Medicalscience，tryingtoadvance，waslikeashipbecalmedintheSargassoSea：boththeatmosphereaboutitandthemediumthroughwhichitmustmoveresistedallprogress。Insteadofrelianceuponobservation，experience，experiment，andthought，attentionwasturnedtowardsupernaturalagencies。[299]
[299]ForthemysticismwhichgraduallyenvelopedtheSchoolofAlexandria，seeBarthelemySaint-Hilaire，Del’Ecoled’Alexandrie，Paris，1845，vol。vi，p。161。FortheeffectofthenewdoctrinesontheEmpireoftheEast，seeSprengel，vol。
ii，p。240。Astothemorecommonmiraclesofhealingandtheacknowledgmentofnon-ChristianmiraclesofhealingbyChristianfathers，seeFort，p。84。
IV。THEATTRIBUTIONOFDISEASETOSATANICINFLUENCE——
“PASTORALMEDICINE“CHECKSSCIENTIFICEFFORT。