Betrothal & Marriage Customs [3/3]
Anon
Genre: | Essay |
Subjects: | Medical Treatment, Superstition |
Notes the claim of an 'old writer' that 'old physicians were so assured of the virtues derived by' the third finger of the left hand 'that they used to mix their potions and medicaments with it' (365). | |
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