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Cover; Medicine, Magic and Religion: The Fitzpatrick Lectures Delivered Before the Royal College of Physicians of London in 1915 and 1916; Copyright; Preface; Note to Second Edition; Chapter 1; Methods of Inquiry; Definition of the Social Processes; Concept of Disease by Various Peoples; Beliefs as to Causation of Disease; Disease or Injury Ascribed to Magic; Disease Ascribed to Object or Influence Projected into Victim's Body; Disease Attributed to Abstraction of Part of Body or Soul; Magical Action on Separated Part of Victim's Body or Touched Object. - Treatment: Magical or Religious Nature of RitesConcrete Nature of Beliefs Underlying the Rites; Chapter 2; Processes of Diagnosis and Prognosis; Disease Attributed to Infraction of Taboo; The Religious Element; Religious Character Acquired by Magical Process; Independent Occurrence of Disease; Variety in Leechcraft; Differentiation of Leech from Priest; Epidemic Disease; Relations of Economical and Juridical Nature; The Part Played by Suggestion; Rationality of the Leechcraft; Chapter 3; Evolution of Social Customs and Institutions; Independent Evolution. - Transmission as a Factor in Human CultureRelations of Medicine, Magic, and Religion in Various Countries; Australia; Polynesia; Indonesia; India; China and Japan; Africa; America; Similarity in Views on Causation and Treatment of Disease; Consideration of Rival Views; Two Widely Differing Beliefs in Causation of Disease; Remedies of the "Domestic" Order; Origin of Above Practices; Chapter 4; Methods of Solving the Problems; The Importance Attached to Numbers; The Criterion of Common Distribution; Some Difficulties Met with; Formulation of Guiding Principle

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