# Religion And Health

Author: Walsh, James J. (James Joseph), 1865-1942

Genre: Category: Health & Medicine

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37032

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Religion+And+Health+Walsh&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

There is no doubt that man's quite instinctive attitude toward the mystery which surrounds him, out of which he came and into which he goes, has always so influenced his attitude of mind toward his body and its processes as to affect them deeply. The medicine man with his appeal to the religious as well as the superstitious feelings of man always had a potent influence over the most primitive of mankind, but culture has not obliterated this source of special reaction in men. Even now, for the great majority of men it still remains true that no matter how vague their religious instinct may be, it continues to affect, to a notable extent, their physiological and psychological functions. An...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/religion-and-health-37032/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/religion-and-health-37032/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/religion-and-health-37032/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/religion-and-health-37032/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/religion-and-health-37032/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/religion-and-health-37032/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/religion-and-health-37032/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/religion-and-health-37032/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/religion-and-health-37032/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/religion-and-health-37032/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/religion-and-health-37032/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/religion-and-health-37032/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/religion-and-health-37032/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/religion-and-health-37032/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/religion-and-health-37032/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/religion-and-health-37032/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/religion-and-health-37032/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/religion-and-health-37032/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/religion-and-health-37032/chapters/5/index.md)