The Lives of the Saints 13
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The hands and face are to be wiped with a clean towel. The idea of ablutions extending further never entered into consideration. The beard must not be clipped for nine days, nor — horrible to think of — the hair combed for forty days.
On the tenth day the bandage over the forehead covering the incision must be removed by a priest, burned, and the . VOL. XIII. 6 *- -^ 82 Lives of the Saints. pjor.,.
ashes placed in the piscina.^ These wonderful regulations, hung up in the church of S. Hubert, an...d enforced by the clergy on those who seek the cure, have this advantage. The patient, if in a state of hydrophobia, cannot keep the rules, and therefore, necessarily, is not cured. The person who has been bitten by a dog which is not mad is so convinced of his cure by the lengthy operations and ceremonies he has gone through that there is no chance of his allowing his fancy to make him ill.
In 1671, the Sorbonne condemned these ceremonies as superstitious, but the bishop of Li^e and his synodal ex- aminers in 1690 formally approved them.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The hands and face are to be wiped with a clean towel. The idea of ablutions extending further never entered into consideration. The beard must not be clipped for nine days, nor — horrible to think of — the hair combed for forty days.
On the tenth day the bandage over the forehead covering the incision must be removed by a priest, burned, and the . VOL. XIII. 6 *- -^ 82 Lives of the Saints. pjor.,.
ashes placed in the piscina.^ These wonderful regulations, hung up in the church of S. Hubert, an...d enforced by the clergy on those who seek the cure, have this advantage. The patient, if in a state of hydrophobia, cannot keep the rules, and therefore, necessarily, is not cured. The person who has been bitten by a dog which is not mad is so convinced of his cure by the lengthy operations and ceremonies he has gone through that there is no chance of his allowing his fancy to make him ill.
In 1671, the Sorbonne condemned these ceremonies as superstitious, but the bishop of Li^e and his synodal ex- aminers in 1690 formally approved them.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by S Sabine Baring Gould to read onlineMoreLess
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