On superstitions connected with the history and practice of medicine and surgery / By Thomas Joseph Pettigrew.

  • Pettigrew, Thomas Joseph, 1791-1865.
Date:
1844
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Credit: On superstitions connected with the history and practice of medicine and surgery / By Thomas Joseph Pettigrew. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to say truth, openly profuse beyond the modest limits of a sober philosopher.’”’* * Eusebe Salverte published, in 1829, at Paris, a work en- titled ‘ Des Sciences Occultes, ou Essai sur la Magie, les Pro- diges, et les Miracles,’ which will reward the reader’s patient attention. He will there find an immense collection of curious subjects discussed with considerable ability, and he will be enabled to appreciate the extent of knowledge possessed by the ancients in different branches of natural philosophy — mechanics, acoustics, optics, hydrostatics, chemistry, medi- » cine, and meteorology.