Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-01

explanation of an the elements Of this
curious Cuac would have presented muuy
difficulties The hyHcricm nature of
the vomiting of blood aud of thc paruy
sis would lnvc been mnttvr beyond
doubt But whnt about the nlropW
which accompanied this paralysis We'll.
toduy 10 hus been proved beyond quol-
ton since moro than twenty cases have
boon published analogous 90 That Of
Mdlic DoIrin thgt muscular ntfouhy
Frequently accompanies historical phray.
sis aud contraction of limbs
lint. 10 may be- asked how about the
canccr 0u the bronst that liberated cnn-
cor could that MISC boz q result OF hys-
terinY Certainly &c could. it being un.
dcrstnod of COURSE That the torn 'cnn-
GER o. not 90 boz read literally aud me-
cordiur 10 the modern historical use Of
the torn Persistent alterations Of the
skin are NOT uncommon in arrangements
OF the nervous fyatom ~ Yincag, the
sores of ST. Francis dAssM aud the
MARKS of louise Satsan
Male. Corin's breast presented 'ho
symptoms of hyHrricnl ocdcmn, notm
FIRST by The illustrous Sydgnhum u ham
swelling of 70 blue or, ns ! prefer 10 cali it
violet color. ana IL D. perfectly wen known
now, from the works of Prof Rcnant of
LYONS TINT when this oedcmn rcnchcs a
certain degree of intensity II may induce
cuianious mncrenc. the LESSONS of which
leave I'm their turn alterations analogous
90 that which destroyed the nipple in the
ease quoted above.
/ have lntoiy been reading most inter-
esting memorandum hy DR. Fowler. IL
contains notes of eight cnFcs OF tumOra in
the hrenst, either single ur multiplied. of
which some wore az largo af hens cGg.
rRonnutg "Sur une Formo do ln CANE
creme ct nis5cH,ince DC Ia pcan; rUrh-
cure Gnnrrcnensn" ia Medicine Mo-
demc, No. q. Feb 20, 1870
"a complete account of these troubles
Will be found IVA ih0 "l'rito CliniQuc Ct
Thcrnpcutluup formerly head of my clinl-
Gal ftat lNol. T., Paris, 1871; Vol u,
IN prcparatI0n1
Sufferers frequently consult ointment
surgeons, thc majority of whom, u np-
pours, pronounce the affection Of tho
breast 10 De- 0f an OrWnic nature, and
recommend the nmpnlaton Of the part
But Or. Fowler with better Judgement
Rnbjected hs patients, Who were all
tNeurotlc tumors Of the breast. Rend be
fore the New York Ncurologml soclety
Tuesday. Jan. Z, $500. Medical
Record. February 10, 1890, .. 40.
hysterical Ike Mile Coirin. 20 a course OF
treatment In which 80 20 speak, the pay
chicnl element was made the chief point
aud tumOrs which Ind been pronounced
reducible by the knife alone vanished as
N hy magic III inyalids who hive been
supplied with diagnosis pointing go
morbid growth, even, perhaps, to cancer
had gone 10 q shrine II b impossible to
avoid the conclusion that many of them
Ilight have been healed Of II ualldy pro
n0unced incurnbe Dr. Fowler was well
aware of the influence OF the hith cure on
these sufferers for he tells uB ~ la 10
many words speaking OF one such-nnd
j. WIS probably 80 with the others also
like all women OF sinilnr temperament
She had u feuahlike faith in her regular
medical attendants"
These cases, as well rs every other,
show clearly that a cure obtained by
faith, whether rs supernatural character
be granted or not follows natural laws,
ana these become the moro evident the
further one proceeds IN the analysis Of the
Facts. THUS. for instance, tho insfanta-
heous nature ot the cure is much more ap-
parent than real
Let us take The cases Of bysfpricnl
contraction for example Under The in-
tiuonce of the faith cure or Of any other
cnuNo which " considered rnere or less
miraculous. the rlRdity ceases aud tho
muscles can be- employed again Al tbe
moment and during the days immediate.
~ following an attentive examination
viii show thrt luck OF senMbilify and
an cSnFgcratiOn Of the reflex tendency.
the ordinary concOmittnfs of contraction
relnaia Ia the limb which has suffered.
u is "a physiological law ihat these phe.
Romena DO mol disappear Immediately,
and lint, 10 J. have often pointed out 10
my cliGicai staff. a return Of paralysis.
on nervous contraction, q is ~ hc feared
~ direct ratio 10 their persistency II is
not % be expected that those phenomena
should be looked for by those about tho
shrinef, bit ! have noticed them rs FREE
quenuy among the patients who have
beeu cured at holy place ms among
those whose cure mas been effected az
the NalfDrtfeFe, The difference Is not
IN the fucls themselves, but IL fhe in-
depreciation thereof
a fOrtiori this diagnosis q sim more
evident whom ihe paralysis rs accompau-
led by alrophy and when the oedemu
produces rutaneons ganFrene. the ego.
uuon 81 Waich phonuuena rs apparent
80 the least aXpouenced ObserFcrs
ia tbla connection iei ~ feturn 10
hldlle Corfu. lInder the physical in.
thence brought 70 hear by iho applica.
ton Of the shift which had t0urhod the
tomb 81 Deacon Pnrs. ihe oedena which
was due q Nasom0tor trouble dieap.
peared almost simultaneously mo
breast resaieed ~ pormm size There