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Medical Symbolism

by Thomas S. Sozinskey

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  1. 1Dedication
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3Biographical Sketch of Thomas S. Sozinskey, M.D., Ph.D.
  4. 4Commendatory Letters
  5. 5Chapter I — Remarks on the Meaning of Symbols
  6. 6Chapter II — The Serpentine God of Medicine at Rome
  7. 7Chapter III — The Æsculapian Serpent
  8. 8Chapter IV — The Epidaurian Oracle
  9. 9Chapter V — Asclepia and the Asclepiades
  10. 10Chapter VI — The Grecian God of Medicine
  11. 11Chapter VII — The Image of Æsculapius
  12. 12Chapter VIII — The Æsculapian Staff and Serpent
  13. 13Chapter IX — Æsculapius and the Serpent
  14. 14Chapter X — Various Attributes of Æsculapius
  15. 15Chapter XI — Gods Analogous to Æsculapius
  16. 16Chapter XII — The Pine-Cone as an Attribute of Æsculapius
  17. 17Chapter XIII — Dibbara, a God of Pestilence
  18. 18Chapter XIV — Hygeia, the Goddess of Health
  19. 19Chapter XV — Medical Talismans
  20. 20Chapter XVI — Medical Amulets
  21. 21Chapter XVII — Pharmacists’ Symbols
  22. 22Chapter XVIII — Miscellaneous Medical Symbols
  23. 23Chapter XIX — Medical Symbolism in Practice
  24. 24Chapter XX — The Pentacle

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