Note 37 — CHAPTER THREE THE RELIGION OF MENTAL DISEASE

"The ancient Egyptians and Greeks," says Dr. Maudsley, "used humane and rational methods of treatment; it was only after the Christian doctrine of possession by devils had taken hold of the minds of men that the worst sort of treatment, of which history gives account, came into force" (Pathology of Mind, p. 523). For a general account of Egyptian medicine see the chapter on Egypt in Dr. Berdoe's Origin and Growth of the Healing Art.