Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-08
MIND AND HEALTH.

a Chicago physician, Dr. ChatIeS
Gilbert Davis, Is quoted as having ar
rived at the conclusion that "a mt
jority of the cases of illness which
come under the daily observation OF
the physician arc largely due to the
condition of the mind"
This thought is not new to physi-
clans. nor to the observant and
thoughtful layman. "a sound mind
in a sound body is an accepted axiom.
The power of mind over matter is not
disputed. But II the conviction be-
comes general that sickness and health
arc to a very large extent dependent
upon the condition of the mind. this
should have n wonderful influence up
ON the affairs of mankind. 1t would
furnish a strong motive for a morai
life and the cultivation of all the
nobler qualities of the human soul
1t has been erroneously supposed
that physical exercises alone are cap
able of building up the system and
produce strong race, though the an
cient states certainly did not perish
because physical culture was neglect
Ell. Win IL Dtilti tbihNh1te'HNAHn
the creative and sustaining power or
the spirit OF man, the relation be-
tween 1t and the tabernacle I'M which
II dwells for short time, will also
be more clearly comprehended.
DR.. Davis argues:
'If thought can in an instant OF
fime dilate or contract the blood
L. Eafff a blood
from any part: If 1t can Increase or
diminish the secretion of a gland II
IL can hasten or retard the action OF
the heart: IL II can turn the hair gray
in single night; II 1t can force tears
from the eyes; If 1t can in an instant
produce great boo " weakness If IL
can produce insomnia; II, as has often
occurred II can bring instantaneous
death---then Is IL not natural for us
TO conclude, without further argument,
that it may bring about more or
less continuous arrangement of the
physical organism. which we call dis
ease?"
He cites the fact that some
times person returning from the
funeral of loved one takes sick and
dies. as an illustration OF the power
of thought over the body. He calls
attention to the bad effects that some
times follow n At of anger.
Inns ai'o asaiii' Ao S"9s' ""'e
observed acute illness in an infant
where IL was permitted to nurse I'M
nediateIy after the mother had been |
engaged in n quarrel, and on more |
than one such occasion have seen
death follow In few hours
DIR. Davis some years ago conducted |
some Interesting experiments. He sent |
trained assistants into the haunts of |
vice as well as respectable homes, and
as a result he declares that health
md moral degradation do not 30 to-
gcther. He says.
$50
1870 ii,,;,,ss ,ifn tbat conssa,,tIv
outrages n previously finely educated
conscience. and you VIII md the cor
pusouiar hu1 re ~, M, ,,..,,,ss,,
Who has been reared and educated
in tho strict tenets of the church, but
who has drifted away INTO me haun'S
IA, 20, d,nn 10, 10 tha hr,nIs ~ H. 1.,,
pair. and / defy you to tell mo her
blood IS healthy. We have come to
snow that III me pooy OF the mosS
one or more dangerous diseases. These
bacilli are inactive, but they arc al
ways ready ia assert themselves and
o' aI 90 rs SION @S .no sais
low enough to give tho bacilli the
upper hand
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