PREFACE

CONTENTS

I THE EVIL EYE [1]

II THANATOLOGY

III SERPENT-MYTHS AND SERPENT-WORSHIP [3]

IV IATRO-THEURGIC SYMBOLISM [4]

V THE RELATION OF THE GRECIAN MYSTERIES TO THE FOUNDATION OF CHRISTIANITY

VI THE KNIGHTS HOSPITALLER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM

VII GIORDANO BRUNO

VIII STUDENT LIFE IN THE MIDDLE AGES [5]

IX A STUDY OF MEDICAL WORDS, DEEDS AND MEN [6]

X THE CAREER OF THE ARMY SURGEON [7]

XI THE EVOLUTION OF THE SURGEON FROM THE BARBER

XII THE STORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE CIRCULATION

XIII HISTORY OF ANAESTHESIA AND THE INTRODUCTION OF ANAESTHETICS IN SURGERY [10]

ROSWELL PARK, M. D., LL.D. (Yale)

RICHARD G. BADGER
THE GORHAM PRESS
BOSTON

Copyright, 1912, by Richard G. Badger
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