So, if you have had the raging trots for weeks and nothing the quackter has prescribed has touched it try this simple and immediate cure (does not involve corks).
Cut some pieces of skin from a Pomegranate (two pieces the size of a two bob bit) and chop them into tiny pieces.
Pour on boiling water and infuse for 10 mins.
Drink the resulting liquid and be able to venture more than 5m from the bog for the first time in weeks!