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Needle
Volume 1, entries 594. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → DIAGNOSIS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 594
If yo' think anyone got chew poisoned, yo' kin take three needles an' stick 'em in yore pillah, an' then yo' kin take one an' stick it in yore mouth. An' if dese needles turn black, why yo' know den yore poisoned. Dat's all ah know dat needles is good fo'. (You just stick the two needles in your pillow?) Dat's right - an' put one in yore mouth. (If the needle in your mouth turns black then you are poisoned.