Incubation, or, The cure of disease in pagan temples and Christian churches / by Mary Hamilton.

  • Hamilton, Mary
Date:
1906
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Credit: Incubation, or, The cure of disease in pagan temples and Christian churches / by Mary Hamilton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    thought that the god cured him of his headaches and, making him stand up, taught him wrestling. When day came, he departed cured, and after a short time, he competed at the Nemean games, and was victor in wrestling. 30. Gorgias of Herakleion and suppuration. He had received an arrow-wound in the lung during battle, and for a year and a half discharged so great a quan- tity of matter as to fill sixty-seven dishes. In sleep he saw a vision. He thought the god extracted the arrow-point from his lung. When day came he de- parted, holding the point of the arrow in his hand. 31. Andromache of Epeiros, for the sake of offspring. In her sleep she had a dream. It appeared to her that the god lifted up her dress and touched her belly. So she bore a son to Arybbas. 32. Cure of the eyes. A man became blind of both eyes through a spear-wound which he had received in battle, and retained the spear-point in his face for a year. In sleep he saw a vision. He thought that the god pushed out the spear-point towards his eyelids, and then closed up again the pupils of his eyes. When day came, he departed healed. [The following cases, from 33 to 38, are not pre- served in entirety on the stone, but are for the most part erased.'] 33. Thersandros of Halika, a consumptive. He saw a vision in his sleep 34 It seemed good to the city to consult the oracle at Delphi .... The god gave the oracle .... the sacred precincts of Asklepios . founded a sanctuary of Asklepios . fulfilled the usual rites.