEL CLOTH” | 1 |
| “PUT FLANNEL CLOTH WITH TALLOW, TURPENTINE AND COAL OIL ON CHEST” | 1 |
| “RUB DOWN WITH GREASES, OINTMENTS, BALMS” | 1 |
| “RUB SOMETHING ON YOU, SOME KIND OF SALVE” | 1 |
| “SHOT OF WHISKEY, LEMON, TEASPOON SUGAR, ONE-HALF GLASS HOT WATER” | 1 |
| “SODA, TURPENTINE, CAMPHOR AND TALLOW” | 1 |
| “TEA, LEMON AND HONEY” | 1 |
| “TOWELING CLOTH WITH KEROSENE, TURPENTINE, CAMPHORATED OIL” | 1 |
| “TURPENTINE, COAL OIL, LARD, CAMPHOR GUM” | 1 |
| “V.O., WATER AND LEMON” | 1 |
| “VICKS VAPORUB, THEN PUT A HEATING PAD ON IT” | 1 |
| “WHISKEY, WATER, SUGAR, A LITTLE BUTTER, ALL HEATED” | 1 |
| “WOOLEN CLOTH SOAKED IN TURPENTINE, KEROSENE AND BEESWAX” | 1 |
| ALTABERRY BLOSSOM TEA | 1 |
| ANTIPHLOGISTINE PLASTER | 1 |
| ANTIPHLOGISTINE POULTICE | 1 |
| ANTIPHYLOGISTINE | 1 |
| ARABIAN BALSAM | 1 |
| ASAFIDITY | 1 |
| ASFEDITY | 1 |
| ASFIDITY | 1 |
| BACON | 1 |
| BACON WRAPPED ON NECK | 1 |
| BALM TEA | 1 |
| BED REST | 1 |
| BEEF TALLOW | 1 |
| BEEF-FOOT OIL | 1 |
| BEING GREASED WITH LARD | 1 |
| BIB WITH TALLOW ON IT | 1 |
| BLACK-LEAF POULTICE | 1 |
| BOOZE | 1 |
| BRAN PLASTER | 1 |
| BRAN POULTICE | 1 |
| BRANDY SLING | 1 |
| BREAD POULTICE | 1 |
| BREATHE STEAM | 1 |
| CAMPHOR AND LARD | 1 |
| CAMPHOR IN A SACK OVER BED | 1 |
| CAMPHORATED OIL AND FLANNEL | 1 |
| CAMPHORATED OIL COVERED WITH FLANNEL | 1 |
| CAMPHORATED-OIL RUB | 1 |
| CASTORATED-OIL RUBS | 1 |
| CATHARTIC | 1 |
| CATNIP TEA | 1 |
| CHAMOMILE-FLOWER TEA | 1 |
| CHEST RUBBED WITH CASTOR OIL AND MUSTARD | 1 |
| CHEST RUBBED WITH SKUNK’S GREASE | 1 |
| CHEST RUBS | 1 |
| CHEST SALVE | 1 |
| CHICKEN SOUP | 1 |
| CLOTH SOAKED IN COLD WATER AND WRAPPED AROUND THROAT | 1 |
| COAL OIL AND FAT RUBBED ON CHEST | 1 |
| COAL OIL AND GREASE | 1 |
| COAL OIL ON FLANNEL | 1 |
| COAL OIL RAG ON THE CHEST | 1 |
| COLD COMPRESSES | 1 |
| COLD-WATER CLOTHS | 1 |
| COLORADO CLAY POULTICE | 1 |
| CONCENTRATED RED PEPPER | 1 |
| CONTAC | 1 |
| COOKED ONION | 1 |
| COON OIL | 1 |
| COUGH DROPS | 1 |
| COVER CHEST WITH FLANNEL | 1 |
| COW-MANURE POULTICE | 1 |
| CREO-TERPIN | 1 |
| DENVER MUD | 1 |
| DENVER MUD POULTICE | 1 |
| DIRTY SOCK ON NECK | 1 |
| DRINK HOT LEMONADE | 1 |
| DRY CLOTH | 1 |
| EXTERNAL HEAT | 1 |
| FAT MEAT | 1 |
| FAT-MEAT POULTICE | 1 |
| FLANNEL AND HOT OIL ON CHEST | 1 |
| FLANNEL CLOTH COMPRESSES | 1 |
| FLANNEL CLOTH COVERED WITH KEROSENE | 1 |
| FLANNEL CLOTH WITH TURPENTINE AND VASELINE | 1 |
| FLANNEL ON CHEST | 1 |
| FLANNEL RAG WITH TURPENTINE AND VASELINE | 1 |
| FLAX PLASTER | 1 |
| FLAXSEED TEA | 1 |
| FORMULA FORTY-FOUR | 1 |
| FOX-SEED POULTICE | 1 |
| FRIED ONIONS | 1 |
| FRIED ONIONS ON CHEST | 1 |
