Healing: Pagan and Christian.
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 322pp. Maroon cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Index. The first edition of this unusual work on healing. Chapters comprise: I. Primitive conceptions of disease and death -- II. The primitive doctor -- III. The ancient civilisations of the Sumerians, Babylonians and the Assyrians in relationship with the art of healing -- IV. The healing methods of the Egyptians and the Persians -- V. The healing methods of the Greeks: sacerdotal and scientific -- VI. The healing methods of the Romans until the time of Jesus Christ -- VII. The healing methods of the Jews until the time of Jesus Christ -- VIII. Jesus Christ and healing -- IX. Healing in the Christion church to the time of the reformation: i. sacramental, ii. superstitious, iii. scientific -- X. Physical healing to the renaissance period -- XI. Physical healing from the renaissance to modern times -- XII. Mental healing: the growth of scientific explanation -- XIII. Spiritual healing from the renaissance to the present day -- XIV. Health, healing and healers. Cloth rubbed and a bit darkened, corners and spine ends bruised and chafed, spine sunned and slightly canted, page edges darkened, lacking front blank, old NYC Weiser Bookshop sticker, pages lightly toned with a few lightly creased corners. Still a tight, clean Good copy (no dust jacket). Item #67832
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