[118] She was a native Greek.
[119] Pearce, p. 289. Compare p. 34.—E. G. Förstemann, Die christlichen Geisslergesellschaften. The Christian Societies of Flagellants. Halle, 1828. 8vo.
[120] Idem, loc. cit.
[121] Among the ancient Greeks βασκήσις. This superstition is more or less developed among all the nations of the earth, and has not yet entirely disappeared from Europe.
[122] Paracelsus.
[123] Gentleman’s Magazine, 1787, March, p. 268.—F. B. Osiander, Ueber die Entwickelungskrankheiten in den Blüthenjahren des weiblichen Geschlechts. On the disorders of young women, &c. Tübingen, 1820, Vol. I. p. 10.
[124] This account is given by Fritze. Hufeland’s Journal der practischen Heilkunde, Vol. XII. 1801. Part I. p. 110. Hufeland’s Journal of Practical Medicine.
[125] Compare J. G. Zimmermann, Ueber die Einsamkeit. Leipsig, 1784. 8vo. Vol. II. ch. 6. p. 77. On Solitude.—J. P. Falret, De l’hypochondrie et du suicide. Paris, 1822. 8vo. and others.
[126] This statement is made by J. Cornish. See Fothergill and Want’s Medical and Physical Journal, vol. xxxi. 1814. pp. 373–379.
[127] Samuel Hibbert, Description of the Shetland Islands, comprising an account of their geology, scenery, antiquities, and superstitions. Edinburgh, 1822. 4to. p. 399.