Astrology in Medicine: The Fitzpatrick Lectures Delivered Before the Royal College of Physicians on November 6 and 11, 1913 With Addendum on Saints and Signs (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Astrology in Medicine: The Fitzpatrick Lectures Delivered Before the Royal College of Physicians on November 6 and 11, 1913 With Addendum on Saints and Signs

The position of Astrology among the Sciences is quite unique. Its origin is so remote as to antecede all written records: it has formed an important part of the life of every nation that has advanced beyond barbarism: it has been studied with enthusiasm not only by every European nation, but also by the Egyptians, the natives of India, the Chinese, the Arabs, the Jews, and by the Babylonians and the Chaldeans. It was studied in one long unbroken effort for thousands of years, and engaged the most strenuous endeavours of some of the greatest intellects in every age. Albertus Magnus was a convinced astrologer, and even Roger Bacon, that very great man, projected a universal medicine founded upon Astrology. A knowledge of Astrology was a necessary part of the equipment of all educated men; and Astrological terms form to this day an integral part of every European language.

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