Medical symbolism in connection with historical studies in the arts of healing and hygiene

by Thomas S. Sozinskey

[480] Nearly all savage and semi-civilized peoples have viewed the heart as a very mysterious organ. Not a few have regarded it as the epitome or soul of the individual. In sacrifice it has played an important rôle. See Albert Reville’s work on The Native Religions of Mexico and Peru, p. 43. New York, 1884.

[481] There is the ring of the Zend Avesta and the cuneiform inscriptions about it also.

[482] Cyprus, p. 384. London, 1877.

[483] 1 Sam., vi, 4 et seq.

[484] Chaldean Magic, p. 50.

[485] The Past in the Present, p. 19 et seq. 1881.

[486] Medical Economy during the Middle Ages. New York, 1883.

[487] A practice long in use. See [p. 110].

[488] Urine of oxen. The supposed virtue sprang from certain mythological notions.

[489] It was probably connected with the god Sbat and the Egyptian Seb or Cronus, the father of Osiris. See Transactions of the Victoria Institute, vol. xvi, pp. 136 and 160. London, 1883.