be pulverized; take of this powder two ounces, of white 

 arsenic and orpiment each one half ounce, roots of Diptanus 

 albus and Tormentilla erecta of each three drachms, small 

 pearls one drachm, red corals, pieces of oriental hyacinth and 

 emerald each one half drachm, oriental saffron two scruples, 

 and to impart fragrance add a few grains of musk and amber. 

 Pulverize these ingredients fine and make a paste out of the 

 mixture with rose-water and gum tragacanth; this must be 

 done when the moon is in the sign of Scorpion. With the 

 instrument to be described cut out tablets of this paste and 

 dry them, well, then cover them with red silk and hang them 

 about your neck by a red string, but do not let them touch 

 your bare skin. The instrument referred to consists of two 

 steel punches on the inner surface of which are engraved 

 respectively a scorpion and a snake, so that the tablets when 

 stamped out shall have impressions of these animals. 



Dr. Guarinonius testified to the value of the zenexton and 

 described another form, saying it was a favorite amulet of 

 the great Swiss physician to whom all looked for inspiration 

 Paracelsus. ^He then related the peculiar case of a Viennese 

 nobleman on whom a Tagliacotian operation had been per- 

 formed. The eminent surgeon Gasparo Tagliacozzi, at Bologna, 

 had demonstrated that when either the nose or the ear were 

 cut off by a quick stroke of a clean blade, as of a sabre, it 

 could be made to adhere to the stump if immediately replaced 

 in a perfectly clean condition and bound firmly to remain 

 undisturbed ; and it had been found possible to graft the skin 

 from one person on to the wound of another ; such operations 

 were often performed with entire success. The Venetian noble- 

 man, who was also a Colonel in the army, lost the tip of 

 his nose in a duel with swords and Tagliacozzi was sent for 

 to use his skill; by offering a large reward, a healthy Italian, 

 a porter by trade, was persuaded to permit removal from 



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