Rivalry between Catholics and Protestants in the casting out
of devils
Increased belief in witchcraft during the period following the
Reformation
Increase of insanity during the witch persecutions
Attitude of physicians toward witchcraft
Religious hallucinations of the insane
Theories as to the modes of diabolic entrance into the possessed
Influence of monastic life on the development of insanity
Protests against the theological view of insanity--Wier, Montaigue
Bekker
Last struggles of the old superstition
III. THE FINAL STRUGGLE AND VICTORY OF SCIENCE.--PINEL AND TUKE.
Influence of French philosophy on the belief in demoniacal possession
Reactionary influence of John Wesley
Progress of scientific ideas in Prussia
In Austria
In America
In South Germany
General indifference toward the sufferings of madmen
The beginnings of a more humane treatment
Jean Baptiste Pinel
Improvement in the treatment of the insane in England.
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