4 a.m.
`` In acute inflammations , diseases of the heart , rheumatism , and lumbago , the mumia must be buried , at midnight , with a raven that has been drowned , and placed on a chair by the left side of the patient for one night . As soon as the raven begins to rot , the patient will be fully restored to health . `` In cases of insanity , hysteria , and nervous diseases the mumia of the sufferer must be planted , at 2 a.m. , with a cutting of white poplar , and as soon as the latter shows evidences of decay , the afflicted will get well . `` In cases of hypochondria , and melancholia , the mumia of the sufferer must be planted , at 4 a.m. , with a crocus , and as soon as the latter begins to rot , the disease will depart . `` In every case it will be necessary to prelude the performance with the following invocation -- '' ` Oh most powerful and prescient Unknown , before whom the greatest of the Atlanteans prostrate themselves . That was in the Beginning , that is now and always will be . I conjure thee by the magic symbols of the club-foot , the hand with the fingers clenched , and the bat , in this the magical year of Kefana , to extend to me thy wonderful powers of healing .