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medical astrology

JUPITER.

Scurvy, cramps, pleurisy, diseases of liver, weakness in the back, colds and diseases caused by poor blood, and often causes constipation, piles, etc.

SATURN.

Ague, malaria, tooth ache, neuralgia, earache, rheumatism, gout, lumbago, dropsy, constipation, consumption, etc.

URANUS.

Complaints caused by bathing, sudden changes of weather, getting wet, such as croup, colds, asthma, rheumatism, gout, lumbago, cramps, diseases of the brain, insanity, and desire to commit suicide.

NEPTUNE.

Similar to Uranus, rheumatism, gout, cramps in the feet, childblains, and scurvy.

We notice from the above that some of the planets produce diseases similar to other planets. Thus: Mars causes eruptive diseases, while we find the same produced by the Sun and Moon. Venus causes ailments of the sexual system, we find the same under Moon diseases. Saturn causes gangrene and dropsy, while Jupiter and the Sun produce the same. Neptune, Moon and Saturn rheumatism.

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