Athothis : a satire on modern medicine / by Thomas C. Minor.

placed these canopi in the order named, the necromancer shall take a long inspiration and breathe on the urns sep- arately. Then, this invocation is to be reverently re- peated. " Oh! Shu, God of the Air! Breather of life into all living creatures! I invoke thy aid, in the name of Patah the divine father. Restore to these lifeless organs the vitality, strength, and movement necessary to perform their functions. Oh! protecting genii! Amset, Hapis, Snouf, and Kebhousnouf, I command thee all to release thy charges! " Then bowing to the east three times, the necro- mancer shall break the canopi and insert their contents in the incision on the mummy's side." Doctor Paulus Androcydes laid down the papyrus, and going to the sarcophagus secured therefrom the urns, and taking each one separately placed them in the order named ; first breathing on them the warm breath of life, then he recited the incantation, and bowed three times to the Orient. The roaring in the fire-place and chimney had now ceased; the strains of music in the air were growing softer and more distant; the perfume of the flowers was less dense but more delicate; while the chattering brown monkeys relapsed into silence. The physician removed the red-hot blower from the grate, and saw that the work of incineration was com- plete—what had once been his pet cat was reduced to a small mass of pearly pink ashes ; removing this on a brass shovel, he emptied the now incinerated dust of Anubis into the opening on the mummy's side; then breaking the canopi he introduced their contents through the same