If it's all the same to you, I'd rather have pimples, thanks

300-year-old cookery, medical and household recipe books found at a British home advise you to:

"take 2 Puppies before they can see, chopp of their heads & hang them up by the heels to bleed," then mix with white wine to rid the patient of unsightly pimples.

Dude!

The books are up for auction if you want some more cures...