The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-07-12
THOUGHT MICROBES.
Sorrow aud disappointment as Disease
for the nnnfnra


for the Doctors.
1t is claimed by some of the more ad.
vanced of modern writers that excuses
of all sorts are produced by morbid
condition Of the mind. brought about
by the presence Of microbes In undue
numbers From tuberculosis to tenn.
per, from murder to melancholia, these
theorists declare that microbes are the
cause OF all conditions anywhere out
side of the normal And maybe the
day will come when these people will
be found not so far from the right as
scoffers now profess TO believe Those
who dive deep into the hidden mystic
ries of existence find many quaint and
curious things not seen by average
eyes. There is an invisible, intangible,
mental rs we'll as a material micro
scope, and they who understand its
handling and adjustment learn much
of interest, much that is suppressed
because of the storm of ridicule that it
would provoke. and which for this rea-
son they care nothing about exhibiting
to the outer world.
1t is no secret to many persons of ex-
treme temperament that thought mi
crobe can be so increased and multi
piled that 1t dominates not only the en-
tire mental but physical system. There
are cases where the memory takes pos
session OF the individuals; a sudden flash
lights the fire of thought; q suggestion
opens the door of the past and all con-
ditions are right for an absolute over
whelming Of the entire being with this
living tide. And many doctors would
at once diagnose the malady as mala-
ria, nervous fever, depression of the
vital forces, or In some cases inflamma-
tion OF the brain This state of affairs,
simple enough at the outset and char
acterized by little fever, slightly
accelerated pulse, trifing flush of the
cheeks and like indications increase
with rapidity until the sufferer Is In a
condition bordering on mental distrac-
ton. The doctor comes in, prescribes
draughts and fever regimen, reduces
the diet, orders cooling applications
and goes away much worried lest the
patient runs into brain fever or some
new complaint with an unpronounce-
able name and fatal termination. Had
this professional adviser of the sick and
suffering the power to use the mental
microscope, It would take him but a
short time 10 discover that the malady
was not in any sense physical or depend
ent upon any OF the bodily functions
He would find hordes of bacilli disap
pointment microbes, unsatisfied ambi
ton germs infinitesimal in themselves
but In the aggregate forming an i'm
mense army of devouring adversarie'
slowly consuming the life forces o
their helpless victims Just what they
feed upon no one has as yet been abl'
to determine; but that they speedily
sap the vital forces, those who hav,
suffered in this way know but too we'll
although they may not know tn
cause
II, instead of morphia, tonics ant
anti-malarials and anodynes, the,
could take the suffering one from pres
emit environments start new train o.
thought, awaken other interest
stronger for the moment than the in
vading forces, and bring back the de
parted delights or some that would II
an extent fill their place, the dealing
out of drugs would be superseded b,
an entirely different form of practice
But the day of this enlightenment ha
not yet como. May be in the far-ot
; hereafter our doctors will be Philoso
pliers as well, and instead of confirm
themselves strictly to the materia,
they win search for the hidden source
: of the sorrow and care, that more tina
any other cause destroys the best an
. brightest members of the human fam
ily.-N. s StoweIl, in N. Y. Ledger