Chapter III: Faith Healing in General 82

The Bases of Faith and Mental Healing--Cannon's Study of Emotional Reactions--The Two Doors--The Challenge of Hypnotism--Changed Attention Affects Physical States--The Power of Faith to Change Mental Attitudes--Demon Possession--The Beginnings of Scientific Medicine--The Attitude of the Early and Medieval Church--Saints and Shrines--Magic, Charms, and the King's Touch: The Rise of the Faith Healer.