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

" nothing astonishing Va this since we
hear with what rapIdiy troubles OF tho
circulation may appear and disappear.
When the ocdomn disappeared the local
conditions affecting the nutrition OF the
tlasue9 were igvorubly modified, tho
wound on fine bruaat permitted 10 heal
log virtue of physiological laws AZ we'll
ga those widch had previously operated
tp lrcaucc thr Kaugrene sus complete
ciCuirXation requires well defined nnd
sufficient time for its completion, and
accordingly We end Il 10 not till niueteou
days afterwards thnt the skin of the or
gan became completely free from OH Vi.
comuon, and The henling was completed.
The contraction proper t0 paralysis
may appear on disappear suddenly. II
h fact of common nOtOriety that n yio'
lent emotion may root lw tO the SPOT
without our being able 10 move oui
limbs Whom The indJN motor part OF
the brain rcguins itR power we are able
~ move again. but NJ, during the parnly
sia. Che muscles become uuophiod ths
limb VIII not regain its strength and
Size until the gotg of muscles have been
renewed and this renovation. over which
too, physical laws preside requires tima
to complete itself This fact ia also
present In the cnse Of Mile Cuirin, who
could not use her ntrophiod legs 60 gei
into q carriage until twenty days had
elapsed from the time Of her so-callee
Sudden" cure.
There remains The cuse OF Pbilllpp
Sergeut, reported by Cure dc Mon
gcrop. On July 10, 1870, the third da
OF his vigil 90 the tomb of Deacon Pave
lao was cured Of contraction OF Che
limbs on the right side, accompanied by
ntrophy But says the narrator
"his right hand, thigh and leg did not
lil out again In moment but simply
heeame Of normal color they being
affected, na IN the cnHc Of Mdllc. Coiriu,
with blue historical oedcma. The
nifOphy could not cscnpo the phyal0-
logical law which goloras muscular re-
generation.
Moreover, I do not speak without be.
Ing able 10 call my own personal cx.
perlonce 70 witness. J have seen pa
tients return from The shrince now Ia
vogue who have been seut thither with
my consent, owing 90 my own Inability
90 inspire the operation Of the iaith-
cure i have examined the limbs ne
iected with paralysis or contraction some
DAYS before, and have seen the gradual
disappearance of the local sensitive
spots which almost always remain for
some time after the cure Of the actunl
disease paralysis or contraction
10 sum up, ! believe that the faith
cure demands special subjects and
special complaints those, namely.
which are ameuAhle 10 the lnhuence ot
the mind over tho body " II ~ 70
find ground 10 work upon. Iystericai
subjects Offer mental condition "a
Yorible 20 the operation 0f the taith
cuip, for they afford field ennis
nendy receptive 81 suggestion; whether
that suggestion ~ conveyed by ex-
formal Influences. or whether as Is
none probable. they bring 10 beer on
themselves the powerful force Of auto.
suggestion With those pevOns, male
on female the Influence 81 fha mind
over the body h strong enough lo pro
ducn the curr Of muladies which the
lack Of knowledge of their true untnrn,
which prevailed not IS long ago had
canned 10 De regarded as incurablc
Such are the facts about troubles %
hysterical origin which are beginning e
hc Understood such things an muscular
atrOrhy, Ondema and liberated tumOra
When one hears talk Of the snddnn
cure N n shrine Of an liberated canoes
81 tho hrcant &c n possible 20 recail
the caae 81 Mdlle. Coirln oil he facta
quite recently observed Dy Or. Fowler,
Can we fhen affirm that we can ex
plain everything which claims % BIZ thq
faith cure, aud that the fronaers a
tiie miraenlpns are nHlhiy hhrinking
day by day before the carch Of eclen-
Nh Investigation SIC have 90 lenfn tina
lesson o. pptience 4 en thehist % re-
coenlze that Shokctpeares words hold
good today
"rhore are mor things % heaven
hnd earth. iiofgtlo,
Than ale dgeapt q ln thy" pliloso.
j. A. CHARIOT.