Daily Republican., 1888-01-31
TUESDAY. JANUARY 81. 1888

FAITH CURES" ar5 exciting eou-
siderable interest In this country At
present, and while the In credulous may
laugh ct the idea OF 0 bodily sllmeniI
being cured without something more
than Q mere belief that ti will be cured.
there is no doubt but sush has been the
case In some instances Bat when these
cures are attributed TO o direct Inter po-
sision OF Divine power we believe that
II Is carrying the matter too far. The
days OF miracles have passed, and 1t is
solroely probable that they Uill ever
return, especially In this degenerate
age. When these alleged faith cures
are called the result Of "chrlsuan SOL
enoe" 1t is . misDoner, bat II they
were given their proper AppsllAllon they
would be known as the resalt OF the
Imagination. II ls . fAol we'll knwn 10
physiciAns and others that inAgluAsiop
has about rs much 10 do with many OF
the Ills TO which humanity is heir as
any other cause, and also with the
curing OF disease. Many persons have
died from contagious diseases who were
not in any way subject to infection,
bat contracted the disease from con-
tinually brooding over Is and imsg-
lining that they felt the first twitohes oi
the primary symptoms. II We Aocep.
the hon % 1paihio theory thAt ''lIks
cures Ike" and experience has proved
suoh to be the case, Is naturally follows
thAs II Imagination causes disease It
will also cure It. There are mum berb OF
Incidents which clearly show the init
mate connection between the mind and
the body, and the exercise OF that mys-
terious power, which is knoE As sym
pAthy, one OF which clearly illustrates
this theory. Some years ago . sin gulAr
disease broke out among the women
and girls employed Ia a mill in Eng.
land, when one after smother OF tbs
operatives wers seized with oonvul-
sions, which In some instances lasted
for thlrIy.slx hours. The suff srers
would be se,nsd without the slightest
warning, and fall TO this a Dor speech
less, and rs the disease spread, until
even those not employed in the mill
were attacked, 1t became runored
around that 1t was q plague that had
been Introduced In the cotton. The
efforts o. the local ply ysiolans failed to
have any effsot, and 81 new cases we're
reported every day, with relSpses OF
the old ones, noted practitioner Was
sent ;or from London. A, soou as he
arrived he Instituted = BIriot inveshSS-
tion into the cAuEe OF the disease, and
found that The hrst one attacked was o
healthy young woman In the spinning
department, and that she had been
frightened By some one placing live
mouse Egsinst her ohetk, aud also thu;
her companions, NOT knowing the cause
OF her illness, had been sez d With
what he dsnominAtsd q sympathetic
epidemic. When he had Rscs=tAined
the cause the cure was easy, ard in lees
than two weeks there wAs not . single
case In the town. Bnt there are diseases
which are not the result OF the lmAglra.
tion, and these are tie ones that "ohris.
tlan science" or "fAlth cure" falls 10
relieve. 1t therefore follows that In
any case Of disease, whether II bs from
The Imagination q from other causes,
the safest and best plan ls to consult .
tkillful physician, who is no! only able
to properly make q diagnosis OF the
diseasei but a'so fully understands the
CLOSE and intimate relation between the
mind and the body. n this was dome
In every case, and he directions OF the
physician implicitly followed, there
would be fewer funerals and 3 lelt
number OF desolAts homes,