[THE END.]
Reprint from
The Cincinnati Lancet-Clinic,
December 1, 1888 to
February 16, 1889.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] The Mahometans considered dissection of the human cadaver not only as an impious act, but also forbid its practice by their religious dogmas. They believed that the soul, after death, did not suddenly abandon the body, but withdrew itself gradually, until it left the limbs and finally entered the thoracic cavity. Thus the body could not be dissected without suffering. However, osteology was not neglected, and studies were made on the bones gathered in cemeteries.
[2] The romance of Dolopatos or the Seven Sages is the work of a Troubadour of the twelfth century, named Herbers. The origin of this poem seems to date back to Indian literature.
[3] The words are in old French and therefore not easily translated:
“Vous avez oi la novelle
Tandis com li plaie est novelle
Lors pust estre mieux garie
Que lors quant elc est envieillie.” etc., etc.