Anomalies and Curiosities of MedicineGould, George M. (George Milbrey)
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Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
Gould, George M. (George Milbrey)
Abnormalities, Human; Medicine -- Anecdotes
(41) whose feet are moved by his great hunger, the house of the su su
shall be destroyed;
(42) whose foot hangs to the tendons of the body, there will be great
prosperity in the land;
(43) that has three feet, two in their normal position (attached to the
body) and the third between them, there will be great prosperity in the
land;
(44) whose legs are male and female, there will be rebellion;
(45) that wants the right heel, the country of the master (king) will
be destroyed.
When a woman gives birth to an infant--
(46) that has many white hairs on the head, the days of the king will
be prolonged;
(47) that has much ipga on the head, the master of the house will die,
the house will be destroyed;
(48) that has much pinde on the head, joy shall go to meet the house
(that has a head on the head, the good augury shall enter at its aspect
into the house);
(49) that has the head full of hali, there will be ill-will toward him
and the master (king) of the town shall die;
(50) that has the head full of siksi the king will repudiate his
masters;
(51) that has some pieces of flesh (skin) hanging on the head, there
shall be ill-will;
(52) that has some branches (?) (excrescences) of flesh (skin) hanging
on the head, there shall be ill-will, the house will perish;
(53) that has some formed fingers (horns?) on the head, the days of the
king will be less and the years lengthened (in the duration of his old
age);
(54) that has some kali on the head, there will be a king of the land;
(55) that has a ---- of a bird on the head, the master of the house
shall not prosper;
(56) that has some teeth already through (cut), the days of the king
will arrive at old age, the country will show itself powerful over
(against) strange (feeble) lands, but the house where the infant is
born will be ruined;
(57) that has the beard come out, there will be abundant rains;
(58) that has some birta on the head, the country will be strengthened
(reinforced);
(59) that has on the head the mouth of an old man and that foams
(slabbers), there will be great prosperity in the land, the god Bin
will give a magnificent harvest (inundate the land with fertility), and
abundance shall be in the land;
(60) that has on one side of the head a thickened ear, the first-born
of the men shall live a long time (?);
(61) that has on the head two long and thick ears, there will be
tranquility and the pacification of litigation (contests);
(62) that has the figure in horn (like a horn?)..."
As ancient and as obscure as are these records, Ballantyne has
carefully gone over each, and gives the following lucid explanatory
comments:--
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