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his patient his utmost attention, he should identify him- 

 self heart and soul with him, and this cannot be done 

 without charity and benevolence. He who loves only 

 himself and his own profit will be of little benefit to 

 the sick, for he will neglect the patient. To recognise 

 the disease of the latter and to be able to benefit him, 

 entire harmony should exist between the physician and 

 the patient; a physician who loves his art for its own 

 sake will also be charitable towards the sick" (Origin 

 of Diseases), 



The ARCH.EUS 



All organic functions are caused by the activity of 

 one universal principle of Life. This principle acts in 

 all the members of the body, either slow or quick, per- 

 ceptible or imperceptible, consciously or unconsciously, 

 normal or abnormal, according to the constitution of the 

 organs in which it is active. As long as the character 

 (the spirit) of an entity is preserved, it acts in that 

 entity as a whole ; if the form is broken up and loses 

 its character, it manifests itself in other forms; the life 

 which is active in a man during his lifetime in causing 

 the organic functions of his body, will manifest its activity 

 in creating worms in his body after the spirit has left 

 the form. The spirit is the centre which attracts the 

 principle of life ; if the spirit has left the form, life will 

 be attracted to other centres. 



If the activity of the life-principle takes place in a 

 form in an harmonious and regular manner, unimpeded by 

 any obstacles, such a state is called health. If its activity 

 is impeded by some cause, and if it acts abnormally or 

 irregularly, such a state is called "disease." 



This principle of life is called by Paracelsus, Archseus. 

 It is not a material substance, in the usual acceptation 

 of that term, but a spiritual essence, everywhere present 

 and invisible. It causes or cures disease according to 



