The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-03-20
Healing by Mental Process.

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So vital i the subject OF health ID mankind.
thai any treatment of disease thai promise
remedial effects i worthy OF attention 10 most
people and i valuable lust in proportion ;,> it
proves to be a real remedy. There has been q
growing interest, for Il few years past through
out New England. and especially in Boston and
vicinity. III wht.t Is cal, ID the mental treatment
Of diseases, Recently the subject hl> reached
the attention OF the papers. ana some apparent
~ remarkable instances of healing have been
reported. the process of cure being entirely with
out the aid OF any material agencies. or in other
words. purely mental.
This account prODu,t- to give Il careful and
correct history OF llii> subject. from lis origin
10 the present time. together With something of
tho nature Of the treatment and it, effects. 1t
might be supposed hy many readers that, il
there j. any merit in this mode Of treatment. il
i, entirely new. But. on the other hand. a an
established and y >tenatic process. i dates back
no les than forty Years. and The principle upon
which it is founded j. IL old a. truth itself.
though not understood except lit incidental
periods. The credit Of lis discovery and >cicn-
liiir ,cv elopmcnt in modern times i die to DR..
7. Z. Quimby. a native of Belfast. Maine. Who
practcel his system 10! The cure of tile sick for
many wears in Maine aud wa located in Porl-
land from 1888 to lSjl. This writer was rs
familiar with him a. with hi, own father Dr.
Quinibv WAS Il man somewhat peculiar in his
makeup. With mind OF large rOmprehtn-
sion. he had a wonderful mower Of conccutri-
ton Of thought ana he WA, ID extremely prar-
IDEAL and mathematical in his mode OF reason
ing that ii was with difficulty that he could
entertain an opinion. or any PROPOSITION that
wa, moi fully demonstrated bI lroGf Such a
mind bpin% Of An ,.n,,li.i,,5 u;,t,irr. Womb rrr
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>ible before entertaining II mere belief
1t is well known thai the human mind l. a
subject very little understood Man knows
something Of the physical machine. or body
but of the mind, or man himself. that inhabits
the body. all is vague uncertaintV Here was
the field of DR.. Ouilnby's EXPLORATION and dis
coyrry. and hi, Is hau>fiyc l,hors were fruitfui
in m;ryeIou, deyelopmcut>. But lis ,clf-e,-
teen wa, 50 small that he never could speak of
his own achievements to bring them to notice.
ana he suffered excessively Nhtr others >inke
of them in hi, presence. Hence he never he
came known out>id. of the cir.e. 10 which The
remarkable events of his urf1icc carried hi,
reputation. But bv long continued and search
ing experiments Dr. uuimly finally discovered
:, nriurinlr within and hYr af tho Eut,.,n mind
ana underlyino thu. v,huie human pace the de-
yelopmrnt Of which i'm scientific. urartiro en-
tbcd him to control and head ..the ills That flesh
j. heir to-" with wonderful success. without the
aid of medicine or OF her material means
Right here the regular practitioner or his
friend. may say; at is false. such A thing can
NOT be done" But listen a moment. nv friend.
If any new and grrat doyrl0l,mcut >boild come
M rioht in vour own line If nrrc,irr arc ,ou
SIRE thai Won would receive if with omen ann. .
Would Won moi be likely 10 do,Ibf if al tir,t. i
plenty of teIecranh onerator, declared when
H.. tirst Atlantic cnbIf WIS lid thnt If never
would he a success. beca,,,e. they said "a lone
); wire cuuId moi be- charued Win clp,fririt, liz
any battery ever invented. And the same With
any new discovery: if always meets viii ornos.