It's all along of the unicorn's horn – it's all along of the glorious hand....

It's all along of the unicorn's horn – it's all along of the glorious hand. Huzzay, three times huzzay for the doctor!'
Lord, how they cheered their surgeon! It was he who had brought the narwhal's tusk aboard: and the severed hand, the Hand of Glory, was his property: both symbolized {and practically guaranteed} immense good fortune, virility, safety from poison or any disease you chose to name: and both had proved their worth.