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    • CHAPTER 16

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    FROM DIABOLISM TO HYSTERIA.

  • I THE EPIDEMICS OF “POSSESSION”
    — Survival of the belief in diabolic activity as the cause of such epidemics
    — Epidemics of hysteria in classical times
    — In the Middle Ages
    — The dancing mania
    — Inability of science during the fifteenth century to cope with such diseases
    — Cases of possession brought within the scope of medical research during the sixteenth century
    — Dying-out of this form of mental disease in northern Europe
    — In Italy
    — Epidemics of hysteria in the convents
    — The case of Martha Brossier
    — Revival in France of belief in diabolic influence
    — The Ursulines of Loudun and Urbain Grandier
    — Possession among the Huguenots
    — In New England.
    — The Salem witch persecution
    — At Paris.
    — Alleged miracles at the grave of Archdeacon Paris
    — In Germany.
    — Case of Maria Renata Sanger
    — More recent outbreaks

  • II BEGINNINGS OF HELPFUL SCEPTICISM
    — Outbreaks of hysteria in factories and hospitals
    — In places of religious excitement
    — The case at Morzine
    — Similar cases among Protestants and in Africa

  • III THEOLOGICAL “RESTATEMENTS” FINAL TRIUMPH OF THE SCIENTIFIC VIEW AND METHODS
    — Successful dealings of medical science with mental diseases
    — Attempts to give a scientific turn to the theory of diabolic agency in disease
    — Last great demonstration of the old belief in England
    — Final triumph of science in the latter half of the present century
    — Last echoes of the old belief

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