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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF T. S. SOZINSKEY, M.D., PH.D., vii

COMMENDATORY LETTERS, ix

CHAPTER I.

REMARKS ON THE MEANING OF SYMBOLS, 1

CHAPTER II.

THE SERPENTINE GOD OF MEDICINE AT ROME, 5

CHAPTER III.

THE ÆSCULAPIAN SERPENT, 13

CHAPTER IV.

THE EPIDAURIAN ORACLE, 17

CHAPTER V.

ASCLEPIA AND THE ASCLEPIADES, 23

CHAPTER VI.

THE GRECIAN GOD OF MEDICINE, 31

CHAPTER VII.

THE IMAGE OF ÆSCULAPIUS, 45

CHAPTER VIII.

THE ÆSCULAPIAN STAFF AND SERPENT, 49

CHAPTER IX.

ÆSCULAPIUS AND THE SERPENT, 59

CHAPTER X.

VARIOUS ATTRIBUTES OF ÆSCULAPIUS, 83

CHAPTER XI.

GODS ANALOGOUS TO ÆSCULAPIUS, 89

CHAPTER XII.

THE PINE-CONE AS AN ATTRIBUTE OF ÆSCULAPIUS, 111

CHAPTER XIII.

DIBBARA, A GOD OF PESTILENCE, 119

CHAPTER XIV.

HYGEIA, THE GODDESS OF HEALTH, 123

CHAPTER XV.

MEDICAL TALISMANS, 129

CHAPTER XVI.

MEDICAL AMULETS, 137

CHAPTER XVII.

PHARMACISTS’ SYMBOLS, 149

CHAPTER XVIII.

MISCELLANEOUS MEDICAL SYMBOLS, 155

CHAPTER XIX.

MEDICAL SYMBOLISM IN PRACTICE, 161

CHAPTER XX.

THE PENTACLE, 165

MEDICAL SYMBOLISM.

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