The sun., 1902-11-09
FANCY WORK Is A MEDICINE.
DO(TORN PRE>C RlBE TT FOR
UONIN UITH NERIES.
Need Of . school for Tea ching self.
forEctfulnpss IN This Town 80 Mod.
rrn Treatment for Ner, Gus Pros.
tratiOn--FRds sriui to the Ph, stciail.

The skilful physician to-day doctors
hy distraction as much a. 10y pellets and
poliou.. "Throw physics to the dug,"
i a maxim largely advocated 10y the twen-
tieth century doctor.
u am using fancy work quite extensively
in my practice. said doctor who's" lighte-t
word il gospel to many household
Fancy work? Rather an odd pre-crip-
tion, isn't it?" he was asked
-Perhap>. Il ti-n', .put up blythe chemist
Bur a. q remedy for upset nerves il j. un-
eq'Iallcd. ! have several women patients
taking II and their gain in mental and
physical tone l. marked \ little professor
of fr-"-hand embroidery helps them with
~" knolty points.
'Fancv work. needle work of anv sort
save the architecture of garments. has "A
soothing. hysiruic tfTecl on the worker
u arpu~c- ia" Imagination 10 the desired
degree and leads to an interest in color
and design that is mildly stimulating
Women vino hay" come to mo with
strained sallow faces and that tense look
IN the eyes that hc,praks trouble have
improved noIi"cablv after lust 4 f"W weeks
cour-" IN this old-rlew diversion They
do not undertake any very large piece or
do the work steadily enough to make it
tax, hut employ themselves jue, sufficiently
to enlist interest.
"Tranpuilile the spirit and the body
responds II sufferer from nervous pros
tratiou can he Induced 10 forget herself
even for brief time each day il means
much toward rccpvcrv"
Now York has schools and institutes
in these days for everything under the sun
schools ior teaching brea athng and proper
exercise aud judicious bathing for teaching
people how To relax and huW 70 care for all
bodily faculties But if II we're possible
to have school for teaching self-forget-
fulnee- AT 80 much an hour or term. it
would go far toward doing away with the
form fuur-iif of every doctors work.
Fads arc AT the pr"-en, time a boon 70
the popular physician. To he a favorite
with his wealthy patrons he must bc able
20 meet them on whatever ground cf interest
appeals TO them most strongly. And If he
himself has a well-defined leaning toward
any one of the fashionable fancie- il helps
greatly to establish a common interest be-
tween him and his patients
One doctor has a collection Of curios and
dIihlu" tapestry IdhEinES tnat stands nm
IL good -tead ia diNerting his patients.
The Thing, ~erv" in break the ice with
- stranger patients whilo he takes their
gauGa mentally and socially The dccora-
tiYuN or the reception rooms are an intro
duct ion to the choice treasures tha, will be
unfolded on further intimacy.
Whether it II" wall hanging,. rar. china,
musical ~ubiec's. the latest books. ne
dog- or cl's. whatever l. the doctors pet
fed. ne i ,G~r 30 hc we'll stocked with anec-
dot"s and incidents reati ing to the biect
and 30 tell ties" in such n manner a. To
rivr' interest
Or y j. such wonderful ent ert aiming
man. leside- being good physician, it's
worth being sick Just - know him, il tha
almo-l universal verdict concerning this
man ,f -cience.
And the doctor chuCkles when this praise
CONES aCk 10 ! i'm. RENE mi ering how very
Il ~" r sci"ntih" tr"atmcrt these neura.-
fh.nic pat iicn'- received at hie hands. how
10 ,nlv chat ed 10 he'n ard heartensd them
w and ufgE -ipd nov subjects for tiom