The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-19
PHYSICIANS AND SUGGESTIVE


Until recently the medical profession had left to
charatans showmen wonderful phenomena Of hyp
noesm, mesmersTn, it long called after mer
cerary quack Although insisted importance
moral therapeutics and although Dr. Maudsley and
other mental pathoogsts revealed the influence both
uagn and bene6cen Of mind over body Christian scen
lists and -arous heaers have had monopoly Of the IN
ed Of remedial suggestion apart from the hypnotic
trance this ms when people are curious about cures
without drugs it is interesting to the Development
the medical profession OF disposition make fre
quent Of psychoterapy suggestion for the Of
the sick Until few years ago it was mainly cases Of
hystercal ailments simulated or imaginary diseases
that the sole treatment to make impression the
mind Of the PATIENT but it is that many posi-
tive disorders may be cured or relieved by that means
alone. There in which the the
sick person win determine the course Of the malady and
it is regarded possible Tor confident expectation
give curative impulse to organic disease To
the trained physician there nothing miraculous the
most remarkable cures Of the faith heaIers
From the experience Of physician (Dr H H Seeley,
president Of the Hampshire branch CT the Massachusetts
Medical soce it is practicable get an idea OF the uses
which regular physicians make Of psychotherapy
Wry neck is not essentially imaginary afiieUon a
awoke after an exposure with typical case Of
this ament BE had suffered the same way before and
IT had required two weeks Of medical treatment to ERECT
Or. Seeley told the that particular local
application would draw scatter the disease in
few minutes and in FIVE minutes after applied pure
water with great flourish the patient entirely cured
The experience of educated lady with laryngts was
exactly the same She had been unable to speak above
whisper and her throat painful Under the treatment
above described her voice became normal and the pain
ceased in a few minutes. young man who suffered a
sunstroke fen unconscious and had violent spass It
dured dozen hold him As in most cases Of acute
cerebral hyperema fear had exaggerated the trouble
physician addressed his remarks 70 the bystanders say
ing that in few minutes he would the young man
and describing the various steps of e proposed procedure
His words affected the subConscousness Of the patient
who followed each step the process as predicted and in
short time he entirely well without any positive
medical treatment boy OF fifteen with acute naanma-
tory rheumatism had been for than month unable
to walk because Of the pain ankle BY impressng
the boys mind with the remarkable power Of really mop
eratYe application the physician drove the pain away and
ia a few minutes the lad was running and Jumping.
girl Of nine supposed have infantile paralysis
which became apparently complete under the obvious
sohctude Of the attending physician BY Of conn
ter suggestion, Dr. Seeley able in a few minutes To
send the little patient ont parents with rush She
was greeted with the cry: "a nlracle," woman If
thirty years with the symptoms Of membranous Group
seemed 20 be in diving condition. She could not be
aroused and insensibe to pin pricks pinchng
There distinct the lungs In order to arouse
and impress the patient DR. Seeley pretended to use pow
eul remedy in minute doses told the doctors and
nurses how quickly the drug would effect cure He soon
restored her perfectly normal condition q" had taken
from eight hours of active medication two dav
oeloIe 10 Hn8 ap0ut no better results than here
duplicated by few Of suggestive therapeutics
said the physician young woman who on the table
TO have her throat open lea 70 believe that se
we're application Of electricity would effect cure She had
all the symptoms Of mebranous Group but these dsan-
peared in five minutes after faradic had been
applied.
There are other cases bat these VIII show that the
physicians are cutie able the various fah heal
TO work miraculous without the Of drugs
The long reluctance otthe profession TO make tie feiet
Of suggestive therapeutics has left an Important dea
open 10 persons who have made this system the basis
Of religious establshnent an3 who have great army
Of followers becsuse of the seeming miracles q healing
which they have performed