Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-07-26
MIND AS A FACTOR In DISEASE.
Death from a Broken ueart-The
Woman Who Thought She swal-
lowed N PIN

Death from a Broken Heart-The
Woman Who Thought She swaI-
lowed a PIN.
A Journal reporter aud one OF the ieadlng
physicians OF Indiana polls were recently talk
Ing about the mind as a factor in disease
when the latter said: "It Is a powerful factor
No good physician neglects to note the
mental condition OF his patient In his
his diagnosis IL he did he would be over
looking one OF the most important things in
the case.
'Let me tell you one or two incidents that
have come under my observation to illustrate
the effect OF the mind over the body. One OF
these was very sad, the other exceedingly
ludicrous. Some time ago there was u lady
aud gentleman spending the winter here In
the city, just previous TO their coming here
they had lost their only children-a grown
son and grown daughter-in a skating
disaster at st. Louis, the ice in the river
having broken and the couple having been
drowned before assistance could reach them.
Well, Of course, this was great blow to the
fond parents. They were almost overcome
with grief at the sad event, and the result OF
1t was-as 1t Is In every Case Of the kind
they chung to each other with a love aud
affection they had never known before. These
people came to Indianapolis to spend the
winter after this trouble, and white here the
husband was taken with typhoid fever, and
In spite OF all that could be done for him he
died. Several days before his death 1t was
known that he could not recover, aud he and
his wife talked over the future with the same
composure that other persons would talk
over brief separation. She hardly shed q
tear, seeming utterly resigned 10 what was
coming. AS said, the Inan died, his funeral
wss he'd, aud his vile sat by his coffin with
out the slightest show Of grief. Spectators
were sstonlsned Under the circumstances
they looked Tor her to be completely prostrst-
ed. After the funeral she said TO Inc that
she would soon follow, that it was only a
temporary separation. Well, sir, that woman
lost her appetite, refused to eat grew weak
er and weaker, anu In one week from her
husbands funeral hers was held In the same
room"
'"how do you account for this; was there no
ailment OF any kiudF
None at all Her whole mind and soul
were conferred on the one thing until the
thought absolutely withdrew all power from
the body to discharge its functions and the
result was she died-a real case Of what has
been POLITICALLY described as death from a
broken heaItn
"What OF the other casel"
at was very different from this, yet it IL
illustrates the power of the mind over the
body no less forcibiy. Some time ago a very
intellectual and highly-accom plished young
lady here in the city, holding pin in her
mouth, swallowed 1t, OF. ms she thought,
swallowed 1t. The thought of what she had
done, the very idea of that pin beng in her
stomach, threw her instantly into the most
violent spasms and commissions. 4 was sum
moned to see her, aud found her in a very
critical condition, cold sweat all over her
body, CONFUSION following CONFUSION, aud
altogether in an alarming situation to her
friends. Here's the funny circumstances:
The young lady wore false teeth, and In one
of her commissions threw them out on the
1oor and the pin, which had all the time
been sticking up behind the plate, fell Down
with them. Everybody, OF course, roared
with laughter. aud the young ladg was well
as quickly as she had been taken ILL.,"