Stones of Healing
Stones of Healing
IN his commentary on Theophrastus, Sir John Hill touches upon the question of the medicinal virtues of precious stones. His researches…
Stones of Healing: Martius
The so-called "doctrine of signatures" treated of the marks set by nature upon certain objects to denote their usefulness in the cure of…
Stones of Healing: Greek
A famous class of medical remedies used in medieval times bore the generic name theriaca, or theriac, this designation being derived from…
Stones of Healing: Rubies
I am not altogether of their mind, that absolutely reject the internal use of Leaf-Gold, Rubies, Saphyrs, Emeralds, and other Gems, as…
Stones of Healing: Coral
Coral Coral and safran, if wrapped in the skin of a cat, were believed to have marvellous powers; and when emeralds were added to the coral…
Stones of Healing: Hindu
Corundum A stone, which from the description seems to have been an almost colorless variety of corundum with a faint reddish tint, is…
Stones of Healing: Galen
Dematite The curative properties of the hematite were generally recognized by the early writers, and in this case they were not so much at…
Stones of Healing: Hector
That the cause of the friendship between Hector and Dolon was the latter's ownership of a hematite is asserted in the Greek Orphic poem…
Stones of Healing: Sina
Jacinth A peculiarly stimulant and tonic effect exercised by the jacinth was noted by Ben Sina (Avicenna), and to this is attributed its…
Stones of Healing: Indians
Jade The first mention of this material is made by Monardes, who says: The so-called nephritic stone is a species of stone, the finest of…
Stones of Healing: Chinese
The Chinese Taoist adept T'ao Hung Ching, who flourished A.D. 500, directs that when powdered jade is prescribed by a physician, carved…
Stones of Healing: Danish
Of the lapis nephriticus the old Danish writer, Caspar Bertholin, relates in 1628 that four prominent citizens of Copenhagen, whom he had…
Stones of Healing: Laet
Johannes de Laet was much impressed with the virtues of the lapis nephriticus as were most of his learned contemporaries, since he assures…
Stones of Healing: Cleandro
After relating that a specimen of American jadeite had been sent to him prior to 1602, Cleandro Arnobio states that when he showed it to a…
Stones of Healing: China
The learned Ko Kei asserts that the body of a man who had taken nearly five pounds of jade did not change color after his death and states…
Stones of Healing: Boot
Of the jasper, De Boot relates, from his own experience, that for checking hemorrhages the red variety is the most effective, and, in this…
Stones of Healing: Bellucci
Pear-shaped pieces of red jasper seem to have been more especially favored for use as amulets. Italian amulets of to-day show this, and…
Stones of Healing: Lycia
Jet Jet, the gagates of the ancients, was said to have been first found in the river Gagates in Lycia, whence its name was derived. Galen…
Stones of Healing: Armenus
Lapis Armenus The lapis Armenus was well known to the Arabs under the name hajer Armeny, and their medical writers describe it quite…
Stones of Healing: Median
Median Stone Of the so-called Median stone we read, in Konrad von Megenberg's "Buch der Natur," that it had powers of good and evil; "for…
Stones of Healing: Abbey
Onyx A famous medicinal stone was at one time in the Abbey of St. Alban, founded in 793 A.D. by Offa, King of Mercia, in honor of the…
Stones of Healing: German
Rock-crystal Medical men in Rome, in the first century, attested that no better cautery for the human body could be used than a crystal…