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The evil eye, thanatology, and other essays

by: Park, Roswell, 1852-1914

Publication date: 1912

Topics: Bruno, Giordano, 1548-1600, Knights of Malta, Evil eye, Mythology, Religion, Students, Medicine

Publisher: Boston, R. G. Badger

Collection: library_of_congress; americana

Contributor: The Library of Congress

Language: English

The evil eye.--Thanatology.--Serpent-myths and serpent worship.--Iatro-theurgic symbolism.--The relation of the Grecian mysteries to the foundation of Christianity.--The Knights hospitallar of St. John of Jerusalem.--Giordano Bruno.--Student life in the middle ages.--A study of medical words, deeds and men.--The career of the army surgeon.--The evolution of the surgeon from the barber.--The story of the discovery of the circulation.--History of anaesthesia and the introduction of anaesthetics in surgery