The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-29

neryoug dyspepsia cured other W Mlts commonly supposed to be i'm possible without fhe uso of mcdclno hayo hcons achieved through suggcs- lon alone
 Another tnng that makes tho com hinatlon of religion and medicine pos siho s thc frank recognition by phy
 slciana and others of other tnnn physical causes of pain anl disease,
 For years fl has been our practice Co assume that a person suffering from serious disorders needs medicine,
 Whorcas the truth ia that hc often
 needs only advice enrouragement re
 education or certain faculties ana
 functions pr Achorn, 2 medical man,
 2 practising physician or high stand
 ing, says "lt has been the practise
 to regard tho body as the part mainly at fanlt In chronic disorders with tho
 exception of few classified diseases,
 and treatment for relief has been ln-
 stltnted usually from tho standpoint
 of the physical A great many people
 are unhealthy nevertheless, because
 of their disturbed attitude mentally
 towards life and living That thosa
 mental states have existed rgat along
 no one questions, but that they have
 not been fnlly appreciated, and treat-
 cd with intelligence by those presum- ably qualified to do so, is equally tue."
 lt would hc utter folly to say thal because some disorders arc due io
 mental causes and need mental treat
 ment all cases do This is tho mistake
 of the too ardent followers of new methods of healing The wise scientific attitude Is that taken by the Em- manuel church in Boston, Their motto is to give every ease the kind Of treat ment it needs; If mental mental treat ment, if moral moral treatment; If physical, medical or physical treat mcnt
 The Emmanuel movement in partic-
 uar, as arc similar movements based
 upon strict common sense and science,
 Is emphatic in its approval of medical
 science and its adherence 10 the physi clan For who is there that is qualified
 to pronounce whether a disorder is one
 produced by an hystsrical condition, purely imaginary disease for instance, or whether it is q case of genuine dis
 ease? Surely no one hut the physician,
 who has had years of training practice and observation. Dr. Worcester says
 We admit no patient to the class un til We arc assured on good medical an thority that he or she is likely to be hcnehted hy the treatment" And pr McComb says "Thc method ,of treat ment is absolutely dependent upon the results of medical examination" And Dr Corlat says "Thc first requisite is
 a thorough and careful examination bl
 competent medical man"
 Thousands upon thousands of suffer
 ITS arc healed daily by the rogula' physicians No class of men as whole
 exercises larger self sacrifice, higher devotion to duty deeper human sym pnthv and more scientific knowledge and method, than do tho regular physi clans All honor to thcm Let no mun
 suppose that ,auy new and unscicni'nc system nf healing is ever rolng to rival
 or to supplant our friend tho doctor on thc other hand and tho physi cians themselves arc among tho first to admit there arc limits to med cal skin. ana there arc fields as al.
 ready shown, where other methods
 than those of tho physician are offcr- uyc. Lei us moi fail lo give duo credit
 to such methods also, and ict us above Iall not deny facts simply because the explanation Gjycn to account for them does not tally with our opinions.
 would say hat the combination
 of religion and medicine ls possible also nowadays because the Christian church is becoming convinced of It's duty and responsibility No question exists to-day in tho mind of any one who accepts the facts of history. hut that Jesus christ was a great healer. and that hr commanded and cmpow- cred his immediate followers to he healprg l'oi two or three centuries beating was a common feature of the christian religion Onc of the results of modern biblical criticism, often go greatly misunderstood has been tn establish beyond question the entire 1 uustvorthncss of the accounts of Nres wrought by tho Master and his disciples and followers Though sl,rptiral scientists and other skeptics long questioned such accounts. now that wo have como to sec similar cures wrought in modern times we begin
 to understand how greater person. nlitN in an age of greater faith, could
 work greater cures, expect to soc tho rcacquialtion by the church of q power long lost, and tho exercise of 2 department of human service long lq
 tonttnuod Where faith. hope, cour-
 ossary than medicine. and where tho influence of a strong personality over a weaker personally is required, l know of no institution better fitted to l meet such needs than is the Christian 1 church. or han it will be when lt has gained more knowledge and power. Such association is rendered possible, |ul tN'I, pe'auN' NI li' conNlCilon mat l God is nn tho side of hcalth, and has | |mmistatably declared Himself so through nature. Dr. Worcester says.
 "We possess such allies and resources within ourselves that apart from surei- cal interference tho physician's chief function is 10 awaken In tho patient 1 tho will to live, and to employ every element of resistance which the system | itself affords \ great French physi- | cian wrote on the walls of his hospital, | ''l dressed the wound and God healed | it. II has h"on stated frequently by physicians that of all sick persons | probably tWo-thirds would recover of 1 their own accord without any medical
 assistance The best physicians assert ! that they could do nothing were 1t not . .t.