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Show ' REMEDIES OF ANCIENTS. ' The following- are amonjr some of the fantastic cures presented by the medical medi-cal authorities of early times, as given by Dr. Hugo Magnus, in his new book, "Superstition in Medicine:" Remedy against Bellyache: "Take the heart from the living lark and wear It as an. amulet at the left thigh." Alexander' of Tralles (ibid.) Remedy against Epilepsy (advised by the Physician, Moschion Dlorthotes, Alexander of Tralles, Book I.. Chapter XV.. page 570): "The forehead of an Vts tied to the skin of the patient and lorn." ' "Gather Iris, seonles and nightshade when the moon la on the wane, pack them into linen and wear as an amulet" amu-let" Advised by the magician Os-thanes, Os-thanes, Alexander of Tralles, Book I.. Chapter XV., page 666. - - "Take a nail from a cross and suspend sus-pend it from an artn of the patient." Given by a physician of the second (f tury, A. D.. by the name of Ar-genes. Ar-genes. Alexander of Tralles, Book Chapter XV., page 666. |