The Evil Eye, Thanatology, and Other Essays

Chapters include: The Evil Eye; Thanatology; Serpent-Myths and Serpent Worship; Iatro-Theurgic Symbolism; The Relation of the Grecian Mysteries to the Foundation of Christianity; The Knights Hospitaller of St. John of Jerusalem; Giordano Bruno; Student Life in the Middle Ages; A Study of Medical Words, Deeds and Men; The Career of the Army Surgeon; The Evolution of the Surgeon from the Barber; The Story of the Discovery of the Circulation; and, History of Anaesthesia and the Introduction of Anaesthetics in Surgery.