Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-06-09
VOL. ss, NO. 4O.-wHoLE NO. 1912.

"" P'NS'"SihnNtiB WI IetuTuiHB thue hNu'
in which the event was predicted; and on APP
peasing the tempest OF u perturbed imagination,
MI reason had obtained the ascendency, he re.
solved upon the following expedient: Having
complasant patient who refused not 10 take the
remedies prescribed for him, because he seemed
conscious Of the superior agency Of his mind over
that Of the body,) DR.. Hufeand had recourse to
laudanum combined with the extract Of hem
bane, twenty drops of The former, and two grains
OF the latter were gwen to the youth, with such
effect that he fell into a profound sleep, from
which he did not awake till eleven o'clock on the
next morning. Thus the prognosiieated fatal hour
elapsed and his friends waiting to welcome the
bashfu patient, who had agreeably disappointed
them, turned the whole affair iuto ridcule. The
first question, however, after recovering from his
artificial sleep was, "What is the hour of the
,norning" On being answered that his presages
had not been verified by experience, he assured
the company that all these transactions appeared
but a dream After that time, he enjoyed a long
state Of health, and was completely cured of
morbid Imagination.
Had this youth fallen into less sagacous hands
the event would, it is more than probable, hsyo
answered 70 the prediction and tho occurrence
would have stood as refrsgable evidence OF that
creed which imagnes that the times have not
long since passed Of individual and immediate
communication between the world of sesse and
The world of spirit. How the fancy originated it
is difficult to say but 1t is not less difficult to ex-
plain the phenomena Of dreams"
! But the most extraordinary case, showing the
power ofthe mind upon the body, which we ever
met WITH is the following, related by Dr.. Warren,
| in one of his me dical lectures, delivered, we be-
lieve, in 1882:
ou.neuiie sihce, ietnaie H'ehu presented
ne'se,i W me w''b tuthor or swenng OIL the SUD
..'ey glanu oil me neck, wnich had become
""a' 70 'a''eu wen. IL was aoou. 'he SIZE Vi
had lasted mud %
n''"' ua. eons'uete" a"y a"eniPt ~ u'se'Pa'e j.
ny medicihe 10 be VAN, ana ADVISED lls removal
ny an operation. To this the patient could not
bring her mind; therefore to satisfy her wish j
directed some appli cations OF considerable activ.
ny TO be made to the part, and these she pursued
Tor number OF weeks, without any change. AT
ter this, she called on me, and with some hesita.
ton begged to know, whether an application rec
ommended to her, would in my opinion be sate
| This consisted in applyipg the hand of a dead
man three times to the diseased part. One OF
her neighbors now lay dead, and she had an Old.
portunity of trying the experiment, if thought it
not dangerous. AT first ! was disposed 10 divert
her from 1t but recollecting the power of the
imagination, | gravely assured her she might
make the trial without apprehension of serious
consequences. Awhile AFTER she presented her
sell once more, and with smiling countenance
informed me that she had used this remedy and
On examining for the tumor, found it had disap-
peared."
Many well at,ested tales are told of cures 70,
scrofuIa, having been performed by the touch Of
gifted Northumberland the seventh son, aud more
particularly the seventh son Of seventh son, wal
supposed to be vested with an almost miraculous
degree OF power TO cure diseases of this kind
ie'ei as III Tue case ,e'aleu ny VI. warren, th'
;.,' ~ was unuoupeu,y .ne rr,nopa' agen
49, ~ p1' wei es ,ea ,ao. '''a q
co.," = 49, Dn.,'i.,y u ~. usoos' W." VI %.
~ go; .,n ., W." o,o.a ~ 'hn ,"s, .n,,,,.,'
d. ,a. .osuo AZ .no ',oso VI 'Io ,a', .en'u ~
Havgarih ,h" maha sone u we nea, ,uood i
,rac,ors 40 h;ch h.;nn ns;m,,J ~ ressnh,o 10.
n,a,aII,c o,rror.J srec,, N. anne ,,,rr, nj wh;ct
he nuhI;sbea n 1,lI a,c0un, in bis WORK 10 lie,
"Ot Tho ina,ra ,io, az a c.nse and cure of dis
orJers ovsmnl;fed hv fc,i,;ous Troc,ors Ra,b
IfEng \ ISOO y Pieces of risv iron were used h,
o,her individuals FIR The same nurnose and wer,
The meane Of RELAXING If mo, ,er,nonentiv curin,
a number of c,ses nj cbronic diseases. which hat
Iobs,no,oIy roCn.od 70 ,,ioid IN ,,eJic;nei
~ ',",'' " !'eN ~,,,,,,..,,
III malhers Niaghai'a, ana WORKS Puo'isheu
men VOC sac tho mos, s,rong snI conv;nc;na s az;
dence, in the shane of stubborn facts adduced I,
nrove the actual exs,ence Of ,e;,c6cron Wha
share the Imagination may have had in establish
ing this testimony we will not venture to say, bu
the facts recorded in favor of witchcraft and he
eved 10 have occurred by many highly respecta
bic persons Of both sexes, were as conclusive a
any thing which has been brought forward il
support of what is called Animal Magnetism q
the present day.
Dr. Mul,sr n celebra,ed Csrman a,,hor in q,
allie work on PhysioIoev, thus sneaks of The inau
ence of the Imagination:
"The influence of ideas unon ,be body give
rise TO great variety of phenomenal. which bor
der on the marvellous. II NAV be stated as
general fact. that apy state of the BODY. which
Conceived to be approaching. and which is ex
pected with perfect confidence and certainty G
its occurrence. will be very prone 10 ensue as IN
mere result of that idea If it do not lie wi,hou
the bounds of possibility The case meutione,
by Pic,e in his observations on nitrous oxide
NAV he adduced as an illustration OF such phe
no,nena. A Young lady, Miss b., wished to in
spire this Intoxicating gas; but in order 10 tie.
the power of the Imagination, common atn,os
pheric air was given to her instead of the ni,rou
oxide. She had scarcely taken two or three in