Vitalism was eclipsed in the 1800s by germs and vaccines. Ever since the time of Koch and Pasteur, the only things of real interest to physicians are molecules and infectious agents. Every other possible cause of disease, internal or external, has been ridiculed, denied, ignored completely or relegated to the sidelines. Much of medicine today is aimed at palliation of symptoms and induces various forms of dependency on drugs and practitioners. Fundamental cure or improved system functioning is comparatively rare.
Biochemistry admits of no soul.
To mention such an idea would be a medical blasphemy today. Things not seen, felt, or detected, do not exist. Modern medicine treads a peculiar path. Much that was hastily ejected centuries ago now queues patiently at the back door. Much of the metaphysical element was lost from medicine and this allowed its total domination by materialism.