'What not to do'
Assembled by JOHN CHEATLE and A. K. HAMILTON JENKIN and presented by John Cheatle
With appropriate music
Witchcraft, quackery, cheapjacks, and the oddities of superstition have their appeal for all of us, and here is a programme which tells in light-hearted fashion of some of the extraordinary methods adopted by would-be healers in the days before medicine became a science.
A. K. Hamilton Jenkin , who has specialised in out-of-the-way beliefs and surviving customs amongst country people, has here supplemented his knowledge by ransacking old books and pamphlets dealing with ' curious cures '. This afternoon listeners are to hear the results of his investigations into weird and sometimes fantastic things.
'For all Ills ' was broadcast in the Regional Programme on Thursday evening