... as the natural phlebotomy of the plethoric hippopotamus, or the use of emetics from the dog, or the use of enemata from the ibis. On the other hand, Celsus is probably right in his account of the ... connection with his theory of numbers, and the importance of critical days. His discovery of the dependence of the pitch of sound on the length of the vibrating chord is one of the most fundamental ... taking to cure diseases of the eye,others of the head, others again of the teeth, others of the intestines, and some those which are not local."[12][12] The History of Herodotus, Blakesley's...