West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-04-17
a DELICATE POlNr.
u li EN"r Right To Take Advantage os
Ones Weaknesses"

doctors and Others have long recog.
ni2ed. IN eases of disease. the power of
the imagination over the body. Much
of their treatment assume, thut tho
feeling, of the patient will affect the
course OF the disease. The shiIlnl
among them aim therefore 40 exotic
hope, Not 20 sNaygcrate the sv;nptoms.
and 10 assure their patients that the
melcincs they give will produce Ger
tH.H desirable effects. In this way they
| reinforce thDir remedies and increase
tho chances of their achieving the re-
| sultl 1T which they aim
IL l. well known, too. that i'm case, of
imaginar! or exaggerated troubles they
| only make show of giving medicine.
administering piIccb0s, ~ they are
! called. harmless concoctiouS which the
| imaginative patient thinks will cure him
nf his lis. These ills. being largely thc
| reflections of his own mind, are cured
when his mind is persuaded 10 believe
that they are being. attacked with II
remedy
IL II nice piece of casustry tn de-
oidc just how far peoples imagnalionS
should be used to mislcad them even for
their own good. I'm all departments, aS
we'll as in the practice of medicine, tlc
question often arise. II not uniic-
qucntly happens that the person to 5c
deceived will reap neither special harm
nor special benefit, whereas the drcci, pr
Will find the deception greatly 20 hi, adj
vantage to practice it.
For instance, Il picture dealer once
had two pictures for sale. One. on ac-
count of the painters reputation and
his mode OF painting, wa, worth 800;
the other much more striking and NJ
tractivo picture To the eve, but without
the intrinsic merit or reputation of the
other, would not bring. where ila was
known, more than $3.50 A man who
had made money 50 rapidly that lac hal
not had lc sure TO acqunint himself with
tho line arts was coming TO the picture
dealers TO buy some pictures for his
new house.
The dealer, understanding hi, Gus
TONER'S pcculiaritic~, knew that two
thing, would determine hm-thc at.
tractiveness of the picture To hi, un
cultivate | eye aud the price. Ii he
liked the appearance OF the $500 pict-
urc he would reject it ON account OF the
price. But while the higher price of
the other would make him thmk it
worth having, he would reject IL on
account Of the subject and the treat
mcnt The result would bc that he
would buy neither
SO the picture dealer selected one Of
his most dazzling and gorgeous france.
put the cheaper picture into it and
asked $1,000 for it, The rich man at
once bought and paid for il without IA
word. Had the dealer right 20 take
advantage OF the rich man ignorant
estimate OF the value of u picture by It's
prlcc and crafty the man 5 pride i'm his
moneY-ihc only urt standard hc had
and benefit himself at the same tim,9
In another case woman whose
knowledge OF the quality OF butter was
noi very keen aud who was at the same
time extremely pursc-prOud insisted
that the grocer should always furnish
her with the very best article. By
best She meant higher price. ii
possible, than Anybody else paid i'm
order that She might boast OF il. When.
ever she bought any at fltv or seventy
live cents a pound, as the case might be-
she always took all hc had, with special
instructions not 10 let anybody else
have any of that kind
A il was not always possible 10 pro-
cure the grade of butter such "a price
should command, and, discovering by
little experiment that she really did
not snow the best butter from GOOD
but quite ordinary article, he not un-
frequently furn she'd her with whatever
hc had ON hand, but charging from
twice 10 three times the price OF the
butter His excuse was that II hc
charged her the true price she would
not take it, and that ii was her pride.
not her liking for liuc butter, that she
most desired him to CRAFTY Was nc
justified in 50 doing?
a doctor had u patient "a woman
aiiilctcd with q cancer certain 10 Kill
her But as she suffered little he did
not forcwarn her Of the result until.
evidently fearing that it wa, serious.
she insisted upon knowing. She
wished she said. to make her will and
prepare for dcdlh, if il was inevitable.
limiting that the doctor would be- one Of
her hers lie cvaded the subject for
some time. but on her threatening to
ask the advice Of another doctor told
her that she would not live more than
two months.
Tho result wa. ~ hc feared. Her rsnI
Wi-h was TO have him allay. not coulirm
her fears. She bitterly rcproachcd him
af' ''iA'fi ll'Af tAiff NANtiA AIONi Ntlf' nIIffh
in few days without making any dis.
position Of her property What OUGHT
hc TO have dOnc' Told or withheld the
truthy
AnotherdO doctor at the urgent demand
Of q gentleman. informed him that hr
had an incurablc disease and that hi.
death was NOT fl on A. be showed
no -igns of ili-hcaltb. his family refused
10 believe Che doctor. dismissed him and
hired another Warned bv his prod..
cc,,Or fate ho made light of hi. pn
tcnt trouble Although the gentleman
died a, predicted, hi- family never for
gave thc prophet who prDphp- ri truly.
AnolhercOmplicat,Ju i- caused by the
ca-"s OF patients wlO. with .ivbf
troubles wish fO bo considered a- ,rc1t
nyalid- resent tho doctors bclillHuq
their complaints and dismi-. him for an.
other who viii humOr them Iu such
cases should fh0 doctor favor h'- pa
uent -cIfdcrcpf.0u
The delicate poius Doe 900 h.-c prob.
Icm- i- tl1i those who have FOO .o.Ia
them arr not ouly ihr judge bu tlo
interested parties aI.o Win fhr br..
di-pu- Boo Csc W0ri to bo hone.
and c.ruUOu-. fhol arr -.r1dn.fE
confronted H.Il t'ie temptation fo dr.
eide sos. uo' fU 'o-. mtthius I,
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