Craig wrote: “To dream of having any of these afflictions foretells good fortune and good health, preceded by a temporary sickness (Raphael), Dreams…”
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Katherine Taylor Craig
The Fabric of Dreams: Dream Lore and Dream Interpretation, Ancient and Modern · New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, 1918; original US edition
Abscess, Boil, Ulcer, Running Sore, etc · Printed p. 195; NLM OCR lines 8912–8919 · OCR transcription
Original source heading: Abscess, Boil, Ulcer, Running Sore, etc
Original source (English)
To dream of having any of these afflictions foretells good fortune and good health, preceded by a temporary sickness (Raphael), Dreams probably caused by irritation of the parts of the body afflicted in the sleep; the interpretation obviously attributable to the theory that these visitations clear the system of impurities, thereby conferring comfort after sickness.
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Also indexed as: abscess · boil · ulcer · running sore
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