Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-06-06
MIND AND BODY.
Mental InAuence In tie Relation g
Bodily EunctlonOs

Mental InAueuce In lts Relation g
Bodily Functions.
The lengths to which mind curlsts
and faith curists have gone in advocacy;
Of their special methods, to the exciuj
sion Of all other modes Of treatment,
have caused many persons to look ask.
ance at all assertions regarding the In.
nuence Of the mind over bodily func.
tons and processes, yet no physiology.
cal fact 10 better established than the
existence Of such an influence. Re-
garding some phases Of It Modern Med.
feline February has the following to
say editorially, its remarks being sug.
gested by an address made recently
by DR.. T. 8. Clouston before the Royal
Medical Society Of Edinburgh, Scot.
land. We quote few paragraphs be-
low:
every bodily organ and function 10
represented In the cortex Of the brain,
by means Of which all are harmonised
and unined. Each neuron, with It's
hundreds Of nbers and its thousands Of
dendrites, has relation to some particu.
lar part and function, and Ii connected
not only with all other neurons, but,
directly or indirectly, with multitudes
Of other similar structures which help
to form the brain. Every function Of the
body--laughing, talking, weeping, d..
gestion, sweating, etc.-is affected
through the influence Of the brain cor.
tex.
1.-THE evidence that the brain cortex
regulates absorption, secretion, vascu.
lar tone, % well AZ the various tissue
changes and other activities Of the
body, 10 complete. Sores In melanchol'
&c persons win not heal. In cases Of
lung diseases In idiots and imbeciles,
there IL 90 little resisting power against
the tubercular bacillus that two.thirds
Of them die Of consumption. 6ir Sam.
uel Baker noted that grief and hunger
y nearly always followed by fever In
certain parts Of Africa. When In Mex.
leo two years ago, we found that quite
. proportion Of chronic invalids attrib-
uted their illness to getting angry, q
As Of anger In that country being 10.
ually followed BY severe illness.
Death occurs In many cases, not 20
much because Of disease % because Of
the diminished resisting mental and
nervous force which opposes II. A bad
memory and an attack Of eczema In q
man Of seventy-five may be due to the
same cause. A cheerful and buoyant
mind, az well a. a sound brain, are all.
important In both the prevention and
the healing Of disease.
"Blisters have been caused by suggeS-
lions during hypnotic conditions. -
Warts have been charmed away, govt
swellings have disappeared at the cry
Of Mad dog or Fire These are extra
ordinary examples Of an action just a.
real, though less patent, Of the infiu.
ence which the brain IL continually ex.
ercising upon other portions Of the
body.
most diseases are aggravated at
night when the brain Ii least active.
Most convulsive attacks occur at that
time. What mans courage IL a. great
at 3 In the morning 40 at midday
What mans judgment II as clear then 2
"HallucinatiOns, as well as fears are
most apt to appear Mt night TO check
many diseases we cannot employ bet
ter therapeutics than to strengthen the
cOrtex. and thus strengthen the mental
energy TO this end the first thing the
good doctor does Is to inspire conf.
dence In his patient DR.. ClOuston thus
presents good foundation for scien-
tiic mind cure which some ingenious