Why an English Museum Has a Collection of Magic PotatoesTouch of the rheumatiz? Try carrying around a purloined spud.
RHEUMATISM, THE HISTORICAL CATCH-ALL TERM for a number of inflammatory joint and muscle conditions, is a painful diagnosis. Before the advent of painkillers and the specialized field of rheumatology, there was little sufferers could do. So many people turned to magic, superstition, and folks remedies to ease their pain. Many of them turned to potatoes.
According to this British and American tradition, sufferers of joint pain could simply slip uncooked spuds into their pockets. This would ease aches, it was said, so long as the potato remained in place. The Victorian-era cure had a critical caveat, though: The potato had to have been stolen.
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