Note 1079 — Chapter XLI · THE FISH OF TOBIAS—DEMONIC POSSESSION
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It would seem that the Babylonians intelligently, if unconsciously, anticipated our law of germs, for “the doctrine of disease was that the swarming demons could enter a man’s body and cause sickness.” On a fragment of a tablet, Budge has found six evil spirits mentioned by name, each of which specialised in attack, the first going for the head, and so on. See Encyc. Bibl., 1073.