The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-06-28
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s'Hasc you ever heard OF thu hypno.
sisrn Of fear?' was a question put to the
reporter by a physician the other dat
The reporter said that lie did rtss All.
derstand Che meaning of tho question
We'll, said tho physician. 81 don't
know shat would understand 1t if had
not had IN illustration. Among ray pa
tients was little girl who had aB1
considerable trouble with one Of az.
eyes. This finally resulted in the 6s-
vclopmcnt of tumor on the inner g; Sc
OF the upper lid. It was necessary TO
remove this tumor, and there would
havc been no special difficulty abs-at
this, although IL required delicate
operation, IL ID had not been for the
ehild's temperament. As Il happened,
the child was exceptionally nervous; II.
fact, go extremely sensitive was abe
that merely an examination OF her eye
would sot her into the most violent,
Mysteries. Even the pointing of one's
finger at her made her tremblo like "a
leaf, and. as she was physically weak
anyhow, her parents very properly
dreaded the proposed operation very
much. finally decided to send hcr to
one OF the leading eye experts, man
whose fame Is known abroad MS we'll as
an this country. lie MAIDS u careful
examination, and decided that Ii would
be necessary to put the child under tho
influence of ether In order to perform
the operation.
"Now, l want to say right here that
while believe in expert physicians, 1t
has been my experience that sometimes
they are led by their theories into doing
foolish things. When the parents told
me that this physician had suggested
the use Of ether, immediately con-
Guided that he had devoted all his at
tention to the cons liberation of the
operation itself, and had not given
proper thought to the nervous and weak
condition of the patient. I Snew the
child very much better than he did. and
felt that the administration of other to
her would be very dangerous. told
The parents Of the child frankly what |
thought and they agreed with me. It
then occurred to me to call upon tho
services of another ooulist with whom
i was acquainted, whom knew to be a
very sktllful man. I also knew, how
ever, that he was inclined to be over
bearing and somewhat cranky, and 1t
was not without misgivings that /
called him into the casc However, we
all went to his office tho next day. lie
looked ut the child carefully and then
proceeded to bring out q lot of instru-
nents, which he placed upon the table.
"'What are you going to do?' asked
him.
"'I am going to remove that tumor, '
he said.
'.But do you understand how scnsi-
tive and nervous this child is?' asked
him.
YES he replied abruptly. Well
Sx that
..Then, turning to the parents, he
said In q rough, almost brutal way:
"'Now, look here! don't want you
to interfere or say anything, one way
or the other. I'm not going to hurt
she child, but don't want any inter
ruptions from you. I'm in charge OF
this
'.He did not say word to the child,
but led her up to his chair and sat
down, taking her between his knees.
He calmly examined his Instruments
and picked out the one he wanted.
Then, assuming an air of great sever
ity, he said to tho child: Now, keep
vour hands down. Look down. Don't
move
.Iscfore the child knew it the lid had
been turned up. Tho child gasped and
made an involuntary motion.
"'Stop that, or I'll box your ears!' he
yclle,l, savagely.
"There was o quick motion OF the
knife, another gasp by the child, and
The operation was over. The usually
nervous patient appeared to be para
lived. The tears and hysterfa were all
there, but her power to give vent to
them was absolutely restrained by fear.
She trembled like n leaf, but that was
all. A little bathing of the eye was all
that was necessary to complete the
work. / really have not given you an
accurate idea Of how quickly it was all
done. I was almost aghast myself.
When It was over the humor Of the sit
uation struck me, and said to him:
e'Weu, now what do you call that?"
"'That,' he replied, as he calmly
wiped his instrument, was what may
be called the hypnotism OF fear. 1t is a
wonderful thing when you have nerv-
Gus patient and delicate operation. /
learned that from great German ply
stefan. ne had patient with a cat
aract In his eye. No an@sthetic could
be used In his casa, and yet 1t was nee
essary to perform the operation. The
physician was great expert with the
knife, but OF course the pain of such
an operation was too great to permit Of
it's being performed successfully with
out anmsthetics under ordinary con-
ditions Now, what do you suppose he
did? Just this. He had the patient
sit in chair in front of him, uncon-
scious of the fact that the operation
was about to be performed. Then he
walked up to him with knife con-
cealed In his hand. "Look up" he
said to HIM The man looked up. Then
the physician drew off with his olsen
gagged hand and gave him most VIC
lent box on the ear. Before the patient
had recovered from his astonishment
and the pain of the blow the operation
hnd been performed. IN. Y. Sun.
A Caterpillar Procession.
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