The history of medicine is closely interlinked with the development of theology. The errors of
one are for the most part reflected in the mistakes of the other. No matter how obscure and
dark the origin of either whether derived from ignorance and superstition or not the ultimate
achievement alone must be taken into consideration. We do not reject chemistry because it
originated in alchemy we do not disregard astronomy because its roots are entwined with the
teachings of astrology and so in theology and medicine we look to the final issue. The
statements set forth in this book should not be construed as reflecting the development of
theology or medicine at the time but as the belief of the people existing in these periods.
Philosophy may have been pure but if the mind of man was faulty the responsibility must not be
laid at the door of science. This book superstition in medicine is a reprint of the original
initally published in 1905.
