Scatalogic Rites of All Nations: A dissertation upon the employment of excrementitious remedial agents in religion, therapeutics, divination, witchcraft, love-philters, etc., in all parts of the globe — John Shaqi
Scatalogic Rites of All Nations: A dissertation upon the employment of excrementitious remedial agents in religion, therapeutics, divination, witchcraft, love-philters, etc., in all parts of the globeBourke, John Gregory
Religion
Scatalogic Rites of All Nations: A dissertation upon the employment of excrementitious remedial agents in religion, therapeutics, divination, witchcraft, love-philters, etc., in all parts of the globe
Bourke, John Gregory
Scatology
Tanning.—Bleaching.—Dyeing.—Plaster.—As a cure
for tobacco.—To restore the odor of musk and
the color of coral.—Cheese manufacture.—Opium
adulteration.—Egg-hatching.—Taxes on
urine.—Chrysocollon.—For removing ink stains.—As an
article of jewelry.—Tattooing.—Agriculture.—Urine
used in the manufacture of salt.—Preparation of sal
ammoniac, phosphorus, solution of indigo.—Manure
employed as fuel.—Smudges.—Human and animal excreta
to promote the growth of the hair and eradicate
dandruff.—As a means of washing vessels.—Filthy
habits in cooking.
XXVII. URINE IN CEREMONIAL ABLUTIONS 201
XXVIII. URINE IN CEREMONIAL OBSERVANCES 206
Stercoraceous chair of the Popes.
XXIX. ORDURE IN SMOKING 214
XXX. COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE 216
Ordure in love-philters.—Anti-philters.
XXXI. SIBERIAN HOSPITALITY 228
XXXII. PARTURITION 233
Weaning.
XXXIII. INITIATION OF WARRIORS.—CONFIRMATION 237
Fearful rite of the Hottentots.—War-customs.—Arms
and armor.
XXXIV. HUNTING AND FISHING 244
XXXV. DIVINATION.—OMENS.—DREAMS 246
XXXVI. ORDEALS AND PUNISHMENTS, TERRESTRIAL AND SUPERNAL 249
XXXVII. INSULTS 256
XXXVIII. MORTUARY CEREMONIES 261
XXXIX. MYTHS 266
XL. URINOSCOPY, OR DIAGNOSIS BY URINE 272
On the influence of the emotions upon the egestæ.
XLI. ORDURE AND URINE IN MEDICINE 277
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