...superstitions. He writes in his diary, April 11, 1668: "I took early in the morning a good dose of the elixir, and hung three spiders about my neck, and they drove my ague away." He says that the alchemist, if he would succeed, must carry on his labors in secret, and not let any...

...profession, and a lover of science — records that on the "llth April, 1681 (not two hundred years ago), I took, early in the morning, a good dose of elixir,...spiders about my neck, and they drove my ague away Deo Gratiaa" Among his MS. at Oxford is a Rosicrucian recipe, " How to walk invisible ! " The learned and...

...Elias Ashmole, the founder of the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, may be found the following passage : " I took early in the morning a good dose of elixir,...spiders about my neck, and they drove my ague away." Perhaps the elixir — whatever that may have been — had a good effect ; but no boy or girl who reads...

...Of his weakness and superstition he has left on record this memorable instance: "nth April 1681, 1 took, early in the morning, a good dose of elixir,...spiders about my neck ; and they drove my ague away. Deogratias." See "Memoirs of the Life of that Antiquarian, Elias Ashmole, Esq., drawn up by himself...

...writings. Of his. weakness anil superstition he has left on record this memorable instance: "nth April 1681, I took, early in the morning, a good dose of elixir, and hung three spiders .ibout my neck : and they drove my ague away- Den gratias." Sec " Memoirs of the Life of that Antiquarian,...

...plague, and a bond was granted for its safe return.' In the Diary of El. Ashmore, 1681, we find, " I took a good dose of elixir, and hung three spiders about my neck, and they drove my ague away!" 1 believe some of the Highlanders still attach a deal of importance to unspoken water, which is brought...

...writings. Of his weakness and superstition he has left on record this memorable instance : "nth April, 1681, I took, early in the morning, a good dose of...my neck; and they drove my ague away. Deo gratias." — H. 1 Conrad Gesner, an eminent physician and naturalist, was born at Zurich in 1 5 1 6. His skill...

...when you are * Elias Ashmole, in his " Diary," says, " I took early in the morning a good dose of an elixir, and hung three spiders about my neck, and they drove my ague away. Deo gratias !" • Burton writes, " Being in the country in the vacation time, not many years since, at Lindley,...

...sciences, occasional!;, mentions his own superstitious observances. Thus, April 11, 1681, L<> notes — " I took, early in the morning, a good dose of elixir, and hung three gliders about my neck, and they drove my ague away. Deo Gratias !" volumes written with his own hand,...

...sought the aid of the spider. In the most matter-of-fact way he enters his treatment in his diary: — "I took, early in the morning, a good dose of elixir,...my neck, and they drove my ague away. Deo Gratias!" The leeches directed suitable words to be said over a spider, which should bo worn as a phylactery...