On Superstitions Connected with the History and Practice of Medicine and SurgeryJ. Churchill, 1844 - 167 pagina's |
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Pagina 20
... reference to its con- dition . Brand * quotes from ' The Husbandman's Prac- tice , or Prognostication for ever , ' ( Lond . 1664 , 8vo , ) the following curious passage : " Good to purge with electua- ries , the moon in Cancer ; with ...
... reference to its con- dition . Brand * quotes from ' The Husbandman's Prac- tice , or Prognostication for ever , ' ( Lond . 1664 , 8vo , ) the following curious passage : " Good to purge with electua- ries , the moon in Cancer ; with ...
Pagina 105
... alludes to cases of the same kind , and reports that the celebrated Cardan bragged he could separate himself from his senses when he pleased . * Pages 308-310 . Celsus makes reference to a priest who possessed the same UPON THE BODY . 105.
... alludes to cases of the same kind , and reports that the celebrated Cardan bragged he could separate himself from his senses when he pleased . * Pages 308-310 . Celsus makes reference to a priest who possessed the same UPON THE BODY . 105.
Pagina 106
Thomas Joseph Pettigrew. Celsus makes reference to a priest who possessed the same extraordinary power . Hysteria and epilepsy have been repeatedly induced in persons of a nervous temperament from a principle of imitation . The Romans ...
Thomas Joseph Pettigrew. Celsus makes reference to a priest who possessed the same extraordinary power . Hysteria and epilepsy have been repeatedly induced in persons of a nervous temperament from a principle of imitation . The Romans ...
Pagina 118
... reference . No one appears to have questioned the validity of the means , and no one has attempted to explain the results obtained , but in connexion with the sanctity of the operator . The practice appears to be one of English growth ...
... reference . No one appears to have questioned the validity of the means , and no one has attempted to explain the results obtained , but in connexion with the sanctity of the operator . The practice appears to be one of English growth ...
Pagina 124
... Lond . 1652 , 2 vols . folio . De Glandibus et Vermibus regio tactu à quadam fœmina expulsis : p . 390 . § Epist . CL . ad Clericos Aulæ Regiæ , p . 235 , n . 6 . the Confessor , nor is there any reference made to 124 ROYAL GIFT.
... Lond . 1652 , 2 vols . folio . De Glandibus et Vermibus regio tactu à quadam fœmina expulsis : p . 390 . § Epist . CL . ad Clericos Aulæ Regiæ , p . 235 , n . 6 . the Confessor , nor is there any reference made to 124 ROYAL GIFT.
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Pagina 86 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuffd bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart?
Pagina 60 - I took, early in the morning, a good dose of elixir, and hung three spiders about my neck ; and they drove my ague away. Deo gratias.
Pagina 97 - Skrine the least soil of breath on the bright mirror he held to his mouth ; then each of us by turns examined his arm, heart, and breath ; but could not, by the nicest scrutiny, discover the least symptom of life in him.
Pagina 61 - ... poor folks, that were otherwise destitute of help : yet among all other experiments, this methought was most absurd and ridiculous, I could see no warrant for it.
Pagina 104 - ... such occasions, to ascertain the degree of animal temperature, with a view to future comparison. The 'paralytic man, wholly ignorant of the nature of the process to which he was to submit, but deeply impressed, from the representation of Dr.
Pagina 53 - England, there is a popular superstition that a ring made from a piece of silver collected at the Communion is a cure for convulsions and fits of every kind.
Pagina 135 - Banqueting house, the chirurgeons cause the sick to be brought or led up to the throne, where they kneeling...
Pagina 7 - In the nineteenth century the transmutation of metals will be generally known and practised. Every chemist and every artist will make gold ; kitchen utensils will be of silver, and even gold, which will contribute more than anything else to prolong life, poisoned at present by the oxides of copper, lead, and iron, which we daily swallow with our food.
Pagina 28 - St. Otilia keepes the head instead of Aries ; St. Blasius is appointed to governe the necke instead of Taurus ; St. Lawrence keepes the backe and shoulders instead of Gemini, Cancer, and Leo ; St. Erasmus rules the belly with the entrayles, in the place of Libra and Scorpius : in the stead of Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, and Pisces, the Holy Church of Rome hath elected St. Burgarde, St. Rochus, St. Quirinus, St. John, and many others, which governe the thighes, feet, shinnes, and knees.
Pagina 104 - ... of its benign influence throughout his whole body : the opportunity was too tempting to be lost ; Davy cast an intelligent glance at Mr.