Of all branches of human science,
medicine is one of the most interesting to mankind: and, accordingly as
it is erroneously or judiciously cultivated, is evidently conducive to
the prejudice or welfare of the public. Of how great consequence is it,
then, that our endeavours should be exerted in stemming the propagation
of errors, whether arising from ignorance, or prompted by motives of
base cupidity, in giving assistance to the disseminations of useful
truths, and to the perfection of ingenious discoveries.
FOOTNOTES:
[110] Lib. viii. chap. 2. 5.
[111] Langhorne's Life of Mr. Collins
[112] Reverii Praxis Medica, p. 188.
[113] John Ailkin, author of the Navy Surgeon, 1742. Sec Demonologia, p.
64 et seg.
CHAPTER XIII.
ON TALISMANS--SOME CURIOUS, NATURAL ONES, ETC.
The Egyptian amulets are not so ancient as the Babylonian talismans, but
in their uses they were exactly similar. Some little figures, supposed
to have been intended as charms, have been found on several mummies,
which, at various times, have been brought to Europe.
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