The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-10-03
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,aDpy. He will remain 80 until ne -,
81 ansna other of the strOubies mat -
aeeh a heir to- for he is of that ner- =
ZONE disposition that is always imagin- =
M that something is the matterswitn !.
him. That nervousness and abnormal ;,
rnwer az the imagination render ms :.
fsce ha0parSi, and will tend to drive "
RIM "a an earlys grave through wornS, :,
n he Is not careful to mend -
ssHas he no disease % q
ssNo: he IL as healthy as you or Il,
Int he Is nervous, and must worry
.ipout himself. Perhaps that should De
liefi 4 disease class 1t as simply :
narvousness. which a large class OF .
Americans possess in a greater or less
degree, generally, of course, the latter.
Fksw may become nervous about tneir
health, bat many are SO about tneli
business and other matters. l had
another peculiar case of cancer nervous.
ness q short time ago; in fact, there
have been number of these cases
since the newspapers published sucn
concise accounts of the nature OF Gen.
Grants disease. One young ,nan as
covered pimple on the side OF ms
face and made sure it was cancer IN
its incipiency. negatived the idea az
once. but he insisted on it, and ne feit
81 his little pimple SO often that he
nnurfshed Il until 1t grew to consid-
1 cradle spimply' size. Finaliy,I met
! him on the street on day, when he
eaids: MDoctor, know this must De
4 cancer. NY friends all tell me 1t must
he 40 and want you to cut 1t out.
We'll. my patience began to be exhaust
atl. and / saw that extreme measures
were necessary. Putting my hand IN
my pocket I whipped out my jacknife,
and. opening II, slashed of his pimple
In twinkling. He hurriedlN put up
his hands to his face, which was bleed
ing trifle, and / said: There is your
cancer; how try and be man. OF
course the fellow was mad; he'll never
come near me again for advice, but
then. that Is the only way to treat
such cases.
II suppose Imagination has great
deal to do with a patients recovery In
|. some cases ~
eyes, the mind exercises great in
fluence over the body. While we 40
not often prescribe bread pills, still
patients 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 IL
often nearly won. Women afflicted
with nervous difficulties, or hysterical
troubles, can often be cured by promp
and emphatic, even rude, treatment
remember one case where the attend
ing physicians had given lady up
saying that she positively could not re
cover. was called as kind OF las
resort. The woman seemed to be In
stupor, the friends wero weeping, tn
physicians In charge were still in con
sultation in an adjoining room, bu
said they had decided there was n
hope, and the family were alread
thinking OF notifying the undertaken
had seen 80 many similar cases, a
though not so far advanced, that
knew, or strongly believed, l coui
cure the case mainly by sheer force
character or influence. So took I'll
hand OF the fair patient---she was vel
beautiful, her face appearing like ma
ble-and called her by name. The
was no response. l called agai
sMaryp Again no answer. apple
light restorative, and once mo
spoke her name rather softly. but ct
phatically and commandingly. S
began to show signs of animation, al
In a short time was sitting up in b
and talking. What do you think $
said first?'
.sShe asked for her relatives, / su
pose?''
"No, she didn't; she wanted to KIN
II she could have plate of cabbt
and a cup of strong coffee. Think
that, cabbage and coffee! Why, {