The Bishop of Constance sent for Gassner, and after a careful examination of his methods and beliefs, became convinced of the purity of his character, and of his good faith. The bishop therefore permitted him to continue his practice at Coire and its neighborhood. Gassner's reputation as a thaumaturge spread throughout Germany and adjacent countries, and he numbered among his patrons many persons of influence. In 1774, upon invitation of the Bishop of Ratisbon, he removed to Ellwangen, in Würtemberg, where he is said to have cured many by the mere word of command, _Cesset_. He died at Bondorf, in the Diocese of Ratisbon, in the year 1779. The celebrated Dutch physician, Antoine de Haen, who was a contemporary of Gassner, described the latter as a man of jovial temperament, and a sworn foe to melancholy. He did not take advantage of the popular credulity for his own pecuniary gain, and was therefore morally far above the plane of an ordinary charlatan. FOOTNOTES: [244:1] _Encyclopædia Britannica_, art. "Paracelsus." [244:2] Edward Theodore Withington, _Medical History_, p. 225. [246:1] _The History of Medicine._ [246:2] P. V. Renouard, _History of Medicine_, p. 368. [247:1] _Encyclopædia Britannica_, art. "Medicine." [247:2] _Century Dictionary._ [248:1] _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_, June, 1854. [257:1] _The Gentleman's Magazine_, part i; 1856. [258:1] John Timbs, _Doctors and Patients_, vol. ii, p. 33. [260:1] Joseph Thomas, _Universal Dictionary of Biography_, art. "Van Helmont." [261:1] Rev. Hugh James Rose, _A New General Biographical Dictionary_. [261:2] _The Century Dictionary._ [264:1] _The New International Encyclopædia._ [268:1] Henry Lee, _Dictionary of National Biography_. INDEX Abracadabra, 126. Amulets, 5, 6, 14, 60-62, 138. Ancient Irish physicians, 12, 13, 40. Ancient medical prescriptions, 155-164. Angel of gold, 83, 85. Animal magnetism, 143-154. Animals, effect of music upon, 176, 177, 180. Atharva-Veda, 133. Auto-suggestion, 217, 231. Blue-glass mania, 93-96. Chaldean medical amulets, 112. Charlatans, 201-238. Charms, 6, 9, 122-123, 125. Christian Science, 53-55. Correspondence between Christ and King Abgar, 35-37. Curative spells, 41, 42, 45. Demonology, the doctrine of, 209, 210. Demons of disease, 206. Devil, the, 205-211. Divination, 117. Dreams, the interpretation of, 98. Druids, the, 12, 13, 75, 129. Edible letters, 50. Edible prescriptions, 51. Egyptian medicine, 117-120. Ephesian letters, 128-129. Fairy-women, 13, 109. Grigris, 45. Healing by manual stroking, 76. Healing-spells, 111-134, 138. Hydro-therapy, 97, 101. Hypnotism, 153, 154. Imagination, the curative power of, 53-72, 145, 151. Incantations, 9, 39, 47, 109, 113, 114, 134, 205. Incubation, 101-104. Intermittent fever, remarkable cure for, 131, 132. King's Evil, 73-92. Kneipp cure, 53. Laying on of hands, 73-92. Magical healing formulas, 10, 11, 13, 26. Mantras, 37, 60.