Pethox Parvus : dedicated, without permission, to the remnant of blind priests of that idolatry / by Iconoclastis.

  • Moore, James Carrick, 1763-1834.
Date:
1807
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Pethox Parvus : dedicated, without permission, to the remnant of blind priests of that idolatry / by Iconoclastis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    from the juices of a steed and a milcli cow. This liquid surpassing the virtues of the Stygean flood, renders the human body for ever invuhierable to all the attacks of Pe- thox Parvus. Thousands have tried the virtues of the enchanted fluid, and found it infallible: but the multitude are so ha- bituated to the grim visage of Pethox Par- vus, that they no longer dread him: like the inhabitants of a volcano, who have no 3^pprehension of eruptions ; and even after a village has been consumed, the surviving peasants build their cottages on the cooling crust of the lava: such is the influence of habit! Whereas the Sylph, though of the gen- tlest disposition, startles the timid by the flovelty of his appearance; and the igno-