Oooh, I think I may be feeling a bit poorly, dear…

John Wesley, the Methodist theologian, also advocated 'natural' cures for illness, so he was kind of a quack. However, this account of Wesley's recommendations for treating the sick has one prescription I really like. No, not the one about holding a warm puppy against your tummy for stomach-ache (although that one is pretty good)…it's a couple of paragraphs below that one.

I'll let you figure it out.

NO! It's not drinking beer for tuberculosis, either!

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