168 BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF HUMAN PROBLEMS 



the physician, and should be planned by him in its 

 relation to the physical and mental needs of the 

 patient. There are many patients with nervous 

 affections who are weaklings or degenerates, who 

 cannot be permanently helped by any methods, 

 however rational or mystical and God-communing. 

 The best that can here be done by society is to turn 

 its attention to prevent the creation of this pitiable 

 type of humanity by teaching people to control the 

 causes that lead to it and this, again, is the task of 

 the physician. 



