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the capuchins, the nuns of St. Clare, and the 

 UrfulineSj under his care, all bewitched (k). 

 In a diflertation annexed to his works,* he treats 

 very fully of Amulets, which he divides into 

 four kinds, divine, diabolical, vain, and natural. 

 He permits the ufe of the firft and the laft. 



Dr. Thoner of Ulm relates a cafe of witch- 

 craft, in his coufultations, which will be men- 

 tioned more particularly hereafter. Carrichtet 

 is a medical demonologlfl:, conftantly quoted, 

 whofe works have never come in my way. 



SchenkiuSjin his Seftion deDemoniacis, affords 

 nothing remarkable, excepting his advice to try 

 exorcifm firft, and natural remedies afterwards. 



Fludd believed difeafes to be inflifted by the 

 miniftry of angels. He publilhed a Treatife de 

 Myftica Morborum Caufa. 



Dr. Willis, whofe labours contributed fo much 

 towards forming the nervous pathology, fup- 

 pofed convulfive diforders to originate, in fome 

 cafes, from witchcraft f. He afligns the com- 

 mon rules for difcovering fuch appearances, 

 which Ihall be noticed afterwards. 



Even the author of Religio Medici, if Dr. 

 Hutchinfon may be credited J, inclined fo 

 ftrongly to this perfuafion j that being interro- 



• Num liceat Perlaptis ad morborum curationem uti. 

 f De Morb. Convulfiv. p. 43. 

 X Effay on Witchcraft, p. 151. 



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