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Show Old Superstition During the Middle ages the signs of the zodiac were supposed to influence human life and were distributed to different parts of the human body. Disease was supposedly cured by the ii-'y,- old of the zodiacal power presiding f over that part of the body. The do minion of the moon over the body as she passes through the 12 signs of the zodiac is as follows: Aries, head and iace (ram) ; Taurus, neck and throat (bull) ; Gemini, arms and shoulders (twins) ; Cancer, breast and stomach (crab) ; Leo, heart and back (lion) ; Virgo, bowels and belly (virgin) ; Libra, reins and loins (balance) ; Scorpio, Scor-pio, secret members (scorpion) ; Sagittarius, Sagit-tarius, hips and thighs (archer) ; Cup-ricornus, Cup-ricornus, knees and hams (goat) : Aquarius, legs and ankles (water bearer), bear-er), and Pisces, feet and toes (fish). A doctor Is up against a stubborn case when his patient comes of a long-lived family. |