. The proceedings of the Charaka Club. titled, ?? Cures produced by Apollo and Aesculapius. One man who had the fingers of his hand paralyzed,doubted the cures and mocked at the inscriptions. Insleeping he had a vision. It seemed to him that hewas in the temple and was playing at dice. Just as hewas going to throw the dice the god appeared, and,stretching out his hand, touched the fingers ; then, atthe moment when the god was going away, it seemedto him that he closed his hand and extended thefingers one by one. The god asked him if he doubtedstill the inscriptions on the votive tablets, and s
. The proceedings of the Charaka Club. titled, ?? Cures produced by Apollo and Aesculapius. One man who had the fingers of his hand paralyzed,doubted the cures and mocked at the inscriptions. Insleeping he had a vision. It seemed to him that hewas in the temple and was playing at dice. Just as hewas going to throw the dice the god appeared, and,stretching out his hand, touched the fingers ; then, atthe moment when the god was going away, it seemedto him that he closed his hand and extended thefingers one by one. The god asked him if he doubtedstill the inscriptions on the votive tablets, and said : If you do not believe these things which are in-credible, it is then for your cure that you do notbelieve. When the day came he departed cured. Near the sacred grove was the theatre, of whichthe ruins still exist in a good state of preservation. Itwas the largest but one in the world, and is ininteresting contrast to the small size of the patients who were able to have a good time were COUPE RESTAUREE DE LA THOLOS. Fig. 18.—Interior of the Tholos or Auditorium of Epidauros. AESCULAPIUS 73 evidently numerous, and no doubt Epidauros partooksomewhat of the character of a fashionable wateringplace. There are many things of interest that mightbe added regarding the mode of cure and the kindof life led by the faithful who paid their vows to ourspecial god for eight hundred years at Epidauros. Thefavor and prestige of the place held their own untilafter the reign of Antoninus, but in later times thetemple at Pergamon was in vogue and Epidaurosbecame the victim of the ravages of conquerors andthe fickleness of therapeutic tendencies. It becameout of date even before Paganism was replaced byChristianity, but it kept its hold longer than any otherplace of Aesculapian worship. To it the Romans sentfor the sacred serpent when they in 270 decidedto adopt Aesculapius as one of their gods. It claimedto be the birthplace of Aesculapius and of his mother ;it had the fine
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