ABSTRACT
On the contrary, by relating psycho-analysis more closely to medical biology, and by extending medicine so that it comprehends the mind as well as the body arrive in time at a happy synthesis that will beneficially affect the most diverse fields of human activity. As to psycho-analysis, that again is a focal point where all the varied activities of the human mind come together—a key to the understanding of every fleeting thought, childish fantasy, and grotesque dream, as well as of all the customs and institutions by which men have expressed or codified their interests and needs. Perhaps indeed, in centuries to be, the medical psychologist may, like the priest of ancient times, come to serve as a source of practical wisdom and a stabilising influence in this chaotic world, whom the community would consult before embarking on any important social or political enterprise.
