Download or read book The Pentagram as a Medical Symbol written by Jan Schouten and published by Brill. This book was released on 1968 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The five-pointed star drawn in an unbroken line is the subject of the present study. During the 16th century until into the 17th century the pentagram was a well-known medical emblem; nowadays it is almost completely forgotten. This is a stimulating book with a valuable collection of forty-one illlustrations (J.K. Crellin in Medical History April 1971). ... interesting and carefully illustrated little book ... Much interesting information is presented ... (Thomas R. Forbes in Journal of the History of Medicine 24, 1969).