Show art and the star ag the middle ages when aa was in fashion a character very much like burr was the sign of jupiter the preserver of health the physicians then being equally devoted to the science of medicine and of astrology tr invariably began their prescriptions script ions the following words n the name of jupiter talie the following doses in ahe order bet down hereinafter in the course of time this formula waa abbreviated until at present only the letter B remains to teach us that medical art was associated socia ted with the science of the stars |