| FRIED ONIONS PUT ON CHEST | 1 |
| FRIED RAGS | 1 |
| FRUIT JUICE | 1 |
| FRY A RAG | 1 |
| FUEL OIL AND SUGAR | 1 |
| GARLIC PLASTER | 1 |
| GINGER AND HONEY AND A LITTLE BRANDY MAYBE | 1 |
| GINGER AND LARD | 1 |
| GIVE A PURGATIVE | 1 |
| GO TO BED AND KEEP WARM | 1 |
| GOOSE GREASE AND COAL OIL | 1 |
| GOOSE GREASE AND FLANNEL | 1 |
| GOOSE GREASE AND SKUNK OIL | 1 |
| GOOSE GREASE AND TURPENTINE SALVE | 1 |
| GOOSE GREASE ON A WOOLEN RAG | 1 |
| GOOSE GREASE RUBBED IN | 1 |
| GREASE AND FLANNEL RAG | 1 |
| GREASE AND SUGAR | 1 |
| GREASE WITH CAMPHOR | 1 |
| GREASED WITH GOOSE GREASE | 1 |
| GREASY FELT ON CHEST | 1 |
| GREASY RAG ON CHEST | 1 |
| GUIA-CAMPH | 1 |
| GUM CAMPHOR AND KEROSENE | 1 |
| HEAT AND BALSAM OIL | 1 |
| HEAT PADS | 1 |
| HEATED CAMPHOR | 1 |
| HEATED FLANNEL ON THE CHEST | 1 |
| HEATED LARD | 1 |
| HEATED LARD AND CAMPHOR | 1 |
| HEET | 1 |
| HEN’S OIL | 1 |
| HEN’S OIL AND CAMPHOR RUBBED ON CHEST | 1 |
| HOG LARD AND TURPENTINE | 1 |
| HOG’S LARD | 1 |
| HOG-FOOT OIL | 1 |
| HOMEMADE PINE TAR AND LARD | 1 |
| HONEY | 1 |
| HONEY AND TAR MIXTURE | 1 |
| HOREHOUND SYRUP | 1 |
| HORSE LINIMENT | 1 |
| HORSERADISH PLASTER | 1 |
| HOT AND COLD COMPRESSES | 1 |
| HOT BRAN POULTICE | 1 |
| HOT DRINK AT BEDTIME | 1 |
| HOT FLANNEL | 1 |
| HOT FRIED ONIONS | 1 |
| HOT GINGER TEA | 1 |
| HOT GREASE AND TURPENTINE | 1 |
| HOT MILK AND BUTTER | 1 |
| HOT ONION PACKS | 1 |
| HOT PAD | 1 |
| HOT SWEAT-BATH | 1 |
| HOT WATER BOTTLE | 1 |
| HOT WINE AND SUGAR | 1 |
| INCH OF GOOSE GREASE | 1 |
| INFRARUB | 1 |
| INHALATOR | 1 |
| IODINE | 1 |
| KEROSENE AND CAMPHOR GUM | 1 |
| KEROSENE ON A WOOL RAG | 1 |
| LARD AND COAL OIL | 1 |
| LARD AND SALT POULTICE | 1 |
| LARD ON YOUR CHEST | 1 |
| LARD WITH TURPENTINE AROUND CHILD’S NECK | 1 |
| LARD WITH TURPENTINE AROUND IT | 1 |
| LEMON JUICE AND RAISINS | 1 |
| LEMONADE WITH WHISKEY | 1 |
| LIFE EVERLASTING | 1 |
| LITTLE TURPENTINE | 1 |
| LUXEMBOURGERS–HEATED COW MANURE | 1 |
| MEDICATED OINTMENT | 1 |
| MENTHOL JELLY | 1 |
| MENTHOLATED CHEST RUBS | 1 |
| MENTHOLATUM RUB | 1 |
| MENTHOLATUM RUBBED ON YOUR CHEST | 1 |
| MERTHIOLATE | 1 |
| MOONSHINE LIQUOR | 1 |
| MULLEIN LEAVES | 1 |
| MUSTARD AND LARD | 1 |
| MUSTARD FOOTBATH | 1 |
| MUSTARD ROLLS | 1 |
| MUSTARD RUB | 1 |
| MUSTARD SEED POULTICE | 1 |
| MUTTON FAT | 1 |
| MUTTON GREASE | 1 |
| MUTTON SUET AND CAMPHOR RUBBED ON CHEST | 1 |
| MUTTON SUET AND TURPENTINE | 1 |
| MUTTON TYLER | 1 |
| NITRE | 1 |
| NR | 1 |
| NUTMEG AROUND THE NECK | 1 |
| NUTMEG PLASTERS | 1 |
| OATMEAL POULTICE | 1 |
| ONE DROP OF TURPENTINE FOR EACH YEAR OF YOUR AGE AND A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR | 1 |
