What is Vitalism?

Tulsi how I love thee. To be honest, for a long time, I only knew you as dried tea in a little bag. I didn't fully appreciate your gifts....

(Caution: some sensitive topics) I am standing next to the wife of a severely demented and now delirious man that is clearly losing his grip on life. His last few years had been changed by a recommended spinal surgery that he never truly recovered from. His mind lost in the fog of anesthesia, pain medication, or the possibility that during surgery he had not received enough oxygen to his precious brain. No one will truly know why he never regained his mentation