Telegram-herald., 1888-05-27
OUR IMAGINARY ILLS
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rhs very bsss possibk advice % many pur-
snns Is si1apiy % is< an Hs~i,eal books aios~
and % - smplos tbssr minds rhss they VIII
nos TANK OF aszts-rs Of beAith and ttssNA i
DO Tot mean thai on that account ussy nuss
neglect al precautions against cisaa'ss. and
refuse - exercise csulrnoa sense 10 dles
and ply yslaal prot~cxioa- Tisls can be dccs
On gsa=xai p<inciples. with special attention.
and - without morbid e0ns>qunsossL whzs
DO mszn - thst there Is ono kaadre<sfo,d
more dOctcrins going on than b necs<szry.
and al a this i taading % create false
symptoms aud unhealthy ssf anabomy
Il Is precisely In inorsl Affairs Wke
teachers know that person can form no
worss religious habit than q study N hs own
nafura Edward Rvwett Hale makes the law
Of right living 90 Do 10 took upward. not
downward. outward, not inward, forward.
noe backward, and TO lend hand would
say that a sxnisar law should control u
physically--so look away frosn cur rsssy all
ments, ~ hook up. and forward, and out
ward
KTTDcrs or rxAeEsArIoz
Chrozl.e usiierne takers VIII soon develop
every III THAI they imagine With 10 en-
phasiss this sads Of the faith" question II
- nos oaly true that faith cuTes, but that
faith also diseases, and Il is nhe diseases Of
faith that faith Is able - rsmeve. Their ars
natures IL whom imagination Is 80 dominant
thai tAsy can make themselves III or wsu
as they decide to De Baf lot IL bs also un-
dsrssood that we are ell liable to be rrsre or
less similarly victams Of our own imprssssozs.
In cases of insomnia, the one ell insportapt
point is 30 convince tho patieut that be il
going 30 have q good night of IL He win
then promptly fan asleep and rest undis-
tnrbed probably all night But II, Just be-
fcrs bedtime, he begins b worry and imagine
that hs shall be wakaful tbs chances are be
viii be wide open eyed in spite Of your drue&
| It has besn my custom In cases Of nervoos
insomnia 70 adminisor swo<tsncd water.
| favored with some harmlsss substanee, and
| it wsrks quite IS web as apowcrful soporihc.
What b needed Is to arouse tho oonfdsnee Of
the patient
| Ie u an shsofute necessity that we do nof
brood over any matter whatever, allowing ID
b make coo deep an imrr~nioo % brain,
or "a no say, on our mindk A large psepps-
tion Of the women patients In insane asyiuns
are thsre for no other reason but failure to
restrain and curb their emotions. DR.. Como
molly says, ''through their habttual indui-
gence Of bad temper" This statement of the
case must, however, DO modiiied by the fact
that bad temper b itself a result of habitual
excited nerves. A chronic tea drinker, hav-
ing established an irritatsd digestion tract,
Is also irTitated and irritable cerebrally. The
result is a chronic display Of ill-temper, and
then follows the need Of conGneanent IN
asylanss The danger of fits OF anger, or in
dulgence in irritability OF an extreme and
increasing sort, Il great It Is incipienS in
sanity. To brood over a wrong, or TO fall
into q frenzy Of excitement over it, tends te
increase tho probability that we shall becoms
victims 90 the excitsrnens as well as the cause
OF tho excitement.
AN IRaATIoyAr. ConxxR
Indeed am inclined To think that each
snd-evsry one of Us has in some corner Of ths
mind susceptibility that is IRRATIONAL Ou,
one oddity or susceptibility may never b
strongly called out, or If IT be 1T may ver1
lkaly be harmless affair. causing anEe
uent but. doing no harm The large ma
tority indulge such fancies mainly in connec
ton with their religion or theology, anf
never grow absurd, exsept In Affairs OF wha
we often term the 'hears.T Here they strs
tain a realm Of faith, and consider it rfgh
and rational 70 believe what they understans
to be incredible and impossible ON ever,
ground but revelation and faith Tins i
not altogether Harmless, however, and II
periods OF exc5cezneEs leads 20 deiusions anC
disorders of a dangerous sort
Our minds should be trained habituaIiy b
turn away from whatever subject produce
unhaprsneSs, or irritation, OF a norbid fancy
Expectation of consequence, OF fear Of II
Is potent cause to produce it Or, 60 Us
the technical word faith, we know that faitl
viii both induce and remove diseeses Tier
is no question but that the -pplication o
kings hands did cure scrofula, ct the cur
was indeed By the expectant state Of th
PATIENTS mind l have known warts ~
moved by absolute nonsense-but this nou
sense Was sufficient 10 waken faith in the poE
son afflicted The oldest use of electric belt
and similar appliances was found by csrtai
distinguished surgeons and physicians 70 b
working remarkable cTzres. They substitute
wooden tractors, made 60 reSernbse the genu
iDe and obtained the same results. Th