Medical symbolism in connection with historical studies in the arts of healing and hygiene
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1. Front matter2. DEDICATION.3. PREFACE.4. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THOMAS S. SOZINSKEY, M.D., Ph.D.5. COMMENDATORY LETTERS.6. CHAPTER I. REMARKS ON THE MEANING OF SYMBOLS.7. CHAPTER II. THE SERPENTINE GOD OF MEDICINE AT ROME.8. CHAPTER III. THE ÆSCULAPIAN SERPENT.9. CHAPTER IV. THE EPIDAURIAN ORACLE.10. CHAPTER V. ASCLEPIA AND THE ASCLEPIADES.11. CHAPTER VI. THE GRECIAN GOD OF MEDICINE.12. CHAPTER VII. THE IMAGE OF ÆSCULAPIUS.13. CHAPTER VIII. THE ÆSCULAPIAN STAFF AND SERPENT.14. CHAPTER IX. ÆSCULAPIUS AND THE SERPENT.15. CHAPTER X. VARIOUS ATTRIBUTES OF ÆSCULAPIUS.16. CHAPTER XI. GODS ANALOGOUS TO ÆSCULAPIUS.17. CHAPTER XII. THE PINE-CONE AS AN ATTRIBUTE OF ÆSCULAPIUS.18. CHAPTER XIII. DIBBARA,[418] A GOD OF PESTILENCE.19. CHAPTER XIV. HYGEIA, THE GODDESS OF HEALTH.20. CHAPTER XV. MEDICAL TALISMANS.21. CHAPTER XVI. MEDICAL AMULETS.22. CHAPTER XVII. PHARMACISTS’ SYMBOLS.23. CHAPTER XVIII. MISCELLANEOUS MEDICAL SYMBOLS.24. CHAPTER XIX. MEDICAL SYMBOLISM IN PRACTICE.25. CHAPTER XX. THE PENTACLE.26. FOOTNOTES