Directions for insuring personal safety during storms of thunder and lightning, and for the right application of conductors to houses and other buildings / [John Leigh].

  • Leigh, John, Esq., Jnr.
Date:
[1835?]
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Credit: Directions for insuring personal safety during storms of thunder and lightning, and for the right application of conductors to houses and other buildings / [John Leigh]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    nize in its fearful crash the voice of an avenging1 Deity, and seek a hiding-place from its impending fury. This universal fear, though sometimes accom¬ panied with, is not founded in superstition. The danger is certain, continually recurring, and frequently attended with fatal consequences. Su¬ perstition has, however, been resorted to, for the supply of preservatives totally fallacious, and repugnant to common sense. A document ordi¬ narily known by the name of “ Christ's Letter,'’ is carried about the person, as a charm against the fatal effect of lightning, and sundry other calamities. Sprigs of thorn bushes, carried about the person, or placed in the different rooms of a house, are also supposed to ensure safety, from an absurd and false idea that thorns are not damaged by lightning*. These, and other su- * Another strangely absurd superstition, though not in immediate reference to this subject, has come under