, 1886-11-07
Does ..Mlnd neadIngn Involve insanity,

1iitt Va
1t can scarcely he claimed hv oyor ,ho
most arrogant enthusiast that = nhvs;col
change comes over , nerson who i end.
denly develon,d from a diseased stoto 70
condition of ooso Irso.tbo .n It.
in its generic scnsc-dis- fnoN ooso-not
ease. the onnositc of c,sc Notb;rr short
of a miracle which arc mot ho;nr
worked in these dcecncroto d,,s ooulJ
change the fiber of tho body in an ;ns.an,
Since the fiber c,npot ,brow ar
its unheolthfnl elements oxcor, h., tho
necessarily rep,lar and timely corrso Of
nature. We must look olsoyhoro Co..
PLANTATION of the phenomena which m,les
it possible for nersons suger;rc f,on n.;n
To suddenly evolvo ;n,o q s,o,o or tt,
from suffer;,, An1 in uosn 200.
remark tbat most or Tho so.e,uod o,r,s
so far nc ur5ors,,rd ,Lou O.,
in close r@ol,,;on "a ,bo or.o,s,.,.m
We bcor of M c,so ,,boro = l. Lara
has knit in shorter t;mo ,I,,r oL,a;ns IN
ORTHODOXY sur,or,. ror Of, c,t,r,,, A;.om.
nearing from tbo ava. nor, Lo ;n.,an.~n
IONS bc,l;nc oro wound saw wo hoar
of M cures in oosos ;nvol,;r, @nrrolr
pbvsieal subioc,s. all involve ,bc mont,lH
the nervous
1t cannot safely he questioned nroho
bly. that soma a%stoundinc s..urcs'' have
been effected in nersons win, suffered
from severe headaches. and all other aches
centeriny in tbc ncrvous svstou,. =.
will bower. Imagination or whotevtchers
NAV please to torn it. they suddenly ,w
wcll--that is. they evolved into 4 copdi-
ton of absence of aches I do MT admit
that they were so speedily cured "a to a
disappearance of inflammation etc. from
the nerves and nerve eepters. But there
came n belief in the minds of the rersons
in question. that they no lonoer ocbcd
The conse micbt still cx;s,. ,bc rorves bo
ont Of time as badly n, larcre. but ,bc
mind. the seat Of feeling. was oblivious "a
if. The belief of cnrc allowed tho ob.
sence of painful feeling.
II might bc said that if Is ;unoss;ble
that tho mind ,boull romo;r IN o,ror
while rbrsic,l srTor;na ovistod. ,Lat e
tborc bo n,;n ,horo viii ho sonso,;ans -
mai, RAJ naod oni,. in al, ,L.,
;nsono ,orson. .ndorra ~auna.r1g ,IS
croo,ost nLrs;aol tor,,na ,r;,L - =
colmross Of ,,in1 Tbo c,L;n. - Tnl;a
bury s,;tns in tb.;r Loa;os ,;ar,a H.
limbs Win oLowor. all no;n,n;n tL,a;r
arms in elevated nosi,iors for month,s 90
,bo, ,bo,. hooa,aa Ill =, -;
tions and vot drrinr oil ,hor man;c.,t mo-
sensation az min
And tb;s b,;rrs mo to ,boororn. 1.no.
tho "G,i,b c,ro = or ..n;n1 a,,ra,,
cies Of INSANITY saw in IT, Tnbtos. ror,,
o.rnsonndnoss orminI ono.na,
ON one suh;ect9
Let rs search far , tow deG,i,;ons. In.
sane-profx en- NOT same soupd safe
Distracted witbont reason So saw.
Webster. Monomania advancement n,
the mind with regard to a particular sub.
iect only. Now. if a particular case Of
suffering involve lacerated tissue. and tbo
mind suddenly conccives the idea that the
pain no longer exists. and hence that a
cure is affected. we here perceive a case
where delusion is plain. The mind de
ludcs itself into the belief that no pain
exists in a spot where pain must exist in
the very nature OF things. 1t is not
enough to say that if there is no sense of
suffering there is no pain, as | have al
ready cndeavored to show. The mind is
in error on that subject. H~allucination
sets n-hallucination-error delusion, il
fusion. Now. that belief cannot exist
contemporaneously with reason. Delusion
usurps the throne of reason. Error and
u~nsoundness exist on that subject; and, il
such error and u~nsoundness be inconsist
ent with reason, what is it if not mono.
mania, one of the lighter forms of insan.
ity?
1t is said that we have persons right il
our Owl city who can inaict physical iniur,
on themselves and vet experience no min
Good imitators. they. of the fakirs.
wish it understood that | am not con
,oud;rr ,b,. un,;nl 60, - ~
c7 ,T'' III e,''S 'e''''e no SUI