The Washington times., 1903-08-23
LAM OF MENTAL HEALING.
AmOhHer Book BY tie AnhdOr Of "7he Lac of Psychic
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refers. sThe articles on health are usual
ly copied from books or magazine arti-
cles by some writer with NJ d. after
his name. AS for the advertisements
anyone who reads patent medicine ad-
vertisement needs a fit Of Indigestion 10
teach him sense. DR.. Hudson further
stultihes himself by ascribing TO the
newspapers the crusade against pie
claiming that pie is a harmless and
healthful article of diet, as. in mod
Grafton, IL doubtless is. The pie
propaganda really began with one Die
Lewis, who wrote book about thirty
five years ago. advocating brown bread
and milk, versus cake. pie, and other
orthodox articles of diet, and insisting
that nothing should be eaten after din
ner-dinner TO be taken about the mid
die of the day. In some ways DR.. Lewis
teaching was sensible; he laughed at
those who dosed themselves with patent
medicines. and advocated exercise and
cold water: but in other ways he was a
crank He was the prophet of health
foods, and the grocery and not the
newspaper is the chief disseminator of
his gospel.
Sensible in the extreme, however, is
the system which is outlined by DR..
Hudson after he has had his little fling
at the newspapers. and goes on to dis
cuss things of which he knows. He
says that children should not be re-
stricted in their diet on the ground that
this or that article of diet is bad for
should not be on the table at all. There
is no doubt that many mothers. in de-
priving their children of sweets do the
developing physique of the child an ac-
.ual injury. since a child Graves sweets
naturally, and needs them for the up
building of its tissues. 1t is not neces-
sary that child should continually be
nibbling candy. but If the daily diet be
we'll mixed with sugar the candy will
not be craved. The child can be al
lowed sugar. syrup. and plain cake In
abundance; II can be fed on stewed
fruits literally sweetened; there are
hundreds OF ways in which the neces-
sary sweet can be introduced without
| injury, and without the formation OF the
candy habit" which is not particularly
good. 1t is not necessary to infer that
because a child wants a thing ii is there
fore hJsrtful.
hought-transference, hypnotism, and
other occult subjects are also discussed
! IN this book. and always with reference
TO natural law. One of the qualities
which make DR.. Hudson's work valuabls
in this line is his strict adherence to
the theory that all so-called supernat-
ural phenomena are. assuming them to
be true and not the work of an impostor.
TO be accounted for by natural law. II
will be remembered that in his former
looks he discussed ghosts, spiritualisnl
and other kindred subjects from this
purely scientific point of view. In this
book he applies the same methods to
thought ht-transference and hypnotisr,.
aid reduces them to a common SENSE
! basis which is likely to surprise some
of his readers. Stripped OF their imagi-
native coloring and dramatic accesso-
ries, most such stories can be reduced
to a condition not inconsistent with
natural law. always supposing that We
have not yet discovered all the llmita-
tions of natural law as yet;. and Dr.
Hudson has done some rather valuable
work in defining and discussing this
law He may be called an experimental
| psychologist working in the realm OF the
occult. Chicago: A. c. McClurg & Coz