AMULET
An Illustrated Encyclopaedic Medical Dictionary · 1891 · p. 2
n. A?m/u?-le%t. Ar., hamaleth. Gr., meprantév, vAaxTiprov. Lat., amuletum. Fr., amulette, Ger., Amulet. Angsel, Zaubergehenk, It., Sp., anuleto, Any object worn about the person in the belief that it averts disease. A’s were formerly much in use; and a relic of the practice is to be seen in the little bags of camphor, etc., occasionally worn at the present day to secure immunity from infectious diseases. [M.]
Readham'da tam maddeyi gor →