Fascination, or The philosophy of charming : illustrating the principles of life in connection with spirit and matter / by John B. Newman.

  • Newman, John B.
Date:
1847
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    CHIRON FASCINATING- ESCULAPIUS. B. C 928. Chiron the Centaur, a prince of Thessaly, has fascinated his pupil Esctjlapit/s, a brother prince, for the purpose of discovering a remedy to euro the foot of Hercules, which had been wounded by a poisoned arrow. An herb was prevised which saved the hero : this plant, known from the circumstance as the Centaury, (Centaur's herb,) gave name to a genus, one species of which is our common blue-bottle. Chiron was the great physician of his day, and derived his name from a Greek word, meaning the hand, because he performed most of his cures by manipulating. His wonderful skill in horsemanship has made the poets represent him as a centaur, half man, half horse. In after times, the medical fame of Esculapius far eclipsed that of his master. Chiron, and he was early invested by the people with divine honors. His mode of practising, called by his descendant Hippocrates, the secret means of medicine, can be found detailed in the work. s