The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-05

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the hearts action will lower the tempera-
4 ture. There must be taken into account
dangers from Telardmg the hearts action
that would outweigh the dangers from a
high temperature. Raising or lowering
the blood pressure may accomplish the
same result or Tightening the activity
of the skim inducing a moro rapid eyapo-
ration, may attain the same end.
Results of Suggestion.
Without enumerating any more circum-
stances incident TO fever or ways of low
ering the temperature and assuming the
problem as confined TO the above field the
physician Suggests" to the patient "A
mental state aiming, say, at enhancing
| the action Of the skin. The doctor has de-
cided that, on the whole, that would be
the safest course in chat ease. He lowers
the temperature, and whether that cures
the fever or moi he has accomplshed a &c
suit once believed to be attuiuahle only
with the aid of drugs and 10y many physi-
clans nowadays thought to be best reached
by mechanical means, as by ice-water
baths, for instance.
The foregoing is to be taken only as an
illustrative example of modern suggestive
therapeutics, as the regular physician pre-
fers 10 term hypnotsm. Even in this case
he might decide that sleep was best for
the patient, and would bring on hypnosis
iE some of the several known ways bur
the science really includes much more
than sleep. The field is Wellniah bound
less in medicine the practitioners i'm sug-
gestion believing that every physiological
action controlled by a nerve IS open 10
the treatment by suggestion. As pracdc-
ally every bodily process depends on a
nerve the whole field of medicine proper
is thus included.
Suggestion won't set bone or remove
morbid growth but the Inflammation or
reparative processes that follow The sur
geons attention come within the field and
are held to be open to SUGGESTION. Il is
in This sense that "mind" is held TOT be
SOVEREIGN over "matter"
The degree to which modern physicians
have conquered the field is cutie another
matter 4 Dractftfouer of SUGGESTION" as
a healing agent NAV well believe from his
experience that every physiological action
might be under his control # he only
knew how and confess thar he does NOT
| know il all. II would be a decided adj
! vance in medical science jf even one i'm
| Dortant physiological force was under con-
| trol. In point of fact. several such forces
| or actions have been found subject 10
suggestion. but il is not claimed bv the
| hest investigators that the whole field has
| been covered.
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| forms Oh hNSterla' LOT instance inc uses
OF suggestion nave been Wei Known since
| 1891 Inc ueld OIL nervous disease mas peen
| larry well covered ana suSSestlon' bolh as
| a palilauVe ana curative agent Us con-
! stantly resorted to- Diseases less dlstInc-
! lively nervous but IN which the state
| OF the nerves Is an important matter as
| say, IN bringing on sleep as restorative
| Is an OBVIOUS step ana one IN when sus-
| gestlVe therapeutics mas done Inuch- Meas
| ures involving control OIL the heart plood
! pressure, respiration, digestion and the IN
| testlnai processes generally are an easly
WITHIN. the fleld where an agent alIecuug
| the nerves would De obviously useIul ana
! III many cases are Wi'hln the known re-
! sources OF suggestive therapeutics. Le-
SION OF a more distant nature CONSIDERED
| with reference TO nervous cehters ana the
! accessibility OF the latter to SUGGESTION as
rheumatism IN a JOINT are constantly com
| ing WITHIN MS reach
1t Is on suggestion that the faltn Gu
rist or Whatever character relies, ana
! sometimes with success, Tor MS or her
| power. The deYotee may by prayer brng