For one thing early Christianity continued the belief in demoniac possession.

Alleyne thought of what he had read of demoniac possession-thejumpings, the twitchings, the wild talk.

The belief in demoniac possession and the belief in witches were later developments from this same doctrine.

These seem to believe in magic or demoniac possession as the reason they behaved with such conspicuous insanity.

The diseases mentioned are numerous: demoniac possession, convulsions, paralysis, skin diseases,-asleprosy,-dropsy ,haemorrhages ,fever ,fluxes ,blindnessand deafness.