It has been used in medicine from time immemorial; but until recently its use was nothing more than a species of mere unscience, shadowed in mystery.
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It has been used in medicine from time immemorial; but until recently its use was nothing more than a species of mere unscience, shadowed in mystery.
Source: wiktionary
Misapplication of this practical connection leads to such unsciences as astrology and alchemy and, with the Romans, augury.
Source: wiktionary
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