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MEDICAL ASTROLOGY

CAPRICORN.

Affections of the knees, such as sprains, broken bones, rheumatism, and supposed by some to produce leprosy.

AQUARIUS.

Broken limbs, rheumatism in those parts, varicose veins, nervous twitching of the legs and feet, and blood diseases.

PISCES.

Diseases and injuries of the feet, such as gout, childblains, rheumatic pains and cramps in the feet and toes, corns, bunions and diseases caused by wet feet.

The fiery signs rule principally diseases accompanied by fever. Earthy signs produce croup, colic, diarrhoea, etc. Airy signs, pleurisy, nervous and blood diseases. Watery signs, cancer, dropsy, gangrene, gout, cramps, rheumatism, scurvy, colds, etc.

DISEASES OF THE PLANETS.

Each planet produce diseases peculiar to their own nature, but a great deal depends upon the sign which a planet may be located in, but by refering to the diseases produced by each planet and then refering to the diseases of the sign which the afflicted planet is located in we can

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