The Project Gutenberg eBook of Medical symbolism in connection with historical studies in the arts of healing and hygiene, by Thomas S. Sozinskey

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THOMAS S. SOZINSKEY, M.D., Ph.D.

CHAPTER X. VARIOUS ATTRIBUTES OF ÆSCULAPIUS.

CHAPTER XI. GODS ANALOGOUS TO ÆSCULAPIUS.

COMMENDATORY LETTERS.

CHAPTER XII. THE PINE-CONE AS AN ATTRIBUTE OF ÆSCULAPIUS.

CHAPTER XIII. DIBBARA,[418] A GOD OF PESTILENCE.

CHAPTER XIV. HYGEIA, THE GODDESS OF HEALTH.

CHAPTER XV. MEDICAL TALISMANS.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

CHAPTER XVI. MEDICAL AMULETS.

CHAPTER XVII. PHARMACISTS’ SYMBOLS.

CHAPTER XVIII. MISCELLANEOUS MEDICAL SYMBOLS.

CHAPTER XIX. MEDICAL SYMBOLISM IN PRACTICE.

CHAPTER XX. THE PENTACLE.

MEDICAL SYMBOLISM.

FOOTNOTES

CHAPTER I. REMARKS ON THE MEANING OF SYMBOLS.

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CHAPTER II. THE SERPENTINE GOD OF MEDICINE AT ROME.

CHAPTER III. THE ÆSCULAPIAN SERPENT.

CHAPTER IV. THE EPIDAURIAN ORACLE.

CHAPTER V. ASCLEPIA AND THE ASCLEPIADES.

DEDICATION.

CHAPTER VI. THE GRECIAN GOD OF MEDICINE.

CHAPTER VII. THE IMAGE OF ÆSCULAPIUS.

CHAPTER VIII. THE ÆSCULAPIAN STAFF AND SERPENT.

PREFACE.

CHAPTER IX. ÆSCULAPIUS AND THE SERPENT.