Miller wrote: “To dream that you have an abscess which seems to have reached a chronic stage, you will be overwhelmed…” Compare 2 historical dream books.
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Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Abscess · Heading 14; source lines 1718–1724 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream that you have an abscess which seems to have reached a chronic stage, you will be overwhelmed with misfortune of your own; at the same time your deepest sympathies will be enlisted for the sorrows of others.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Abscess · Heading 3; source line 984 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
If you dream you have an abscess, or running sore on your person, it foretells good fortune and good health, to be preceded by sickness.
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