172 THE BIOCOSMOS CELLULAR. 



by the antidote, but if the cell too be slain 

 or mortally wounded, there is no restoration. 

 Or the poison (toxin) of the cell-foe may 

 be rendered innocuous by a neutralizing agent 

 known as anti-toxin. Here lies at present 

 the great field of the physician who by edu- 

 cation and habit is inclined to put his chief 

 stress upon Physis. 



But the striking fact at the present time 

 in the development of the Healing Art is that 

 the psychician (so we call him for the con- 

 trast) has arisen who puts his chief stress 

 upon Psyche, and proposes to cure human 

 ills in that way. The result is a feud which 

 does not lack signs of bitterness. But the 

 surprising thing is the strong popular sup- 

 port which is given to the psychician who 

 practices psychical therapy, which, by the 

 way, has many forms and names. On the 

 whole he is regarded as irregular by the phy- 

 sician who deems himself regular, and usual- 

 ly denounces his psychical rival as a quack 

 and seeks to outlaw him. And the truth will 

 have to be confessed about both sides : too 

 often is the psychician an ignorant charlatan, 

 and on the other hand the physician a shal- 

 low if learned empiric. At the same time 

 it is not hard to find men of high character 

 in both parties. But this cannot obscure the 

 important fact that the Healing Art (which 



