The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-23
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butes and powers, each capable under Ger
tain conditions of independents action. 1t
is sufficient to know that everything hap
pens just as though he were endowed with
dual mental organization. Under tho
oorrect rules OF reasoning, therefore, have
tho right to assume that man hns two
minds, and the assumption is stated in its
broadcast terms rs the first proposition of
my hypothesis. For convenience l shall
designate the ono as tho objective mind
and the other as tho subjective mind
The second proposition Is that tho sub
1ectivo mind is constantly amennblo to con-
troll by suggestion.
Tho third, or subsidiary, proposition Is
that the subjective mind is incapable of
inductive reasoning"
Based on these propositions, Mr.. Hud-
son has constructed beautiful theory.
uggestion-suRgcstion from one mind to
another. That is the whole thing Think
you AFRO vol, and you are woll
Tho first case" says Mr.. Hudson in
his book was that of relative who had
for many years been afflicted with "a ncrv-
Gus trouble accompanied by rheumatism
of tho most terrible character He was
subject to tho most cxcrucinting spasms
during his nervous attacks of rheumatic
trouble and was frequently brought to tho
the caro- of many Of the ablest physicians
OF this country and Europe, finding only
occasional temporary relief. An idea of
tho suffering which he endured may be
imagined from tho fact that ono of his hips
had been drawn out of joint, by which the
leg had boon shortened about two inches
This, however, had been partially destroyed
by physical appliances before tho psychic
treatment began. In short, he was II hope
less invalid, with nothing to look to for
relief from his sutfcrings but death.
Tho treatment began OH the 10Th Of
May, 1890. Two persons were informed
of tho proposed experiment., and were asked
to noto the time when tho treatment be-
gan. They wcro pledged to profound Sc
crecy, and to this day the patient is not
aware that ho was mado tho subject of an
experiment. in psyche therapeutics. After
the lnpso of n few months ono of the per
sons intrustcd. with tho secret met tho in
valid anu learned, to her surprise and de-
light, that he was comparatively we'll
When asked when he began to improve,
his reply was, About the middle of May
Since then he has been nblo ut nll times to
attend to the duties of his Professionalism
OF journalist and magazine writer-nnd
has had no recurrence of the old trouble
"Of course this may have been coin
oiNSbSoi thN lIuu ~ olOOQ liS u SOllCuTy IN
stance thnt would havo been tho most ra-
tional way Of accounting for 1t, but hun
dred such condolences do not happen In
succession without IL single brenl, and
more than u hundred experiments have
been made by this process by myself and
two other persons and not q single failure
ms thus fnr been experienced where tho
proper conditions have been observed In
two cases tho patients have not been per-
ccptibly benefited, but in both of those
they wore notified Of the intended expert
lnonts and wcro profoundly skcptical, but
these failures cnnnot be charged to tho nc
count of this method of treatment, for the
simple rcnson that tho fundamental prin-
ciplo of the system was deliberately violat-
cd-thnt is to shy, tho best conditions wero
not observed, in that the patient WINS in
formed beforehand of what was intended.
In such cases tho healer is handicapped by
probable adverse nntcsuggestion.
Ono fact OF peculiar significance CON
noctcd with tho cuso of rheumatism men
toned must not be omittod and that is
that tho patient was II thousand miles dis
tun6 when the euro was DcrfOrmed -