[1] Du Perron, ‘Vie de Zoroastre.’
[2] The principle similia similibus curantur is a very ancient one; but though it may have originated in a euphemistic or propitiatory aim, the homoeopathist may claim that it could hardly have lived unless it had been found to have some practical advantages.
[3] Sonnerat’s ‘Travels,’ ii. 38.
[4] Deutsch, ‘Literary Remains,’ p. 178.
[5] Isa. lvii. 5; Ezek. xvi. 20; Jer. xix. 5.
[6] The ‘Jewish World.’
[7] ‘Observations on Popular Antiquities,’ &c., by John Brand. With the additions of Sir Henry Ellis. An entirely new and revised edition. Chatto & Windus, 1877. See especially the chapter on ‘Summer Solstice,’ p. 165.
[8] ‘Pyra, a bonefire, wherein men’s bodyes were burned.’—Cooper’s Thesaurus. Probably from Fr. bon; Wedgewood gives Dan. baun, beacon.
[9] See Chapter i. Compare Numbers xxxi. 23.