St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-03-18
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Home Health
Club
By DAVID d. REEDER. Ph. D., ND
La Porte, Ind.
WORRY AND HEALTH.
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III could name but one evil that should
be forever banished from the world, that
evil would be worry. IVORY makes
people old; worry makes people sick;
worry makes people poor; worry kills. .
Anger and worry are two of the greatest
evils, but of the two evlls think worry
is the greater; abolish worry and you
abolish the greatest cause of anger.
l have known many people who were
made i'll unto death by worry In fact,
only recently one of the highest medical
authorities has published the opinion
that there is no real cause for the dread
disease called hydrophobia; that fear
and worry, which are practically the
same thing, are the cause of the disease.
domestic animals that exhibit much Of
the emotional nature, and, therefore, are
most capable of worry; and they are
about the only animals in which hydro
phobia is exhibited.
Less than year ago a prominent
worry. He had been in charge of pa
tent suffering with hydrophobia, and.
| becoming impressed with the idea that
he had been inoculated, he at once eau
terized the wound and applied other pre-
ventive measures-but worried. AL
though there were absolutely no symp-
toms of the disease, or change of any
kind, he kept constantly thinking of it,
and at last left his business and went to
Chicago for treatment. Still no symp-
toms appeared, but, in spite of all that
could be done to stop the worry, he died
in less than two weeks in slight convu:-
sions.
Many case of lockjaw, in my opin-
ion. has been brought on by suggestion,
causing worry. and it, in turn, the dis
ease. A comparatively healthy person
runs rusty nail into the foot, and some
one with more tongue than brains i'm
mediately suggests that there is danger
Of lockjaw. The seed is sown in the
mind. AS the mind can, and in many
cases does. unconsciously control every
function of the body, the germ thus sown
soon grows, and a case of worry is de-
veloped which ripens into lockjaw
It may. at first, appear cruel method
of cure, but many times, in order to
prove to patient that worry and fear
were the cause of their illness, l have
caused severe sickness and positive pain
by suggestion, first suggesting to the pa
tient that certain indications would
point strongly to certain disease, and
then infinitely describing the disease
and its symptoms.
In one such case. inside of a few hours,
had an extremely sensitive woman in
bed and suffering intensely with a ter
rible neuralgia pain in her left shoulder. |
cured her just as quickly, and, as knew
her to be woman of good sense, clear
logic, and having unlimited confidence
in my statements, afterward explained |
to her fully what had done, and why. !
She saw the point. gladly paid me for
my trouble, and thereafter when she |
was inclined to worry, and fear pain, she |
would look in the mirror, laugh at her
self and say: "Ah-ha, SO you want DR.. |
Reeder to come and suggest a pain in
your shoulder, do you?" She would con-
tinue thus saying various amusing and |
ridiculous things until in thoroughly
good humox. She would then say aloud |
in a positive manner: Il have excellent
health, and it is so much to be thankful
for" This she would continue to affirm
for some time, when the symptoms
would disappear.
Not every one can SO quickly accom-
plish results, but all cases that are
caused by worry can be cured by sugges-
ton; and the list is much larger than
The most fertile imagination would lead
you to think. The remarkable success.
in many cases, of Christian science, mind
cure, mental healing, magnetic healing.
yes, and in 80 per cent of the cases of
drug treatments the result of power
full suggestion.
I quit worrying a number of years
lgo. Before that weighed 1870 pounds.
and, as I am nearly six feet tall, | was,
to say the least, an interesting looking
specimen. During the succeeding yea.
gained 40 pounds in weight, and since
then have hardly known what sickness
Ind pain are from actual experience,
while previously l was continually suf-
Fering. II
could cite hundreds of cases in which
know that the law of suggestion, or, as
is called by the professional, suggest
We therapeutic laws have cured.
md I could fill whole newspa-
'er with testimonials that would
ring me thousands of dollars
or miraculously curing diseases
But, as matter of fact, there was no
MIRACLE about it; simply made a coun-
er suggestion which was more powerful i
n its effect than the one which caused
he trouble or worry. My suggestion
cted as an antidote, the worry ceased,
az cause was removed, and cure nat {
rally followed. Within the last month +
have known of highly sensitive per- {
on being made i'll by worry which was !
aused by gossip. Serious pain and I
leeplessness, followed by what she sup {
csed was heart trouble, resulted. and t
he family physician was consulted. The t
recess of digestion having ceased. t
7orry was assigned as the cause. the =
erves controlling the digestive organs /
re also the ones which control the emo b
onal nature, and their activity was
onfined to the process of worry; the
motions being greatly wrought up, the
BOD stayed as it was until fermenta- $
on took place, causing an accumulation 4
gas. The gas raised the diaphragm. t
'hich, pressing upon the heart, caused i
Re imaginary heart disease. Is it any t