Chapter IX. Physicians and Funerals

138. Scanty Qualifications and Training of Doctors 160

139. Superior Class of Physicians 161

140. A Fashionable Doctor 161

141. Medical Books and Famous Remedies 163

142. Absurd Medicines. Theriac 164

143. Fear of Poisoning. Popularity of Antidotes 165

144. Medical Students, “Disciples,” Beauty Specialists 166

145. Cheap Doctors: No Hospitals 167

146. Suicide as Escape from Hopeless Disease 168

147. Execution of Wills. Numerous Legacies Customary 169

148. Regular Incomes from Legacies. Professional Legacy Hunters 171

149. Public Bequests 172

150. Great Funerals Very Fashionable. Desire to Be Remembered after Death 172

151. Preliminaries to a Funeral 173

152. The Funeral Procession. The Display of Masked “Ancestors” 174

153. The Exhibits in the Procession. The Retinue around the Bier 175

154. The Funeral Oration in the Forum 176

155. Family Tombs. The _Columbarium_ and the Garden 177

156. The Funeral Pyre and Its Ceremonies 180

157. Funeral Monuments. Memorial Feasts to the Dead 182

158. Funerals of the Poor. “Funeral Societies” 182