THE FINAL STRUGGLE AND VICTORY OF SCIENCE .-- PINEL AND TUKE.
Influence of French philosophy on the belief in demoniacal possession Reactionary influence of John Wesley Progress of scientific ideas in Prussia In Austria In America In South Germany General indifference toward the sufferings of madmen The beginnings of a more humane treatment Jean Baptiste Pinel Improvement in the treatment of the insane in England .-- William Tuke The place of Pinel and Tuke in history CHAPTER XVI.
FROM DIABOLISM TO HYSTERIA.
I.

THE EPIDEMICS OF "POSSESSION." Survival of the belief in diabolic activity as the cause of such epidemics Epidemics of hysteria in classical times In the Middle Ages The dancing mania Inability of science during the fifteenth century to cope with such diseases Cases of possession brought within the scope of medical research during the sixteenth century Dying-out of this form of mental disease in northern Europe In Italy Epidemics of hysteria in the convents The case of Martha Brossier Revival in France of belief in diabolic influence The Ursulines of Loudun and Urbain Grandier Possession among the Huguenots In New England .-- The Salem witch persecution At Paris .-- Alleged miracles at the grave of Archdeacon Paris In Germany .-- Case of Maria Renata Sanger More recent outbreaks II.

BEGINNINGS OF HELPFUL SCEPTICISM.
Outbreaks of hysteria in factories and hospitals In places of religious excitement The case at Morzine Similar cases among Protestants and in Africa III.

THEOLOGICAL "RESTATEMENTS."-- FINAL TRIUMPH OF THE SCIENTIFIC VIEW AND METHODS.
Successful dealings of medical science with mental diseases Attempts to give a scientific turn to the theory of diabolic agency in disease Last great demonstration of the old belief in England Final triumph of science in the latter half of the present century Last echoes of the old belief CHAPTER XVII.
FROM BABEL TO COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY.
I.

THE SACRED THEORY IN ITS FIRST FORM.
Difference of the history of Comparative Philology from that of other sciences as regards the attitude of theologians Curiosity of early man regarding the origin, the primitive form, and the diversity of language The Hebrew answer to these questions The legend of the Tower of Babel The real reason for the building of towers by the Chaldeans and the causes of their ruin Other legends of a confusion of tongues Influence upon Christendom of the Hebrew legends Lucretius's theory of the origin of language The teachings of the Church fathers on this subject The controversy as to the divine origin of the Hebrew vowel points Attitude of the reformers toward this question Of Catholic scholars .-- Marini Capellus and his adversaries The treatise of Danzius II.