Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-11-13
THE MYSTERY OF WARTS.
THEIR ORIGIN NEVER Salts
FAcTonlLY EXPLAINED
They Can Be Removed Much Easier
BY Faith Cure Than By
Any Medicine Yet
Discovered.

nave been Interested Tor some
years In the mystery Of warts"
Nearly 40 years age, when a very small
boy, I dispelled warts that were upon
my own hands by rubbing them with
q piece Of common school crayon. l am
a graduate Of a New York city medical
college and am legally qualified to
practice medicine in New York and
New Jersey, and l frankly admit that
my usual method Of removing warts
from my patients has In recent years
been by the method Of buying them.
To explain my modus o%perandi, ], usu-
ally give the patient a bright penny or
nickel, and assure him positively that
they are mine by purchase, and 90
must leave him. Usually they disap-
pear In from four to ten weeks. Among
my wart patients have been the son
and daughter Of a wellknown doctor
Of divinity, and girls and boys Of In
telligence, members Of our high school,
who are preparing for entrance into
our best universities and colleges. I
mention this class Of patients to show
that the plan works upon the intelli-
gent and cultured as we'll as upon the
ignorant and the superstitious. BY
way of illustration l will narrate two
instances Of cure. A mother consulted
me about an enormous seed wart upon
the loft elbow. Of her son. The wart
was fully ~ large as 4 silver half-dol-
lar, and when the boy bent his arm
the wart would crack and bleed. I Of
'ered the boy d new, bright penny for
the wart and at first he could not
grasp the idea that I was serious In my
proposal to buy the wart. In a few
weeks l was interested to find upon ex-
animation that exactly One-half Of the
wart had been divided through the
middle, and one-half Of 1t had been
shaved or scraped away. I assured the
boy that the remaining portion would
soon disappear, and 80 It did.
A young woman behind the counter
Of one of our local stores had her
hands dotted all over with warts. l
Judge she had not less than 80 on each
hand. When I inquired why she did
not get rid Of them, she replied that
she had tried many remedies, but they
had all failed, and she was discour-
agedinherefforts. I then offered to buy
them of her for a penny. The method
being so easy and pleasant, she agreed
to sell them to me, and after a number
of weeks they all disappeared.
l car offer no thoroughly scientific
explanation for these facts beyond the
statement that they came under the
head Of mental influence. I assert with
such ~positiveness my ability to dispel
warts by purchase that my patients
"subconscious SELF or subjective
mind is impressed by my a%sseveration
and, although my claim Is met by a
smile Of incredulity, through their be-
lief in me and the force of my assev.
Grafton, they half expect 1t will occur
as | declare 1t will. The "subconscious
self" or, as Hudson denominates It,
"the subjective mind" presides over
the activities of our physical functions,
namely, our physical life, independent
ly of our reasoning faculties, our IN
tellect or our collective mind" (Hud-
som, controls the organs of the body
and admits disease under influences
and impressions unfavorable to us, and
also eliminates disease under favora-
BILE, forceful suggestion.-New York
Sun.