Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-12


II not OF most, diseases is to be used:
and 10 have one or two diseases named
IN which the unconscious mind PLAYS
the part OF causation or cure. and
some suggestion as to the use Of the
knowledge In respect TO cure"
Or. Schofeld has, therefore, written
The Force Of Mind" In the hope that
those who are really anxious TO study
the relations OF mind and body with re.
gard 10 disease may get some assist
ance from the evidence which he has
adduced on the subject. He asks that,
while the part played IN maladIes by
the mind is very small indeed. II should
De borne In mind that thousand books
exist on the physical factors In diseases,
whereas on the mental factor scarcely
a work can be found. In defense OF
his zeal In pressing this subject Dr..
schoheld points out that he is only too
conscious OF standing In a. very rapid
scientific and material stream, whose
current sets against the subject raised,
and TO keep his balance he has been
Obliged to lean over against the cur
rent In order TO counterfeit It's force,
thereby presenting n very one-sided APP
pearance. Having thus tried 70 explain
his zeal and his attitude. DR.. Schofeld
directs attention to a notable omission
IN his work. Of which he speaks as fol-
lows
have soundly rated without. dare
say, doing them much harm) our mod
ern text books for their rigid adherence
to mere descriptive level. willfully OBJ
livious or the moving and governing
central power that must exist TO bring
the multifarious processes OF the body
into harmony. But II may we'll be re-
torted that though | trace these 10
mysterious agency which am pleased
TO call the unconscious mind" | make
no attempt to show whence this mind
is derived. This omission Is not. how
ever. due TO any want OF belief IN a
First Cause, nor 10 any doubt that this
First Cause IL indeed the God" of
Christians and revelation, In whom we
live and move and have our being" but
solely TO the fact that the subject lies
beyond the scope OF this work, which Is
limited TO the powers and action Of the
mind In man, and Ia not concerned with
Its origin or even with It's nature.
Having thus set forth Dr. Schonelds
position II remains to speak briefly OF
his work, II Is divided into two parts.
The first deals with the action OF the
mind IN causing T'sease The second
part treats of the mind IN curing dis
ease. To this latter as the motive OF
the appearance OF the volume we shall
confine ourselves, outlining II briefly In
the language employed by the author.
He begins by considering the force OF |
mind In therapeutics, so largely ignored |
by the profession, but generally ey- |
plotted by quacks for their own ends, |
and then quotes the testimony OF the |
profession as to the presence and i'm !
portance Of the wis medicatriX ma |
turae,' and the power OF mind over dis |
ease. DR.. Schoneld then proceeds to |
lay down as propositions that the ef- |
ftctive agent In all faith cures Is the |
unconscious mind that the force of |
mind Is n therapeutic agent In every |
disease; that functional nerve diseases
are mostly cured by suggestions pre-
sented In various ways; that success In |
the treatment OF neurasthenla de- |
Ponds equally on psychical and physical
details, and that In hysteria the cure
lies In restoring the healthy condition
OF the mind. The authors practical |
conclusion Is that the neglect Of the
mental factor IN medicine is n source
OF weakness to the profession which
should be at once removed
Joan Of the Alley" by Frederick
Grin Bartlett, illustrated by Eleanor |
Winslow, Is one Of the recent books OF |
fiction published by Houghton, Mifhin |
Co. In this romance Of city NE there |
Is much Of the spirit which made ia
rob Riis' stories OF the East Side of
New York and the London novels of |
Resant and Whiteing SO successful II |
Is full OF the energy and the reality, |
packed with the eager, thropglng Incl |
dent that mark the inoderf, city. The |
pictures of street life are Photographic |
In their fidelity, and episode succeeds |
episode with qulokenIng interest, The I
characters are children OF the
tenements, and their story moves
against the dark background Of the
tenement district. Poverty, hardship,
md danger strew their way. There
are pictures OF life In the tenement dis
trict OF a great city, full of reality and
stirring incident, The pictures OF
street life are Photographic In their
ldelity. and episode succeeds episode
With quickening interest The austere
OF hardship and poverty is
heightened by the hazards OF a strike,
nstigated by the heroine, who feels
herself called on TO be modern Joan
" Arc. The failure Of the strike by
Ter own action puts her In peril at the
lands OF the strikers, but through all
he Is supported by the devotion and
courage OF Denny, the hero-which
strengthens the happy ending Of their
owe affair.
Joan Of the Alley" Is the first novel
Il Frederick o. Bartlett, who Is begin.
ling his literary career young, He was
,orn in Haverhill, Mass. in 1876, and
Ifter boyhood spent In travel and
tudy has taken up newspaper work In
Boston. He recently won the first prize
4 $500. offered by "The Ladies' Home
Journal" for the best short love story,
which placed him above $500 contest
nts.