Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-03-01
TND AND MEDICINE
Tive Values of Mental and
l' v v,teria Medico Therapeutics
Discussed.
Tails q Lot of Embryo Physi-
u .;ops What He Thinks of
Christian Science.

,..,t carefully avoided heretofore
sao!'JI orprtitioners was taken up by
I'J 4 pratt. the valodictorlan Tor me
Dr. D. - The Homeopathic Medical col
s''.'! chicago. at the graduation exer-
ass O' "a chose for his subject, mental
a'''' 1,icsn theme which trenches
llHAi:s5 healing, or Christion science.
~ maker had been known to listen
d aiuipE ear to the arguments of
N- t,,,b cure people, AID certain
Dc .D of uneasiness was felt by the
ayu- he spoke to the graduates of
t''u.! .,,,nents with which they had been
as '4l.sfi in the art of healing. your
lf,so said he, "has taught you anat-
ra's 1bysiology and chemistry; Il has
0l. ,,d5ta3 YOU in pathology and dag
l'. ..-it has given you the recognized
ly '-,,nlss ana appliances of surgery; 1t
,- Cooled YOU n paliatives TO be en-
I ,' chen necessary, and familiarized
vi,b the only truly scientific law of
~, o,,ion now known: 'Similia simil-
's .1rontur.' As college it has done
bs.t to fit you thoroughly for your
1 Isl ltat "
csling. ,..; o4 a
,o,rs terms. Medicine means any
I'M, that will prevent, cure or alleviate
.n9s suffering. You may often require
r5s assistance that earth and he-
...s.rres can end you; you will always
"a ,ll the forces of heaven you may be
|Ss 10 enlist to accom- plish your work.
Il sTbe sick and suffering are every
u,s,s crowded into sanitariums, con
|...,stiDg in cities, bathing i'll medicinal
|s,rpgs. climbing mountains, chasing
world over in their vain effort to es-
sns sickness in themselves.
Il Are all the resources of curative medi-
INA at your commando Are you fair
[roreb. free enough, and honest enough
II smploy whatever force or agency or
f. of treatment the case demands?
.Tbe body is material, and the animal,
,gstsble, and mineral kingdoms all
attribute to its formation. But that il
qn. The material body is the battle
,,o7pd of the spiritual forces. Besides
Fl struggles with the things of time and
,sn.s, it feels the strain of the contend
I'M clements of the spirit"
Dr. Pratt then proceeded to instance
Ne action of the mind III its effects upon
bodily processes: fear upon the excre-
hons, love upon the action of the heart,
bud then declared that the real healer of
he body must be able to turn the cur
rent Of thought in the patient iii the
lgh. channel.
If mental processes can Destroy .
ai the yaledictoriau, "they can also
s1iDd up; if they can become disordered
ni work bodily mischief they can also
be readjusted into such harmonious
isioa as shall serve the purposes of
bodily repair.
~D) not give undue prominence TO the
action Of the mind over matter. The
great subject of mental therapeutics is
tI. IN an exceedingly chaotic state, for
u! good reason. 1t has been handled
aeiy by spiritual quaclls. You must
bot expect too much of mental sci
1ce. Il may do wonders in the proven
to1 of disease. Ii will undoubtedly
render valuable assistance TO many furms
Of physical. healing, but mental therapeu-
ae can never become adequate to the
entire demand for remedial measures
10 sickness until a tree can live without
roots or an animal without food"