Hartland, S. of F. T., p. 93 ff. for instances.
"Make of it an image in his likeness (i.e., of Namtar, the plague); apply (the image) to the living flesh of his body (i.e., of the sick man). May the malevolent Namtar who possesses him pass into the image" (Lenormant, Chaldæan Magic, p. 51). The Buddhists of Ceylon cure disease in exactly the same way (J. Roberts, Oriental Illustrations of Scripture, p. 171).
Cf. C. F. Gordon Cumming, Two Happy Years in Ceylon, i. p. 278, "The astrologer is called in to preside at baby's 'rice feast,' when some grains of rice are first placed in its month. He selects for the little one a name which is compounded from the name of the ruling planet of that moment. This name he tells only to the father, who whispers it low in baby's ear—no one else must know it, and, like the Chinese 'infantile name,' this 'rice name' is never used lest sorcerers should hear it and be able to work malignant spells."
For instances see Folk Lore, iii. 137. The Romans themselves fettered the image of Saturnus (Macrob., i. 8. 5; Stat. Silv., i. 6. 4; Arnob., iv. 24; Minuc. Fel., c. 22. 5).
Chemnitzer Rockenphilosophie, 16 and 325 (Grimm, D. M.4, iii. 435 and 445).