New-York tribune., 1908-11-21
NERTOUS DISORDERS.
Their Moral Control Outlined by DR..
Worcester. of Boston.

Every seat in St Georges Church was filed yes
terday morning at IL o'clock by people anxious 70
hear the gospel of health which the Rev. Elwood
Worcester director of Emmanuel Church. in Bcs-
ton and the beginner and the chief worker in the
Emmanuel movement" was bringing to them
The lecture the first morning lecture of two
courses. morning and evening, which Dr.. Worcester
and his coworkers giving in New York. 'Func-
tional Disorders of the Nervous System was the
subject. II the crowds. the close attention, the
carriages that filed the street indication
New York's nerves badly in need Of help.
"A great many people who are suffering from
neurasthenIa only need rest DR.. Worcester said
Mothers come TO me-mothers OF large families
who work ard plan all day ind every day-and
they say they nervous. 7 know they are ner-
vous. How can they help being nervous? They
need the rest which Dr. g Weir Mitchell has
tried so successfully in many cases.
But there are people who are born tired They
have done nothing. perhaps, for years but rest
and vet they can't rest-the mind won't let them
We are spending too much nervous energy. Most
people in a state OF perfectly unnecessary high
tension. You hear it in the high pitched American
voices You 1t in the people you meet talking 8
to themselves the street. Like spendthrlfts Win
moderate fortunes they waste their portions TO
such only preach the lesson of relaxation
We try to convince them by suggestion that
they control themselves, they straishten Up
and look the world IN the face-they can relax
DR.. Worcester described two three rapid cures
by suggestion which had beer made in the En-
manuel movement but added that he didn't believe
much in these sensational cures. The invalid
who throws away his crutches and springs up, de-
claring I am we'll is apt to be back his
crutches again in few days he said
The nervous trouble which shows itself in various
forms of fear is a very common one, Or. Worcester
said. Few of us realize how fear dominates life
he added From little fears-the fear of passing
under a ladder. of breaking a mirror--to bigger
fears. few minds not tortured by them more or
less and In most cases this fear is just state Of
mind For this try to instil faith-the faith
which 'casteth fear The mind fortified by
faith is best able resist insanity and kindred
troubles"
DR.. Worcester touched briefly upon hysteria and
upon depression physicians say he observed,
that there Is not much in consulting them for
mental depression. l am not so pessnlistic. IL
seems to me that I have been able to help people
suffering from depression
Dr. Worcester not very optimistic about the
treatment of morphine fends" When a person
addicted to morphine TO me / urge him 10
20 to a sanatorum where he can have the care he
needs and the protection from himself 1t is rarely
YOU can take the word OF a person given to
phine. A to not long ago. I don't
want to he shut up he said. I'm sure that you
can cure me of my longing for the drug
How long since you have tasted t?' / asked
"A week he assured me; 7 haven't tasted it
for a week And yet was sure. from signs OBJ
served. that ne had taken morphine within the hour.
Il feel differently about alcoholics We have
met with fair degree OF In treating these.
don't say we have cured any, but We have enabled
men and women to overcome a desire for alcohol,
and so far they have relapsed Some months
ago a man Nermo 1t wrote He and his wife
were slaves to the habit. Could I help them? l
wrote a friendly letter, telling him he could give
it up if he tried
."rhe other day he wrote me Since we received
YOUR letter he said neither my wife nor 1 have
tasted liquor. and longer have the desire
for it"