Medical symbolism in connection with historical studies in the arts of healing and hygieneSozinskey, Thomas S.
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Medical symbolism in connection with historical studies in the arts of healing and hygiene
Sozinskey, Thomas S.
Symbolism in medicine
[498] T served some as a symbol of the generative power. John Davenport
says that it was “used indiscriminately with the Phallus: it was, in
fact, the Phallus.” Aphrodisiacs and Anti-Aphrodisiacs, p. 13. London,
1869. Privately printed. Payne Knight states that the male organs
represented as “the cross, in the form of the letter T, sometimes served
as the emblem of creation and generation.” Worship of Priapus, p. 48.
[499] History of the Heavens, vol. i, p. 259.
[500] See Occult Sciences, p. 222. A volume of the Encyclopædia
Metropolitana. London, 1855.
[501] Superstitions Connected with Medicine and Surgery. London, 1843.
[502] Historiaum, iv, 81.
[503] North American Indians, vol, i, p. 70. Philadelphia, 1857.
[504] _Ibid._
[505] Indian Myths, p. 230.
[506] Ecclesiasticus, xxxviii, 7.
[507] Medical Economy during the Middle Ages, p. 27.
[508] Medical Economy during the Middle Ages, p. 307.
[509] History of Sign-Boards, p. 341. Second edition. London, 1866.
[510] Schesch.
[511] Princess, vol. i, p. 296.
[512] The Records of the Past, vol. xi, p. 159. London, 1878.
[513] Ex., xxx, 25-35. In the revised translation apothecary becomes
perfumer.
[514] Introductory Lectures and Addresses on Medical Subjects, p. 54.
Philadelphia, 1859.
[515] Mr. Sayce, writing in 1884, states that “the fragments of a work on
medicine closely resembling the Egyptian Papyrus-Ebers have recently been
found” (at Babylon). Ancient Empires of the East, p. 173.
[516] Incorporated in the year 1800. Date of the present charter, 1843.
[517] A Book about Doctors, vol. i, p. 7. London, 1860.
[518] A Book about Doctors, vol. i, p. 13.
[519] Letters and Lives of Eminent Persons, vol. ii, p. 386. London, 1813.
[520] A Book about Doctors, vol. i, p. 2.
[521] A Book about Doctors, vol. i, p. 2.
[522] Canterbury Tales.
[523] A Book about Doctors, vol. i, p. 3.
[524] Hudibras.
[525] Occult Sciences, p. 40.
[526] The Gold-Headed Cane. By Dr. McMichael. London, 1828.
[527] A Book about Doctors, vol. i, p. 11.
[528] Finger-Ring Lore. By William Jones, p. 191. London, 1877.
[529] Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, p. 210.
[530] See Sharpe’s Egyptian Mythology, p. 19.
[531] Exodus, i, 16.
[532] Princess, vol. i, p. 37.
[533] One was not regarded as a number.
[534] The Brook.
[535] Art Culture, p. 468. New York, 1874.
[536] Dictionary of Words used in Art and Archæology. Boston, 1882.
[537] In his notes to Faust.
[538] The Pythagorean Triangle. London, 1875.
[539] Dictionary of Terms in Art.
[540] Encyclopædia of Freemasonry. Philadelphia, 1875.
[541] Astronomical Myths. London, 1877.
[542] Broughton’s Italy, vol. ii.
[543] Notes and Queries, vol. ix, p. 511, third series.
[544] Mythology of the Hindus. London, 1832.
[545] Indian Arts. London, 1880.
[546] Fossil Men and their Modern Representatives, p. 272. London, 1880.
[547] The Solution of the Pyramid Problem, p. 92. New York, 1882.
[548] The Great Pyramid, p. 35.
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