234: Megalogi

is somehow connected with the head dealt with before: he guards all the medicinal springs on earth. He even causes animals to step into certain waters instinc- tively in case of injuries. With Megalogi's assistance man has learned from the animals how they cure themselves of certain diseases, and he has used these observations to his own advantage. Thus the various treatments by medicinal waters were introduced and many places with mineral springs have been changed into health resorts for the welfare of man. Megalogi does not only lead the magician's attention towards mineral springs which up to now have not yet been discovered, but he also initiates him into the complete field of hydrotherapy, and entrusts him with prac- tices which are still completely unknown to science.