| ONION AND MUSTARD POULTICE | 1 |
| ONION GREASE | 1 |
| ONION OIL | 1 |
| ONION PATCH | 1 |
| ONION SANDWICH | 1 |
| ONIONS | 1 |
| PACK | 1 |
| PATENT MEDICINE | 1 |
| PEACH-LEAF POULTICE | 1 |
| PENICILLIN | 1 |
| PIECE OF RED FLANNEL WITH SOMETHING HOT ON IT | 1 |
| PIECE OF SALT IN FLANNEL CLOTH AROUND NECK DRAWS COLD OUT | 1 |
| PILLS | 1 |
| PINE AND TURPENTINE ON A CLOTH ON CHEST | 1 |
| PINE TAR | 1 |
| PIPSISSEWA | 1 |
| PISO’S SALVE | 1 |
| PORK UNDER A WOOLEN SOCK | 1 |
| POSSUM GREASE | 1 |
| POULTICE OF ANIMAL FATS | 1 |
| POULTICE OF BEAT-UP PRICKLY PEARS | 1 |
| PUT ON SOMETHING GREASY | 1 |
| QUININE AND GOOSE GREASE | 1 |
| RAG SOAKED IN CRUDE OIL AND HEATED | 1 |
| RAG SOAKED WITH TURPENTINE OR COAL OIL PUT ON CHEST | 1 |
| RAG WITH BEN-GAY OR VICKS SALVE ON IT | 1 |
| RAW BEEFSTEAK | 1 |
| RED FLANNEL AND STRIP OF SALT PORK (OR SOUR PICKLE) AROUND SORE THROAT | 1 |
| RED FLANNEL AND TURPENTINE POULTICE | 1 |
| RED FLANNEL SOAKED IN TALLOW AND TURPENTINE | 1 |
| RED-PEPPER PLASTERS | 1 |
| REST AND ASPIRINS | 1 |
| ROAST ONIONS AND PUT THEM ON YOUR CHEST | 1 |
| ROCK AND RYE | 1 |
| ROCK CANDY AND GIN | 1 |
| ROCK CANDY AND WHISKEY | 1 |
| RUB CHEST WITH A VAPOR | 1 |
| RUB CHEST WITH GOOSE GREASE | 1 |
| RUB CHEST WITH GREASE | 1 |
| RUB CHEST WITH OIL | 1 |
| RUB CHEST WITH TALLOW AND PUT FLANNEL CLOTH OVER IT | 1 |
| RUB CHEST WITH TURPENTINE | 1 |
| RUB CHEST WITH TURPENTINE OR LARD | 1 |
| RUB CHEST WITH VICKS SALVE | 1 |
| RUB CROTON OIL | 1 |
| RUB DOWN WITH VICKS | 1 |
| RUB IT AND PUT ON A FLANNEL | 1 |
| RUB IT WITH VICKS SALVE | 1 |
| RUB KNEES WITH GOOSE GREASE | 1 |
| RUB ON BEAR GREASE | 1 |
| RUB ON COON’S OIL | 1 |
| RUB ON SKUNK’S OIL | 1 |
| RUB SKUNK OIL ON IT | 1 |
| RUB TURPENTINE AND OIL ON CHEST | 1 |
| RUB TURPENTINE ON CHEST | 1 |
| RUB VICKS ON THE CHEST | 1 |
| RUB WITH A TURPENTINE MIXTURE | 1 |
| RUB WITH MENTHOLATUM | 1 |
| RUB WITH MUTTON TALLOW | 1 |
| RUB WITH OIL | 1 |
| RUB WITH SHEEP SUET | 1 |
| RUB WITH TALLOW | 1 |
| RUB WITH TALLOW PLASTERS | 1 |
| RUB WITH UNGUENTINE | 1 |
| RUB WITH VICKS | 1 |
| RUB WITH VICKS AND WRAP UP | 1 |
| RUB WITH VICKS SALVE | 1 |
| RUB YOUR KNEES WITH GIN | 1 |
| RUB-DOWN | 1 |
| RUB-ON | 1 |
| RUBBING ON GREASE | 1 |
| RUBBING WITH MUSTEROLE | 1 |
| RUBBING WITH SOME KIND OF MENTHOTALOR | 1 |
| SAGE TEA | 1 |
| SALT PORK AND PEPPER | 1 |
| SALT POULTICE | 1 |
| SALT-PORK PLASTER | 1 |
| SALVE AND A HEATING PAD | 1 |
| SALVES | 1 |
| SASSAFRAS | 1 |
| SAUNA | 1 |
| SAVE THE BABY | 1 |
| SCOUCH GREASE | 1 |
| SEAL PORES WITH GLYCERINE | 1 |
