. Annals of medical history. Fig. 14. Diagram indicating increases in body temperatureas one passes toward tlie liead. of male or female principles through need-ling, though they may sometimes practiceit. The Taoist pharmacopeia is restrictedentirely to mineral preparations, all theanimal excreta, spirit pills, made oftapeworms soaked in childrens urine, lingernails, etc., being omitted. They have nottried to devise concoctions which would beso disgusting that the offending demonswould flee in terror. The priests sometimesattempt to distill mercury. When the dis- 3o8 Aivials of Medical History
. Annals of medical history. Fig. 14. Diagram indicating increases in body temperatureas one passes toward tlie liead. of male or female principles through need-ling, though they may sometimes practiceit. The Taoist pharmacopeia is restrictedentirely to mineral preparations, all theanimal excreta, spirit pills, made oftapeworms soaked in childrens urine, lingernails, etc., being omitted. They have nottried to devise concoctions which would beso disgusting that the offending demonswould flee in terror. The priests sometimesattempt to distill mercury. When the dis- 3o8 Aivials of Medical History tilling has been successfully repeated ninetimes, the resulting substance will be theElixir of Life. One of the priests of theWhite Cloud Temple is said to have beenkilled by an explosion during the sixthdistillation. Their panacea for all ills is tomake the mind absohitely blank and to them. On the Chinese New Year and otherfestal occasions he takes a long holiday,goes through the ceremonial and buys afew coppers worth of
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