wear containing chips of the gallows, and he had tried to 

 charm away the fever by writing 



FEBRA FUGE 



on a piece of paper and cutting off one letter each day be- 

 ginning with the last one. He, the speaker, would be glad 

 for suggestions as none of the remedies had been successful. 



Several Academicians rose together each desirous of mak- 

 ing suggestions, but the chairman recognized first Dr. Maier, 

 who recommended the following: "Take a new-laid egg one 

 hour before the cold fit is expected, paint on the shell three 

 crosses, one in red and two in black, bury it at the nearest 

 cross-road in strict privacy not letting any one know of the 

 procedure." Doctor Guarinonius said the remedy was un- 

 scientific and he knew an infallible one, to wit: "Take two 

 handfuls of bay-salt, the same quantity of fresh hops and a 

 quarter of a pound of blue currants very diligently beaten 

 into a brittle mass ; spread this without the addition of any- 

 thing moist upon linen and apply it to the wrists of the 

 patient. This never fails to expel the fever. " 



Doctor Boethius de Boodt begged permission of his fellow 

 members to exhibit an abraxas patterned after that of the 

 heresiarch Basilides, being a small figure carved in jasper re- 

 presenting the Prince of the Eons, or the angels of the three 

 hundred and sixty-five heavens; it was intended for the Em- 

 peror's use, being a perfect talisman against evil spirits. 

 After this had been examined, Dr. Croll showed his zenexton 

 which protected the wearer from the plague, sorcery, poison, 

 and malign astral influences, and described its manufacture 

 in two steps, the preparation of the magical tablets and the 

 construction of the instrument with which they are stamped. 

 "Take about eighteen live toads and having closed their 

 nostrils dry them in the sun very perfectly and powder them ; 

 if not well dried they will have an offensive odor and cannot 



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