The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-02
A Physicians COntTibu-
tiOn to the Subject.
POWER is DEMONSTRATED
Basis OF Phenomena That Are Daily
Noted.
WHAT IS 1T THAT "CURES 2"

The nervous system is the browning
mystery of the body, the students fasci.
nation-and despair. 1t constitutes the
playground, or battlefield, whers mind and
matter meet. What mind Is. except as
exhibited In matter, We know not What
matter Ia, except as perceived by mind,
we cannot tell. The two include every
thing OF which we know or can conceive.
We have to express each in term of tho
other. and thus when We attsmpt to make
concise definition Of either, our reason- :
Ing only goes around and around i'm a cir
Gle. Is matter "a manifestation of mind,
or Is mind property of matter or are
both simply diverse phenomena of some
primal unknown universal forces We
capnos tell. The answer is sbrouded In a
mystery which has never boen penetrated
All that science knows, all that philoso-
ply can guess. is that mind is a manifes
tation of life; and when we usk W hat life
Is we have touched the secret Of the uni
versef.
Discussing this relations which mind
and matter sustain toward zach other,
the great English scientist and philoso.
pher, Herbert Spencer maintains that
mind takes the precedence lilo treats the
subject especially under the phas, of func-
tion and organism. and shows that funo-
tion always precedes-that the demand for
spec'al organs causes ana inangurltes
their development, For example: In the
earliest and simI ,st forms of life capil-
larry movements OF vital fluid occur bs.
fore any formation Of acircu latory system.
and the osmotic asration of this fluid
lsads up to the development # organs of
respiration. So with tho liver. kidneys,
Iancrses, and all the organs. Every
function preoedes aud develops It's required
organ. Now If this view is correct. NJ it
seems to he. II the force OF function is tre
primal power ttat develops organs 1t is
easy to see that any disturbance Of "A ncr-
mai function must favor the development
h organic disease. ana. conversely sry
Improvement Of an abnormal function
In diseased organ must favor the r, stur-
alton OF that organ. DO make nv point
clears 1t is so Important Will bs par.
mental influences rests upon it, Tee line
OF logic is this: 1. Functions preceds
organs ard lead TO their development. .
Functional dlstur Dances are apt 10 pre-
cede and favor the development of organic
disease. 3. improvement OF function In
"A diseased organ fayors the restc ration of
the organ. T. The mind controls functions
TO large extent. Thsss propositions scerl
to be substantiated by rscent utterance
from the Pre- osidont Of Clark University
" Nutrition has its psych 10 side Iriperfect
nutritioa results in fatigue and fatigre
predsposes to disease -
Now If this reasoning is sound il fur
Dishes basis Of explanation for num-
bsrless phenomena which we are daily OBJ
serving and 1t is not at all at variance
with the homeopathic law. Indsod. |
believe il TO be oorrslative. Let us see.
Similars are cured by Simiiars. is orr
precept In other words. RENE dial agents
must have diseasc-producing qualities:
and conversely. agents TINT have disease
producing qualities. when properly ad-
bacome true remedies. lhe
first question. then, for tho homeopath 20
decide concerning any agent, s-has 1t
disease. producing qualities? II 50 he
should he able TO find usp for it i'm his
Now let us apply this test to mental in
Iiuences. Have they disease .pI oducina
qualities! The answer Is so obvious that
IL hardly needs mention. Who has not sean
the hand of care, of disappointment, of
sorrow, arrest digestion. coat the tongue.
snatch away appetite, congo st the brain,
Iob the night Of sleep, plow the face with
burrows or sprinkle the hair with snow.
Under the stress Of great grief. who al us
has not seen the wbole system prostrated,
Dr. thrown into convulsions, or even zen.
son dethroned.
Last year Miss A, with other mem
Ders of her class took the required exam.
nation for admission to Monson Academy.
On the following day she went To the
,fhce of the superintendent to'siesrn the
'esult of her trial. She had not passed..
md upon bsina so informed she tainted
md fell TO the floor Several years ago.
1t town meeting I'm New IIampshirs.
Mr.. b, n man accustomed to public |
speaking, was a candidate for representa-
I've. lie was sure of election. ! 1he polls |
we're about TO close; anu when the result
was declared he would be expected to
'tand up aud say something in responss.
This ne dreaeed 10 do, and before the |
allotlng was done be dropped bnck upon
lis seat-dead
From recent issue OF the Springfield |
Union l clip the following:
ATLANTA. Ind, July Ell. ~. Rob. |
bins Of Millorsburs died yesterday while |
'sturning from his wifc's funeral Mr.. |
Robbins had repeatedly expressed u de-
erininhtlon 10 die Mt the same time n |
BIS wife. and requested that his funeral |
sermon stould he preached when hers |
wJs. lie listened to hi- own funeral az. |
.Ourse anu died on tie way home The |
ioul IL funeral sermon wa delivered b, I
hev. : W. Stoll,s"
lhr ,ame Iafet OF IN ehrly date l. also |
re- poDsible for this:
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