The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-01-17
EYPNOTISM A POTENT
BRANCH OF SUGGESTION

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needs refine"
The influence of mind over mat
ter has been a recognized and ac-
cepted fact since time inc0nceivably
remote. We briefly produce few OF
the many illustrations with which
history abOunds.
y doctor was called to see a lady
with 4 severe case of rheumatism.
ana tried to give vapOr bath in bed,
with an old tin pipe and a teakettlc.
and only succeeded in scalding the
patient with the boiling water from
the over-iull teakettle. The patient
screamed: Doctor you have scald-
ed me. and leaped out of bed. BIZ r
TIE RHEUMATISM WAS CURED.
y lady saw Il child in immediate
danger having its ankle crushed b.
an iron gate. She was greatly agi-
tated but could not move owing to in
tense pain in her corresponding an
E!c. Later her stocking was removed
and a circle around her ankle was
found with a large red spot on the
outer side. by morning her whole
| foot was inflamed.
\ French surgeon experimental
With hundred patients. giving them
81 CARED water; then with grea,
show of fear that he made a mistake
and had given them an emetic, no
fewer than eighty vomited.
Common observations: What
makes the hair stand on end? Why
does the hair turn suddenly gray?
Why do people blush? Why Go they
turn pale" Why does the heart pal
pirate?
; Mental influences cure. Everybody
! is familiar with the fact that a
toothache disappears in many in
, stances as the sufferer approaches
the dentists office. Records prov
many malady has been cured with
bread pills 4 patient suffering from
an attack of an acute collie, received
a prescription with the instructions:
Take it." He obeyed the order lit
orally. taking the paper prescription
instead of the medicine. The effect
vas magical. In a short time he was
entirely cured. Many patients suf-
fcring from paralysis for many years
have been known to leap out of BET!
and run when the alarm of fire was
given. All this illustrates the intlu-
ence of the mind over the body. UpOn
/ t'is fact have been built all the sys-
/ TENS OF mental healing which have
! come and gone since the world be-
i gan llypnotism is one of them, and
L potent factor of suggestive Their
apeutlcs which is an important
! branch OF druglcss healing.
abandon any thought of the mys-
ferrous IN suggestive therapeutics
Bee ause "A thing is unknown to us is
no proof that il is mysterious or does
not exist. 1t merely proves that the
facts connected Herewith are I'M
L. M IN tnI D. !,
to say: II do not know; | shall in
yestigate."
To our fOrefathers most of the
things in nature, which to us seem
lerfectly natural, seemed mysterious.
The wise man is he who keeps his
mind open ready to receive any ac-
tually demonstrated fact whenever
and by whomsoever it is presented
and proven.
Now can we doubt the claims of
hypnotism! What is hypnotism
This is the most modern definition;
hypnotism is a state of mind. or men
tai attitude, artificially produced. in
which the powers of will and action
lare changed, and during which it is
possible to forcibly offer suggestion
as to acts and thoughts not readily
and willingly accepted at other
times.
This Is not a twentieth-centur.
fad. Egyptians have for many cen.
turtles practiced hypnotism by max.
ing people gaze fixedly at glitter.
ing chrystal ball. and by the passes
OF the hand Later. the Hirdoos bvn-
notised themselves by staring at an
imaginary point in space The Greeks
and Romans followed suit. II w,s
known at that time as the cure oe
the passing of the hands The He-
hrews and Assyrians used the same
Many illustrations in the Bible hear
corroborative testimony.
What was known to our ancestors
as magic was the highest phase of
hypnotism. 1t was the stage of SOM
nambulism in which the spirit of the
sypnotised subject is set free to soar