[460] In “A Plea for Urania,” issued in 1854, it is said that “less than two hundred years ago an individual who entered upon the profession of doctor of medicine, either in England or any of the European countries, was obliged to pass an astrological examination” (p. 246). [461] Canterbury Tales. [462] Gemmæ Selectae. Amsterdam, 1703. [463] Fascinum and penis are Latin synonyms. [464] This is still done in parts of China and elsewhere in the East. [465] Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, p. 32. London, 1880. Republication by the Folk-lore Society. First issued 1686-’87. [466] See Psalms, lxviii, 4, and lxxxix, 8. [467] Medical Economy during the Middle Ages, p. 92. [468] Chaldean Magic, p. 43. [469] Indian Arts, p. 104. [470] The star of Babylon is frequently spoken of in the Inscriptions. The star of Marduk is the same. It is Dilgan, or Jupiter. [471] Act I, Scene 2. [472] ABRACADABRA is not the same as abraxas, but may have been derived from it. In the third century, and later, it was regarded as a capital remedy for malarial fevers. [473] Medical Economy during the Middle Ages, p. 94. [474] The letter Alpha = 1, Beta = 2, Rho = 100; Alpha = 1, Xi = 60; Alpha = 1, and Sigma = 200. [475] Egyptian Mythology, p. 93. [476] Chambers’ Encyclopædia. [477] The Care and Culture of Children, Philadelphia, 1880. [478] It is worth while to observe that Raphael was, according to the Cabbala, the angel of the sun. [479] Tobias, iii, 25. [480] Nearly all savage and semi-civilized peoples have viewed the heart as a very mysterious organ. Not a few have regarded it as the epitome or soul of the individual. In sacrifice it has played an important rôle. See Albert Reville’s work on The Native Religions of Mexico and Peru, p. 43. New York, 1884. [481] There is the ring of the Zend Avesta and the cuneiform inscriptions about it also. [482] Cyprus, p. 384. London, 1877. [483] 1 Sam., vi, 4 _et seq._ [484] Chaldean Magic, p. 50. [485] The Past in the Present, p. 19 _et seq._ 1881. [486] Medical Economy during the Middle Ages. New York, 1883. [487] A practice long in use. See p. 110. [488] Urine of oxen. The supposed virtue sprang from certain mythological notions. [489] It was probably connected with the god Sbat and the Egyptian Seb or Cronus, the father of Osiris. See Transactions of the Victoria Institute, vol. xvi, pp. 136 and 160. London, 1883. [490] The Princess, vol. i, p. 210. [491] Chaldean Magic, p. 41. [492] Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, p. 49. [493] Uarda, p. 118. [494] Institute of Menu, p. 154. [495] Ancient Egypt, vol. i, p. 254. [496] A Book of Beginnings. London, 1881. [497] _Ibid._, p. 101.