| SEE DOCTOR FOR ANTIBIOTIC | 1 |
| SEER CLOTHS | 1 |
| SHOOTER | 1 |
| SHOT OF LIQUOR | 1 |
| SHOTS | 1 |
| SKUNK FAT | 1 |
| SKUNK OIL ON A WOOL CLOTH | 1 |
| SKUNK OIL RUBBED ON CHEST | 1 |
| SKUNK’S GREASE RUBBED ON | 1 |
| SKUNK’S OIL AND A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR | 1 |
| SMARTWEED TEA | 1 |
| SMEAR WITH VICKS | 1 |
| SNUFF AND LARD | 1 |
| SOAK THE FOREARMS IN HOT WATER | 1 |
| SODA AND MOLASSES | 1 |
| SODA AND WATER | 1 |
| SOLTICE | 1 |
| SOLTICE RUB | 1 |
| SOME KIND OF PLASTER WRAPPED IN RED FLANNEL | 1 |
| SOMETHING TO RUB ON | 1 |
| SPIGNET | 1 |
| SPOONFUL OF MOLASSES EVERY THREE TO FOUR HOURS | 1 |
| SQUARES OF WOOD AND FRIED ONIONS | 1 |
| STEAM INHALATIONS | 1 |
| STOOP | 1 |
| SULFUR AND LARD | 1 |
| SULFUR AND LARD COVERED WITH FLANNEL | 1 |
| SULFUR AND MOLASSES | 1 |
| SULFUR BLOWN THROUGH A PIPE STEM | 1 |
| SWEET OIL | 1 |
| TABLETS | 1 |
| TAKE A GOOD LAXATIVE AND STAY INSIDE | 1 |
| TAKE A PURGATIVE | 1 |
| TAKE ANTIBIOTICS | 1 |
| TAKE ASPIRIN AND A LAXATIVE | 1 |
| TAKE ASPIRIN AND LIQUID | 1 |
| TALLOW AND COAL OIL | 1 |
| TALLOW AND FLANNEL PIECE ON CHEST | 1 |
| TALLOW AND TURPENTINE SALVE | 1 |
| TALLOW PLASTER | 1 |
| TAR PLASTER | 1 |
| TAR POULTICE | 1 |
| TIE ONIONS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FEET | 1 |
| TOBACCO AND LARD | 1 |
| TRASK’S OINTMENT | 1 |
| TURPENTINE AND CAMPHOR AND COAL OIL | 1 |
| TURPENTINE AND COAL OIL AND TALLOW | 1 |
| TURPENTINE AND GOOSE GREASE | 1 |
| TURPENTINE AND LARD IN A FLANNEL CLOTH | 1 |
| TURPENTINE AND LARD LINIMENT | 1 |
| TURPENTINE AND LARD PLASTER | 1 |
| TURPENTINE AND LARD UNDER A PIECE OF BROWN PAPER | 1 |
| TURPENTINE AND SKUNK OIL | 1 |
| TURPENTINE CLOTH | 1 |
| TURPENTINE LINIMENT | 1 |
| TURPENTINE MIXED WITH LARD | 1 |
| TURPENTINE ON A FLANNEL CLOTH | 1 |
| TURPENTINE ON A FLANNEL RAG | 1 |
| TURPENTINE PLASTER | 1 |
| TURPENTINE POULTICE | 1 |
| TURPENTINE RUBBED ON | 1 |
| TURPENTINE-COAL OIL-GOOSE GREASE POULTICE | 1 |
| VAPORUB AND THEN TYING ON RED FLANNEL | 1 |
| VICKS AND CAMPHOR OIL | 1 |
| VICKS AND TALLOW | 1 |
| VICKS COMPOUND | 1 |
| VICKS FORTY-FOUR | 1 |
| VICKS IN A PAPER BAG | 1 |
| VICKS IN A STEAMER | 1 |
| VICKS ON HOT TOWEL | 1 |
| VICKS ON THE CHEST | 1 |
| VICKS POULTICE | 1 |
| VICKS VAPORUB AND ORANGE JUICE | 1 |
| WARM MILK | 1 |
| WARM TOWEL | 1 |
| WHISKEY AND HOT WATER | 1 |
| WHISKEY AND LEMON | 1 |
| WINTERGREEN SALVE | 1 |
| WITCHHAZEL | 1 |
| WOOLEN CLOTH ON THE CHEST | 1 |
| WOOLEN PATCH ON THE CHEST | 1 |
| WRAP A WOOL STOCKING THAT’S BEEN WORN AROUND THE THROAT | 1 |
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