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PSEUDODOXIA EPIDEMICA, books 4 to 7... 1 to 374

The Fourth Book; the particular part continued. Of many popular and received tenets concerning man.

Chap. 1. That only man hath an erect figure. 1 to 4

Chap. 2. That the heart is on the left side. 5 to 7

Chap. 3. That pleurisies arc only on the left side 7 to 8

Chap. 4. Of the ring finger 8 to 13

Chap. 5. Of the right and left hand. . . 13 to 23

Chap. 6. On swimming and floating. . . 24 to 27

Chap. 7. That men weigh heavier dead than alive, and before meat than after. . . 28 to 31

Chap. 8. That there are several passages for meat and drink 31 to 32

Chap. 9. On saluting upon sneezing. . . 33 to 36

Chap. 10. That Jews stink 36 to 43

Chap. 11. Of pygmies 43 to 47

Chap. 12. Of the great climacterical year, that is, sixty-three 47 to 68

Chap. 13. Of the canicular or dog-days. . 69 to 85


 * the particular part continued. Of many things questionable as they are commonly described in pictures; of many popular customs, &c.

Chap. 1. Of the picture of the pelican. . 87 to 90

Chap. 2. Of the picture of dolphins. . . 90 to 92

Chap. 3. Of the picture of a grasshopper. 92 to 95

Chap. 4. Of the picture of the serpent tempting Eve … 95 to 99