| I. | Medical Amulets | 3 | | II. | Talismans | 19 | | III. | Phylacteries | 24 | | IV. | The Power of Words | 30 | | V. | The Curative Influence of the Imagination | 53 | | VI. | The Royal Touch | 73 | | VII. | The Blue-Glass Mania | 93 | | VIII. | The Temples of Esculapius | 97 | | IX. | Styptic Charms | 105 | | X. | Healing-Spells in Ancient Times | 111 | | XI. | Medicinal Runic Inscriptions | 135 | | XII. | Metallo-Therapy | 139 | | XIII. | Animal Magnetism | 143 | | XIV. | Ancient Medical Prescriptions | 155 | | XV. | Remedial Virtues Ascribed to Relics | 165 | | XVI. | The Healing Influence of Music | 172 | | XVII. | The Healing Influence of Music (continued) | 185 | | XVIII. | Quacks and Quackery | 201 | | XIX. | Quacks and Quackery (continued) | 223 | | | Appendix: Some Noted Irregular Practitioners: | | Paracelsus | 243 | | Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim | 249 | | Jerome Cardan | 251 | | Giuseppe Balsamo | 253 | | Valentine Greatrakes | 255 | | Johann Baptist van Helmont | 260 | | Robert Fludd | 263 | | Michel de Notredame | 265 | | William Lilly | 268 | | Johann Joseph Gassner | 271 | | Index | 273 |
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