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the sick person, now dispirited and ready to stagnate, 

 enduring it with new Ufe and vigor." 



This last is somewhat akin to the modern idea of tran 

 fusion of blood, and may have been the source froni 

 which this idea originated. Thus we see that long ago 

 the pigeon was esteemed for its practical qualities and 

 made more useful to mankind even than it is at present. 

 As this ancient manner of applying the pigeon for cura- 

 tive purposes has long since passed into disuse, we have 

 no way of proving the truth of these assertions except 

 by an actual test, and until the test is made must accept 

 these statements in good faith, believing the writers to 

 have been honest in their convictions. 



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