Herzog[187] enumerates the following as the diseases of the Bible:—1. _Fever and ague_ (Lev. xxvi. 16). 2. _Dysentery_ (Acts xxviii. 8), with, probably, _prolapsus ani_, as in Jehoram’s case (2 Chron. xxi. 15, 19). 3. _Inflammation of the eyes_, due to heat, night dews, sea breeze, flying sand, injuries, etc. (Lev. xix. 14; Deut. xxvii. 18; Matt. xii. 22, etc.). 4. _Congenital blindness_ (John ix. 1). 5. _Disease of the liver_. 6. _Hypochondria_. 7. _Hysteria_. 8. _Rheumatism and gout_ (John v. 2, 3). 9. _Consumption_, a general term, including hectic, typhoid, and other fevers (Lev. xxvi. 16; Deut. xxviii. 22, etc.). 10. _Phthisis_ (?), indicated by leanness (Isa. x. 16). 11. _Atrophy of muscles_, “withered hand,” being due either to rheumatism, plugging up of the main artery of the limb, or paralysis of the principal nerve, etc. (Matt. xii. 10; 1 Kings xiii. 4-6, etc.). 12. _Fevers_ in general (Matt. viii. 14, etc.). 13. _Pestilence_ (Deut. xxxii. 24). 14. _Oriental pest_, the so-called “bubonenpest,” characterised by swellings in the groins, armpits, etc.; a very fatal disorder (Lev. xxvi. 25; Deut. xxviii. 21, 27, 60, etc.). 15. _Boils_ (2 Kings xx. 7, etc.). 16. _Sunstroke_ (2 Kings iv. 19, etc.). 17. _Gonorrhœa_ (Lev. xv. 2). 18. _Metrorrhagia_, or uterine hemorrhage (Lev. xv. 25; Luke viii. 43, etc.). 19. _Sterility_ (Gen. xx. 18, etc.). 20. _Asa’s foot disease_, either œdema or gout (2 Chron. xvi. 12). 21. _Elephantiasis_ (?) (Job ii. 7). 22. _Dropsy_ (Luke xiv. 2). 23. _Cancer_ (2 Tim. ii. 17). 24. _Worms_; may have been phthiriasis (lice) (2 Macc. ix. 5-9). 25. _Leprosy_. 26. _Itch_ and other skin diseases (Deut xxviii. 27). 27. _Apoplexy_ (1 Sam. xxv. 37, etc.). 28. _Lethargy_ (Gen. ii. 21; 1 Sam. xxvi. 12). 29. _Paralysis_, palsy (Matt. iv. 24; Acts iii. 2, etc.). 30. _Epilepsy_, the so-called “possession of devils” (Matt. iv. 24, etc.). 31. _Melancholia_, madness (Deut. xxviii. 28, etc.). 32. _Nervous exhaustion_ (1 Tim. v. 23). 33. _Miscarriage_ (Exod. xxi. 22). 34. “_Boils and blains_,” erysipelatous (Exod. ix. 9). 35. _Gangrene and mortification_ (2 Tim. ii. 17). 36. _Poisoning by arrows_ (Job vi. 4). _Poisoning from snake-bite_ (Deut. xxxii. 24). 37. _Scorpions and centipedes_ (Rev. ix. 5, 10). 38. _Old age_, as described in Eccles. xii. I am inclined to add to this list _Syphilis_, which seems to me to be clearly indicated by several verses in Proverbs xii., in the warnings against the strange woman, _e.g._ verses 22, 23, 26, and 27. The law forbade a Levite who was blind to act as a physician. Anatomy and pathology were not understood, as it was considered pollution even to touch the dead.