Healing Healing - Pagan and Christian Pagan and Christian (Paperback)

1935. Argues for the inclusion of Christian Religious Healing in the course of medical treatments, comparing ancient Pagan medicine and early Christian healing. Contents: Primitive conceptions of disease and death; Primitive doctor; Ancient civilizations of the Sumerians, Babylonians and the Assyrians in relationship with the art of healing; Healing methods of the Egyptians and the Persians; Healing methods of the Greeks: sacerdotal and scientific; Healing methods of the Romans until the time of Jesus Christ; Healing methods of the Jews until the time of Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ and healing; Healing in the Christian Church in the time of the Reformation; Physical healing to the Renaissance period; Physical healing from the Renaissance to modern times; Mental healing: the growth of scientific explanation; Spiritual healing from the Renaissance to the present day; Health, healing and healers.