Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-06-01
IMAGINATION.


"Djn', a good many people procure
medical treatment who are not .iek "
asked reporter Of the Dsiroh Post OF .
prominen, physician.
"Of course they do. There, nothing
the matter with half the .o.ealled invA.
lid. | always teep a big batch OF
bread pills made up for that elias" OF pa.
tien,.. Many q one I've 20, out OF bed
~i,h ,ha, sham medicine. and they
though, me a man Of profound learning
aud skill"
They jus, imagine they are sick :"
Certainly. A woman il the contra.
rie., Of Gods creatures. II she makes
up her mind she. sick. you can't talk
her ou, Of IL. You mus, administer
something. had one call me years ago
,ha, lay in bed nine monihs, and she was
q, well a. I am. On . certain day there
va. one Of these circus aud animal show
combination. passing. had an inspire.
ton ,ha, bea, any compound my skill
could produce. ! hired the manager to
le, tame bear ou, Of the cage aud We
all set up hue aud cry. the children
wen, for the woods. and that woman
took after them wi,hou, even stopping 10
make . toilet. There was nothing under
The heaven. the matter with her, and
when her husband came 10 settle. | though,
for while he'd boo, her all over the
farm"
"Evsr have any other case Of the i'm
asina,ion y
"I.o,. Of them. A biz hulkins fellow
about ten mile. from the town was
pr.e,ieing in. 70, the idea ,hA, he was
going 10 die a, jus, eleven o'clock In the
forenoon Of a certain day. About nine
o'clock messenger came. ! hurried out.
When 20, there the crank had fifteen
minute. to live according TO bis caleula-
iion.. lie did look like a man on the
verge Of eternity His eyes we're dim
and .anken. hi. face had that peculiar
pallor which herald. the near approach
Of death. and hi. breathing vas very Ia.
bored. The family was gathered around
and weeping a. they took final leave.
Something had to be done quick. There
va. q .mn,.lOoking woman there. and |
called her aside. Pointing TO the clock
on the mAn,sl.piece. which the patient
wi. watching. said
"'whsn have hi. attention turn ,hA,
ahead"
Then crowded into the family. hu'-
tied them into the neit room. and then
"a, down on the edge OF the bed and be-
gan telling the fellow one Of the most
horrible murder stories you ever heard,
and located !, right in the ,osn where
he knew everybody. named the wounded
and killed, went in,o blool.euriling de-
tails. and 30 completely interested the
man that he forso, about his eleven
o'clock appointment. When ! gave him
chance TO look. il va. ,sen,y minutes
TO twelve. and he was actually mad for
the time. claiming that he had been
uicked. lie finally ~, TO laughing. and
We al took dinner together. The next
day he whipped two men at blrn.rai'-
ing for ,wi,,ing him abou, the programme
Of death iha, miseArried."
"wNn', there anything the matter
with him ,"
"No, thing eseep, wha, be imagined.
lie was sound A bullet, but II | had
no, adopted iha, ru.e be would have
gone over with the msjori,y At eleven
o'clock
"Doe.n', Imagination sometimes cure
people who are really Ill !"
$50 be sure /, does. Imagination has
a strange and unAeeoantAble power. |
had funny incident that answers your
inquiry. There wa. giddy yoang wid-
ow called a, my office one day. She was
hiiy.,i,y creature. Talked all the time
she va. awake. you know, aud had n
much laugh a. she had talk. She was
no, very clipper when she came. howev.
.r. She was on cru,ehes and Accompan.
led by solicitor, companion who was
brim full Of sympathy. The Invalid had
a knee badly swollen from rheumatism,
and wanted TO know II could admins
ter electricity. which always helped her.
soon had a battery in shape. The
sympathetic friend placed one connection
a, the invalid. knee. held the other
connection in my LEI, hand 50 /. TO COM
ple,e the eircai, by touching the pa,ien,
With my rish, hand | drew my fingers
across the back Of her neck. aud Of course
she INDUCED in few little screams and
some hy.,erical conversation.
"'Doctor. that's a strange sensation.
Ouch. Haven't | 20, abou, enough My
knee feels grea, deal better Don't AL
me up with electricity. There. now. you
mus, jus, quit; I've 10, whole streak
OF lightning 10 me now. and | know !,
was all | needed
"The pretty widow walked ou, TO her
carriage wi,hoa, q limp, aud had no
trouble in being the belle Of all balls for
the remainder OF the season. ! had no.
,iced waggish student OF mine IN The
mex, room s,ufiins handkerchiefs In his
mouth. winking to me on the sly and In.
dulsing in q can. can whenever visible to
me alone.
"wha, in thunder are you making
such fool Of yourself abou, !! ! inquired
when the ladies had departed. lie roAred
away and said:
"'You nigh, have killed that hand.
some creature by an Over.charge OF elee-
,rici,y.' :,
81 loOkei and joined in the hilariiy. |
had neglected to hitch on TO the battery.
and the widows vivid Imagination had
supplied the currents which wrought 50
sudden a cure