# INDEX

The moral interpretations of the hand, 244.d. What the "highest hand" refers to, 173.g. To carry water in one hand and fire in the other, 174.a. Who possesses long hands, 174.b. Why man alone possesses hands, 157.h. Why the hands are the first to grow warm in winter, 162.a. Doubled hands, 495.b. A distorted hand in a fetus, 498.a. Who possessed enormous hands, 498.b. Hands born in the manner of a goose, 503.g. The malformation of hands, 475.e, 495.e. The causes of defective hands, 498.b. An illustration of hands in the form of a chain, 261.g. The image of hands on coins, 281.g. The image of hands in a family crest, 305.h. The "signature" or mark of hands in plants, 307.h. What the washing of hands signifies, 231.e. Dreams concerning hands, 151.f. The kissing of hands, 95.f. Children born with missing hands, 495.f-g. Those who are called "Marisamina" (masculine women), 41.e. Character is not changed in women, 211.f-g. Mention of Senator Marescalchi, 559.g. A monstrous Martagon lily, 697.a. Mars is depicted in various ways, 282.b. An image of Mars, 289.b. The capture of Mars, 180.d. The epithet of Mars, 133.g. Who Marsyas was, 138.d. What the image of Marsyas denotes, 156.d. The blood of Marsyas turned into light, 196.b. What a maternal aunt is, 112.a. The representation of marriage, 296.d, 533.e. What the disposition of matter accomplishes, 444.d. A description of the neck of the womb, 86.a. The statue of Emperor Maurice, 35.e. Why the jawbone is so called, 78.a. The duties of a physician, 131.e. How physicians are employed in India, 97.f. Who the "moral physicians" are, 256.a. The unskillfulness of physicians, 176.a. The opinion of physicians regarding twin monsters, 359.e. The medicines of the Egyptians, 155.b. How many medical instruments there are, 131.f. How many simple medicines exist, 131.h. Compound medicines, 132.a. The hieroglyphic of meditation, 156.a. The customs of the Medes, 97.f. Where the spinal cord originates, 48.a. The customs of the Megarians, 348.d. The moral aspects of melancholy, 248.a. Who Melanthus was, 180.c. The sisters of Meleager turned into birds, 19.h. Who Melitis was, 179.f. Illustrations of monstrous melons, 706, 707. How the quantity of honey is increased, 120.a.

What a "member" (or limb) simply is, 78.a. The male member used in the sacred rites of Ceres, 292.a. The difference between members and joints, 78.c. The causes of the distortion of members, 505.f. What the membrane in eggs provides, 380.d. The generation of a fetus from membranes, 44.d. The nature of the statue of Memnon, 275.g. Why memory is better in children, 158.a. The nature of human memory, 112.g. Excellent memory, 215.g. The wonderful memory of certain men, 215.g. Why the beggar originates from Aetolia, 174.c. Insatiable beggary, 100.a. The nature of the division of the month, 289.g. Representations of the months, 295.f-h. The hieroglyphic of measurement, 155.g. To which animals a chin is granted, 76.a. Birthmarks on the chin, 130.a. The hieroglyphic of the human mind, 154.d. The metamorphosis of mint, 203.f. Why the penis is so called, 78.a. The absence and multiplication of the penis, 511.e. The metamorphosis of the diver-bird, 204.d. Mercury watering the laurel, 162.a. Various images of Mercury on coins, 281.h. Why prostitutes are called "scorta" (hides), 235.f. The industry of Myrmecides, 116.d. The etymology of the mesentery, 80.d. How many species of metamorphoses there are, 184.b. Natural metamorphoses, 210.a. Diabolical metamorphoses, 211.h. Miraculous metamorphoses, 212.a-b. The observation of Metaphrenes, 91.f. What metoposcopy (reading the forehead) is, 92.d. The rites of the Mexicans in sacrifices, 316.a. A peculiar custom of the Mexicans to be noted, 97.g. Midas, most thirsty for gold, 203.g. The nature of the golden ears of Midas, 203.h. The Bay of Antongil for the soldier, 99. The hieroglyphic of the mercenary soldier, 157.e. Why soldiers are healthier, 161.h. Who the "triarii" soldiers were, 183.e. The various duties of soldiers, 317.f. A military stratagem, 169.h. The origin of Minerva, 288.b. The iconography of Minerva, 294.a. The adage "to urinate on the ashes of one's fathers," 95.f. The war against Minos, 198.b-c. Who the Minotaur was, 362.a. Small salted fish (minuæ), 75.e. The wonders of human life: concerning the head, 212.d; the eyes, 213.f-g; the tongue and teeth, 214.a-b; the sense of smell, 214.c; the sense of taste, 214.d; the sense of touch, ibid.; laughter, 215.c; talent and memory, 215.f-h; fortunate occurrences, 216.a; physical strength, 216.b-c; the resemblance of faces, 216.d; concerning