Medical symbolism in connection with historical studies in the arts of healing and hygiene
by Thomas S. Sozinskey
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About this eBook
- Author
- Sozinskey, Thomas S., 1852?-1889
- Original Publication
- United States: F. A. Davis,1891.
- Credits
- Emmanuel Ackerman, Evander Cobban and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- R: Medicine
- Subject
- Symbolism in medicine
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 69442
- Release Date
- November 28, 2022
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.DEDICATION.
- 3.PREFACE.
- 4.BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THOMAS S. SOZINSKEY, M.D., Ph.D.
- 5.COMMENDATORY LETTERS.
- 6.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- 7.MEDICAL SYMBOLISM. — CHAPTER I. REMARKS ON THE MEANING OF SYMBOLS.
- 8.CHAPTER II. THE SERPENTINE GOD OF MEDICINE AT ROME.
- 9.CHAPTER III. THE ÆSCULAPIAN SERPENT.
- 10.CHAPTER IV. THE EPIDAURIAN ORACLE.
- 11.CHAPTER V. ASCLEPIA AND THE ASCLEPIADES.
- 12.CHAPTER VI. THE GRECIAN GOD OF MEDICINE.
- 13.CHAPTER VII. THE IMAGE OF ÆSCULAPIUS.
- 14.CHAPTER VIII. THE ÆSCULAPIAN STAFF AND SERPENT.
- 15.CHAPTER IX. ÆSCULAPIUS AND THE SERPENT.
- 16.CHAPTER X. VARIOUS ATTRIBUTES OF ÆSCULAPIUS.
- 17.CHAPTER XI. GODS ANALOGOUS TO ÆSCULAPIUS.
- 18.CHAPTER XII. THE PINE-CONE AS AN ATTRIBUTE OF ÆSCULAPIUS.
- 19.CHAPTER XIII. DIBBARA, [418] A GOD OF PESTILENCE.
- 20.CHAPTER XIV. HYGEIA, THE GODDESS OF HEALTH.
- 21.CHAPTER XV. MEDICAL TALISMANS.
- 22.CHAPTER XVI. MEDICAL AMULETS.
- 23.CHAPTER XVII. PHARMACISTS’ SYMBOLS.
- 24.CHAPTER XVIII. MISCELLANEOUS MEDICAL SYMBOLS.
- 25.CHAPTER XIX. MEDICAL SYMBOLISM IN PRACTICE.
- 26.CHAPTER XX. THE PENTACLE.
- 27.FOOTNOTES
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