Medical amulets, 3, 9, 15, 17. Medicine, irregular practitioners of, 243-272. Medieval physicians, 14. Mesmerism, 146-151. Metallic tractors, 139. Metallo-therapy, 139-142. Music, as a cure for tarantism, 197-200; as a medicine, 189; at banquets, 180-184; at hospitals, 193; distasteful to some persons, 186; healing influence of, 172-200. New York City, quackery in, 237. Oracles, 98-99. Pentacle, the, 20, 21. Phylacteries, 24-29. Power of words, the, 30-52. Protective charms, 46-48. Psychological methods in Medicine, 56-59. Psycho-therapy in ancient times, 114-115. Quacks and Quackery, 201-238. Quack, derivation of the word, 202. Quack remedies, 220. Quake-doctors, 203. ℞, medical symbol, 156, 157. Relics, healing qualities attributed to, 165-171. Royal touch, the, 73-92. Runic Inscriptions, 135-138, 214. Saphies, 45, 49. Snail as an article of diet, 39. Spell against gout, 130-131. Spirit-cheering pills, 159. Styptic charms, 105-110. Suggestion, 16, 63, 86, 140, 151, 231. Sympathetic powder, 145. Talismans, 19-23. Temples of Esculapius, 97-104. Toothache charms, 64-66. Touch-pieces, 79, 80, 86. Unicorn's horn, 161-164. _Vis medicatrix naturæ_, 66, 69-72, 105. Weapon-salve, 143-144. Words, the power of, 30-52, 111, 126. Transcriber's Notes: The following corrections have been made to the text: page 44, Footnote 44-4: Proverbs, xvii, v.[original has p.] 22. page 154: representation to him.[original has extraneous quotation mark] page 186: best concert he ever heard.[original has extraneous quotation mark] page 275: Oracles, 98-99[original has 88, 89]. page 276: Saphies, 45, 49[original has 48]. The following words appear with and without a hyphen. They have been left as in the original. Psycho-therapy Psychotherapy sooth-sayers soothsayers star-craft starcraft sub-conscious subconscious The following words have variant spellings. They have been left as in the original. Chirurgians Chyrurgians physick Physick Physicke practice practise practised Theodore Théodore On page 219, the word "sorcery" is misspelled "scorcery". Since it occurs in quoted material, it has been left as in the original. Ellipses match the original. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery, by Robert Means Lawrence