Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1847-12-09

anaiomls' the sympathetic. Il consists OF mum
ber Of ,iie knol-llke bodies called by the ansro-
mist gangld which are extended along each side
Of ,he veriebral column-lhe whole OF these
ganglia being connected, by means Of fibres, to.
ge,her Now. il appears ,ha, each of these
ganglia is capable Of generating nervous inaa-
ence, independently Of the brain hence each
may be considered as disrincl nervous centre.
The trunks arising from ,hese ganglia are DIS
'ribued principally to all those organs on which
the vitality of the body depends, which are
employed in secretion and its nutrition II is
the medium by which all paris Of The body are
brough, into relation with each Other, so that
no one part shall become diseased or injured
without the res, sympalhising with it, and indi-
rec,ly, therefore, becoming affected as well.
Familiar examples Of This fac. are OF every day
occurrence violent blow on ihe head will
produce vomiting, owing 10 the sympathy which
exists between the brain and stomach; aud
pice versa. blow on the stomach will produce
fainling and even death, from The shock TO the
nervous system, aud the arrest of its influence
through the medium Of The brain 31I
| And now lie, us turn our attention once more
TO the influence Of the mind over the functions
Of Tie body, through the agency Of This part
[rhe sympathetic of the nervous system We
will here select few familiar EXAMPLES
What is referred to when ones mo1,h Is said
10 be =" watering at the sight Of some favorls
fruit or food, is dependent on the influence OF
The mind aching through the medium of the ner.
vons system supplying the organs secre,ing The
saliva. Tears, again. are abundanly secreled
under the moderate exciting influence Of The
emotions Of joy, grief, or tenderness. When,
however, the exciting cause is violent, they
are suppressed; hence, in excessive grief The,
anguish .ofthe mind is Iessened on the flow OF
r tears. Fear stops the fow Of saliva; and j, is
a common praciice in India TO .detect thief
among the native servants by putting rice into
their mouths, and he whose mouth is driesi af-
ter sfor, time is considered the cupri,. Un-
!, der mental anxie'y, persons become thin free
, dom from i, favors deposi, of fat I, woul,t
, be an endless task, however, TO recapuare the,
, many examples that could be brough, forward
proving this influence of the mind so that uer-
rous complaints mus, be looded upon as disor :
j ders of the mind, and not of the body /; cure
The one and you will cure The Other.
7 Mental influence having then this power ever
$ the functions Of the body. we cannot be sur
: prised at many diseases being consequence
g of its depraved or abnormal condition. Nor
e can be surprised at many oflhe remarkable
e phenomena displayed by mesmerisls; their pa
! ,ien,s on whom they exhibit are generally high
5 ly sensitive, with minds naturally liable to be-
: come excited under the mahpua,ions of the op-
u orator. For this reason, also, homeopathy
d bylropa,hy, &C., have succeeded in curing
$ many patients Of their fancied ailments because
!, /, only required some strong exei,emen, 10 re-
e move the morbid mental impression. Hence
g change Of scene and diet, change of usual hab.
its FLOR all the followers Of these systems make
i, imperative on their patients to follow implie-
y i,ly certain rulesl and lastly. but not least,
. full determination, desire, or will on the part OF
! The patient hmselflo ge, belter-have succeed
!. ed, in variety of complaints arising from uiea.
d ,al causes, in efecling cure