Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-01-21

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w. eaecsTac ewrEeats: TT they aE@
.ahmse1 hy pAaywnEAas: tit paopae
their fAsaghss SoEns are In dad
.ly fear ot h~aaw Poa@aaRa aaa n man
The aaefor toad aheat hep - electric
'fAn eoastansiy xhaEsng oseF his pal-
Low IN hAow away q n0xsoas powae~
that . member Il his family had
.spriaksed there. - iaSiSsea.
serns osssr Cslustona
a eomraoa delasloA Of the s&ne."
said Dr. Qmskenhos. Is a zaorhad har-
|rOr of dust ana disorder lmysopho.
|haal One patient feared that II the
cups and saaeers were displaced they
nevsr BE pat back ard spent the
greater part % o night keeping them
ON the shelves TIE sight Of q goblet
upside 60wn threw him into . frenzy.
Cases like these are promptly cured
by suggestion" said the Doctor. What
has been wrongly called the insanity Of
tndeelslon manlfests itself In decisions
If doubt The patient will 70 hack sew
eFaI times TO see Il the Gas has been
turned off properly or the stock Ger.
tifieaies returned 10 the safe. 4 neur.
asthenie Yale graduate Of my aequalnt'
anee I have known TO stand On the
front steps undecided a. 10 whether Ia
mail a letter In the lamppost box on
F1fth avenue or Mt the next corner In
Madison avenue until the mental con.
fllct precipitated an attack Of hystef
lcai weeping.
The vague sense Of being afraid. 60
Characteristic Of neuFasthenia, often
takes concrete shape In specialized
phases OF anxiety Of fear like horror
of matrimony or q bridal tour. fear ol
proposing. fear Of making people cougi
or sneeze. Of being locked up In 4
steam a or cabin. fear OF a church
building. the service itself-on Oh.
part OF several elergymen-fear o.
going 10 bed for fear Of waking up ana
knowing nothing the next morning
fear Of crossing the North river an
of ferry boats. Of looking down hill
going up I'm an elevator. fear OF goinl
into the cellar on the part OF the maj
who kept his bees there I'm winter an
who was afraid he might pick up a be
and eat it-fear Of simply being afraid
"There II q humorous as well a
pathetic side 10 some OF these abnol
NAL thought forms. A physician r,
Gently under my care imagined that hi
clothing was covered with microbes
He was constantly brushing them OF
He soiled fifty napkins a day In de-
perate efforts 10 brush them off III
tableware. His wife was unable
keep a servant In her employ and HI
practice went by the board.
Even hard headed business men b
, icome the victims Of Iudicrous obses
ions. A young man applied to me Ia
, autumn for the cure OF ar irresistib
Impulse 20 throw himself into the arm
lof every corpulent woman no saw an
be hushed TO sleep by her. II is &c
lerally conceded that asylums for u
insane are filled with inmates tn
might have been saved had they bee
:, opportuuely treated"
! DR.. Quakenbos read n number
n letters sent him by persons who ina
n lined no could benefit them by abser
a Treatment suggestion on other person
lone man who had some oil paintinl
> Ito sell wrote the doctor asking him
!, make Tom Lawson buy his picture
, Another wanted him 20 hypnotic pr
r. Icr~astinating debtors and make the
pay up.
II once prepared a young lady
a receive n proposal" said DR.. Quake
Q Ibos. Her lover was due that We
night from Boston. and I consented
o do the best I could for her. She mu
n not be too eager and so convey I
Impression that she raj an easy CO
a quest. She must not be too frigid o.
a. repel the advances OF affection.
r. worked one hour over that sleepi
II beauty i%mpressing my views. and VIII
| walked her I felt that she was tn,
oughly equipped to 60 through tn
It trying ordeal. Do you know. that m
e never came. He has not since mat
ID iaIized and the poor girl Is still waltz
for an opportunity to receive a p
re posal.'