The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-10-17
NERVOUS ABOUT THEIR HEALTH.
A Case % Cancer ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Troubies-AImosta Miracle.

a case o. cancer NervousnesS--Hysterie
Troubies-AImost a Miracle.
cleveland Leader.I
There is a man who, for the time be-
(, feels perfectly happy" remarked a
leatlng physician of this city to re-
porter. The person referred to was
young, but his face, though now
Wreathed with smiles, possessed stand
ing haggard expression. He had just
emerged from the doctors private room,
an:l was evidently delighted at the re-
So of his talk with the man Of medi-
clle
That man thought he had a cancer"
continued the physician, in response to
an implied Interrogation on the part of
the newspaper man. Il have convinced
him of his error, and he is happy. He
yill remain so until he imagines chat he
has some other of the troubles that
flesh i heir to- for he is OF that nervous
disposition that is always imagining
that something is the matter with him.
That nervousness and abnormal power
OF the imagination render his ace bag
gard. and will tend to drive biz to an
early grave through worry, if he IS not
careful to mend. F"
Has he no disease1'
mo; he Is as healthy as you or |, but
he Is nervous, and must worry about
him -nl.. Perhaps that saould be called
q | class 1t % simply nervous
ue-.5 which iato: CLASS of Americans
possess in a greater or less degree,
generally, of course, the latter. Few
may become nervous about thei- health,
but many are so about their business
and other matters | had another
peculiar case of cancer ner vousness a
short time ago; IN fact, there has been
NJ no
papers published such concise accounts
Of the nature of Gen. Grant disease.
ne young man discovered a pimple on
the side OF his face, and made sure it
was g cancer in its incipiency. |
ncgatived the idea at once, but
he insisted on it, and he felt of
his little pimple so often that he nour
lshed it until it grew to a considerable
pimply size. tinaliy, met him on
the street one day, when he said
: octOr, | know this must ne q cancer
j y friends all tell me It must Le -,
and want you to cut it out Welt,
my pa fence b. IN 10 be halsted, AMI
| saw that extreme measures We're nee
essary. iutting my hand in my pocket
| whipped out my jackknite, and, Open
inr It, slashed Off his pimple in twink
I. He hurriedly put up his hands to
face, which was bleeding Il trIae,
! said. There is ~Cnr rsporr- 73H
AMI 54 q IRAN. tt a...-. +... ta..
~ was t4ad; ~ L IL yer come ...- ias
for advice. but then that IS the
.'v way to treat such cases.
suppose Imagination has great
deal to do with patients recovery in
some cases"
es, the mind exercises a great in
fuence over the body. While we do
not often prescribe bread pills, still pa
tjyuts are often given doses Just as
harmless, because we wish more to
reach the mind than the body. If
physician can insure perfect confidence
in the mind of his patient his battle is
often nearly won. Women .icted
with nervous diseases or hysterical
troubles can often be cured by prompt
and emphatic, even rude, treatment. |
remember one case where the attending
physicians had given lady up, saying
that she positively could not recover. !
was called as q. kind Of last resort. The
woman lmed to &c II q scaPor, the
friends were weeping, the physicians in
charge were still in consultation in an
adjoining room. but said they had
decided there was no hope, and the
family We're already thinking of notify
ing an undertaken. had seen 50 many
1iar cases, although not so far adj
ICED, that | knew, or strongly be-
i; red, | could cure the case mainly by
s.uer force of character, or influence.
30 ] took the hand of the fair patient
she was very beautiful, her face appear
ing like marbe-and called her by
name. There was no response. | called
again, Mary Again no answer. |
applied a light restorative, and once
more spoke her name rather softly, but
emphatically and commandingly. She
began to show signs of animation, and
in a short time was sitting up in bed
and talking. What do you think she
said first
She asked for her relatives, l sup
pose.
NO, she didn't; she wanted to know
IL she could have a plate of cabbage and
cup of strong coffee. Think of that -
nfNt and co ee. Why she was
Y, and the poor thing had an alb
t.. t., appetite, and didn realize the
incon:yruIty of it. | had these little del
icacies prepared for her, too, although
the other pIysicians-of my school, too
arose up and said cabbage would
surely kill her. But, in few days, she
was around as well as ever"
Foods of Cur Native Races.