Note 154.3 — Chapter XV · THE COUVADE AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE STRENGTH OF THE BLOOD-TIE—CONCLUSION OF THE INQUIRY INTO THE THEORY OF THE LIFE-TOKEN.
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Marcellus, ix. 106; xxvi. 129; xxxvi. 28; xvi. 88. Plenty of such prescriptions are to be found in Marcellus. Prescriptions like the first are common in folk-medicine, and have been gravely prescribed by physicians of repute. The earliest example is found in Herod. ii. 111, prescribed by an oracle.