Astrological and magic cures

Such cures lost their appeal “because of their association with religious fanaticism.” But the cures lived on “in attenuated forms for much longer. The dog fat executioners rendered and sold, and that sufferers slathered on aching limbs, could continue to be prized while one only dimly remembered its thaumaturgic legacy. Overall, it appears that people in the eighteenth century were less willing than their ancestors to attribute their problems to spells, curses, or the evil eye, or were unwilling to do so publicly” (Lindermann, loc 164-166).