“Still another method evolved by this theological pseudoscience was that of disgusting the demon with the body which he tormented: hence the patient was made to swal. low or apply to himself various unspeakable ordures, with such medicines as the livers of toads, the blood of frogs and rats, fibres of the hangman's rope, and ointment made from the body of gibbeted criminals.”
From geology and astronomy to physics and anthropology, from medicine and philology to the problems of biblical interpretation, White explores every aspect of the historical conflict and presents the reader with a brilliant and stimulating panorama of the entire history of Western thought.
New York: George Braziller, 1955. Hardcover. Octavo. 474 pages. Dust jacket in fair to good condition with tearing and chipping—in protector. Boards clean with only bumping to corners. Slight crushing at spine ends. Binding tight and square. Pages tanned. Owner’s inscription on front end papers. Very nice copy.
