The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-05-21
NUMBER IA.

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Now, id place this disk on the back Of
your hand and hold It there certsius
time it will cause all sense Of pain;to
leave your hand, 80 that I can prick ID
with this gold needle without its hurting
you at all. .fe..
] The girl, who had plump, rosy cheeka,
and looked healthy and strong, held out
her hand to have the disk applied.
"But you must hrst tell me whether
you believe can cure you. Do your"
asked the Doctor. --.s-...-zea.-s.-g-.-...
I The patient smiled and nodded her
"Well, If you believe I can, that's
enough. :,
Dr.. Hammond then laid q tortoise
shelf disk On the back 81 the girls hand
and heldit there, pressing it slightly, for
'shout two minutes. M !, y sid BE, 81 Z
think that an feeling Is gone out Of your
hand" He then pricked her hand and
she said she felt nothing. On tffafit
was found that the an@sthesia extended
as far up as her elbow at least. aNow,"
resumed DR.. Hammond, 'to prove wheth-
'er this will cure you for sure, I am GO
ing to put on, another plate that will
bring all the feeling back to your hand
and make it very tender indeed"
Then, holding on rubber disk for
about 8 minute, DR., Hammond took up
the needle again. Each time that be
brought the point OF It in contact with }
|her skin the girl WINGED and drew her
hand away. ~ DhA fssR = Nk3
cit works all right" said the doctor, 3
suppressing smile, abut now want to
|put the plate on the back Of your neck
once beforeI go any further. Now, thso
|efect OF my putting this plate on the
hack OF your neck will be to make the
top of your head burn. Just as soon as 4
you feel the burning sensation let me I
know" +---------- 49, ---.--.-...
When the plate of hard rubbs had
been held to her neck about a minule the
girl said the top. of her head was getting
hot. The disk was held on about half a
minute longer and when It was removed
the girls face was flushed and the tips Of
her ears were as red as burning coals.
A similar experiment was tried on D.
large, strong, nliddle-aged woman, Who
had come to be treated Tor paralysis.-c
Holding rubber disk to the woman's
forehead, DR.. Hammond said, "Iwant
to see whether you can be cured by the
new metallic treatment. i will hold this
plate to your forehead and the first sen-
sation you feel you must tell mi" sf
"Don't you feel any change :" asked
DR.. Hammond when be had been hold
ing the disk on the woman's forehead
about minute. ~
"No, sir" was the reply. fi4osq
Still another minute the disk was held
in the same place without effect. ssIs It
possible that you don't feel any changer
Don't you feel any pain ?" said the doc
tor. Es. hes 5000
The woman shook her head. sAar i
"Don't you feel something here Z" said
the doctor, placing his hand on the left
side of the woman's head.
"No, sir was the reply.
Half a minute later she said, ssNowf
feel something 7s sEd szxaA
"Well, what is itf'' iaSaT ;sl5a sli
"a kind of shooting pain through
here" said the woman putting her hand
on her head just where DR.. Hammond
had placed his, and before another min.
ute had elapsed the pain was go great
that she could not bear it.
Dr.. Hammond says that in an expert.
ment he even deprived patient OF his
eyesight and restored it again In tbs
same way, merely by suggestion. Any
physician who chooses to practice the
metal cure, he saidy could just as wellfill
his case with chips, or bits of chalk.or
leather, as to go to the expense Of filling
It withi the more expensive metallic
disks, s3 -
aThis power Of the mind over matter,
as it is called, is very cufious," ," he said.
"We have been IN the habit Of calling
those who practice according to this the
Tory quacks and humbugs 5 But that,is
not right. They do what they claim to
do in the majority Of cases. All that |
have done is to demonstrate that the po-
teney does not exist in the operator Or
his metallic disks, but rather in themind
of the person operatedvon after receiv-
ling the suggestion from the operator
You remember how people used to ridi-'
cule those pretended operators who prac.
! Iticed what was called the power cufe.-
They would tell q manito hold up his
arm for instance, and then defy him to
take It down again, ,thue demonstrating
their power, Now, it is q fact that I
ihave done the same thing, thopgh only
fby way Of experiment. l once tried the
on man atlmys house. /
told him had found outa new and most
tpotent means Of curing people. To de.
monstrate 1t to him / told him to take
hold Of little Japanese table that didn't
/ weigh more than apound and q half;and
ldefed him to lit titoff the door The
Imam took hold OF it and strained himself
terribly, but he couldn't lit the table eon
1.-The floor. At last after trying repeatedly
to lift 1t, the table fell to the floor crush
led to ruins. The man, instead Of lifting,
lhad an the time been bearing down upon
lii with all his mightp'Is fa7 sHiisF
s'sie o. Cause and Cure aosca
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