Medical Men in the Time of Christ
"Medical Men in the Time of Christ." By Robert N. Willson, M.D. Neatly bound in cloth, with half-tone illustrations. Price $1.00. Sunday School Times Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Dr. Willson points out that sometime in the past sin entered among the race of men, and disease entered the stage astride of sin; that reestablishment of health by medicaments has therefore succeeded never, and never will be successful in the hands of him who depends solely upon human agencies for the world's cure. Dr. Willson first gives a review of medical history. He then considers the lay condition surrounding medical men before and in the time of Christ; the Æsculapian temples of health, from Æsculapius, a partly mythical and partly historical character whose name is well known in the annals of medicine. Luke the physician is given a chapter, and the closing division of the book is "The Master Physician." It is worth while to find a physician who so clearly and emphatically believes in Christ Jesus the Healer. He declares: "No human influence nor training has before or since developed the naturalness, the directness, nor the simplicity of His method. In none is embodied the principle of His healing power. From Jehovah the Healer, Counselor, and Father of the fugitive band from Egypt came the all-wisdom and power that affected each cure." It is certainly a little book full of information and helpfulness; tho one may not always agree with the doctor.