...every natural substance which possesses any medicinal virtue, indicates, by an obvious and well marked external character, the disease for which it is a remedy, or the objects for which it should be employed." Paracelsus, Baptista Porta, and Crollius, were renowned advocates...

...called, which is no less than a belief that every natural substance which possesses any medicinal virtue, indicates by an obvious and well-marked external character,...and Crollius, although traces of its existence may be certainly discovered in more ancient authors; *PYRETOLOGIA, p. 17, AD 1692. f Sturmius in his "...

...called, which ia no less than a belief that ecery natural substance which possesses any medicinal virtue, indicates by an obvious and well-marked external character,...and Crollius, although traces of its existence may be certainly discovered in very ancient authors. The root of the Mandrake, from its supposed resemblance...

...less," says Dr. Paris*, "than a belief that every natural substance which possesses any medicinal virtue indicates by an obvious and wellmarked external character...the object for which it should be employed." This outward character was generally some feature of resemblance, real or fantastical, either to the effect...

...less," says Dr. Paris,* "than a belief that every natural substance which possesses any medicinal virtue indicates by an obvious and well-marked external character...the object for which it should be employed." This outward character was generally some feature of resemblance, real or fantastical, either to the effect...

...According-to this doctrine every natural substance which possesses any medicinal virtues, indicates, by an external character, the disease for which it is a...remedy, or the object for which it should be employed.] [SILENE. A genus of plants of the natural order SUenaeen.] [I. Silent Virginica. Catch fly ; Wild pink....

...says Dr. Paris,* " than a belief that every natural subtance which possesses any medicinal virtue, indicates by an obvious and well-marked external character...the object for which it should be employed." This outward character was generally some feature of resemblance, real or fantastical, either to the effect...

...pharmaceutists that every natural substance which possesses medicinal virtue, indicates, by an obvious external character, the disease for which it is a...remedy, or the object for which it should be employed. Hence, it was assumed that poppies must relieve diseases of the head, from the form of their seed-vessels;...

...pharmaceutists that every natural substance which possesses medicinal virtue, indicates, by an obvious ext.-rnal character, the disease for which it is a remedy, or the object for which it should be employed. Hence, it was assumed that poppies must relieve diseases of the htad, from the form tf their seed-vessels;...

...according to this doctrine believed that "every natural substance which possesses any medical virtue indicates, by an obvious and well-marked external...remedy, or the object for which it should be employed." Dr. Paris,* from whom I have copied this definition of the doctrine, observes that " traces of its...