“Take the heart from the living lark and wear it as an amulet at the left thigh.”—_Alexander of Tralles, ibid._ _Remedy against epilepsy_ (advised by the physician, Moschion Diorthotes. “Alexander of Tralles,” Book 1, Chapter XV., page 570): “The forehead of an ass is tied to the skin of the patient and worn.” “Gather iris, peonies, and nightshade when the moon is on the wane, pack them into linen and wear as an amulet.” Advised by the magician Osthanes.—_Alexander of Tralles_, Book 1, Chapter XV., page 566. “Take a nail from a cross and suspend it from an arm of the patient.” Given by a physician of the second century, A.D., by the name of Archigenes.—_Alexander of Tralles_, Book 1, Chapter XV., page 566. “Wear on the finger a jasper of bluish-gray luster.”—Advised by _Dioscorides_, Book 5, 159. _Remedy against podagra_ [gout] (“Alexander of Tralles,” Book 12, page 582): “Take a gold leaf and write upon it when the moon is on the wane: mei, threu, mor, for, teux, za, zon, the, lu, chri, ge, ze, on. As the sun becomes firm in this name and daily renews itself, so does this formation also make firm as conditions were previously. Quickly, quickly, rapidly, rapidly. For behold! I call the great name in which becomes firm again what was destined to die: Jas, azyf, zyon, threux, dain, chook. Make this formation firm as it has been, quickly, quickly, rapidly, rapidly. This document must be covered with the tendon of a crane, enclosed in a capsule, and worn by the patient at his heel.” _Remedy against diseases of the eye_ (advised by Sextus Placitus Papyriensis. Magnus, “Ophthalmology of the Ancients,” page 597): “If the right eye becomes afflicted with glaucoma, rub it with the right eye of the wolf, and, similarly, the left eye with the left eye of the wolf.” In photophobia (fear of light) “Wear as an amulet an eye which was taken from a live crab.”—_Quintus Serenus Samonicus._ Magnus, “Ophthalmology of the Ancients,” page 595. With pains of the eye the patient must, with a copper needle, put out the eyes of a green lizard caught on a Jupiter day, during a moon that is on the wane, in the month of September. The eyes must be worn in a golden capsule, as an amulet around the neck (_Marcellus Empiricus_. Magnus, “Ophthalmology of the Ancients,” page 602.) The above illustrations are surely sufficient to give the reader an idea of the medicine of the magicians. At the same time they show the great similarity which exists between these ancient magic cures and the sympathetic cures of our people at the present day.