"The liver, which the experts say is the very tripod of their art, does not consist of pure blood; for the heart retains all the uncontaminated blood, and irrigates the whole body with it by the conduits of the arteries; whereas the gall, which is situated next the liver, is stimulated by anger and depressed by fear into the hollows of the liver." We have seen how early and how widespread was the belief in amulets and charms against the occult powers of darkness.

One that has persisted with extraordinary tenacity is the belief in the Evil Eye the power of certain individuals to injure with a look.

Of general belief in the older civilizations, and referred to in several places in the Bible, it passed to Greece and Rome, and today is still held fervently in many parts of Europe.

The sign of "le corna,"-- the first and fourth fingers extended, the others turned down and the thumb closed over them,--still used against the Evil Eye in Italy, was a mystic sign used by the Romans in the festival of Lemuralia.

And we meet with the belief also in this country.