Cramp-rings, the blessing of, by the kings and queens of England, 165-87; ceremonies of blessing cramp-rings used on Good Friday, 184-7; office of consecration used by Queen Mary, 177-9, 182-4; origin of the ceremony, 165, 179, 180, 182; ceremonial observed, 167, 168, 171, 178, 179; its disuse, 179, 180; bequests of cramp-rings, 172, 176; diseases covered by the word ‘cramp’, 180-2. Crawfurd, Raymond: The Blessing of Cramp-rings; a chapter in the history of the treatment of epilepsy, 165-87; _King’s Evil_, cited, 171 _n._ Cremona, Gerard of: _see_ Gerard. Cross, ceremonial of offering and creeping to the, 167, 168, 169. Cuyer, E., _Histoire de l’Anatomie plastique_, 86 _n._ 2. Dallari, Umberto, _I rotuli dei lettori legisti e artisti dello studio bolognese dal 1384 al 1799_, 98 _n._ 1. Dalton, J. C., _Doctrines of the Circulation_, 130 _n._ 3. Damascenus, Johannes, 113. Daniel, Book of, 20. Dante, _Divina Commedia_, 23; _Quaestio de aqua et terra_, 30 _n._; scheme of the universe, 1, 21, 22, 23, 30, 31. Daremberg, C., editor of _Liber subtilitatum_, 13; _Œuvres anatomiques, physiologiques et médicales de Galien_, 118 _n._ 1. Darwinian theory, 236, 242, 245, 257. _Datura Stramonium_, or thorn-apple, 199. _De caelo et mundo_, 17. Delation, 202. Demiurgus, the, 192. Demoniacs, 199, 215-22. _See also_ Witchcraft. Denmark, witchcraft in, 222. _De sagarum natura et potestate, &c._, 208 _n._ 1. Descartes, biological theories of, 67, 68. Devil, mediaeval views of the, 190, 192-4, 207, 216. Devonshire, ancient custom concerning rings and the cure of epilepsy, 173; charm against fits, 182. Dewey, Professor John, 259. Dialectical proof in relation to scientific discovery, 238. _Dictionary of National Biography_, 230 _n._ 1. Diefenbach, J., _Der Hexenwahn_, 195 _n._ 1, 221 _n._ 1. Diogenes Laertius, 259 _n._ Disibode, St., Hildegard’s life of, 3. Disibodenberg, convent of, 2, 42. Dissection: _see_ Anatomy. Dresden: _see_ Manuscripts. Driesch, Hans, biological theories of, 62-4, 69, 70, 71, 73, 75; _Analytische Theorie_, 62, 70, 75; _Vitalismus_, 75. Dryander, Johannes, _Anatomia_, 95 _n._ 3, 112. Duval, M., _Histoire de l’Anatomie plastique_, 86 _n._ 2. Edward the Confessor and his ring, story of, 165, 166. Edward II and the blessing of cramp-rings, 167, 169. Edward III and the blessing of cramp-rings, 169, 170. Edward IV and the blessing of cramp-rings, 171. Edward VI and the blessing of cramp-rings, 175, 177. Ehrenberg: _see_ Philip of Ehrenberg. Eibingen, 8. Eleemosyna Rolls of Edward III, 169, 170. Elements, mediaeval theories of the, 25-30. Elizabeth of Schönau, visions of, 21, 22. Ellis, Sir Henry, 178. England, first printed map of, 99, 100.