The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-05
The Money Cure
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There are many methods Of treat.
INK functional nervous disorders.
Some of these methods are well
known scarcely an all Ia the for
mer category belong the rest cure
and The work cure In the latter
the money cure
The money cure Is particularly ~
fcacious IN The treatment ~ cases
Of hystoria following accident Here
10 sometimes works 40 we'll that the
person cured is wrongfully accused
of having slammed illness
For example. as the result OF a
train wreck IN middle western
state a passenger lost almost. com
pletely the use ~ both legs Re-
peated testinEs failed 20 reveal any
organic injury that would account
for his being paralyzed
The fact remained that he was
virtually bed ridden Only with the
AID OF cruichcs. and hy the most
painful effort could be hOhblc about
his room for short periods
Tho railway physician. making \
diagnosis ~ spinal concussion,
warned The company that II they
allowed this passengers claim 10 go
10 rial he would ger a substantial
verdict on this advice he was
given prompt settlement out OF
court
The very day the money was paid
20 him no eft his house. walked
lnaidcd 10 DRUG store. traded his
CrItchcs for some toilet articles
and started on a journey out o.
town
In such a case me temptation 70
cry Fraud" s. we'll nigh irrcsisti
bic nut II should De remembered
Thar the railway physician n not the
patients own doctor would be- on
he alert 10 detect impostnre OF any
kind
what had happened. If is safe 70
say. was that the passenger had IN
The fr.t place made himself il' hy
self.sGcrestion. or hy the suggcs
lions % some ono who saw him
soon after the accident
Physically unhurt by tho wreck
bur mentally shocked into a hysteri
cal condition he had in some way
Eof The idea that such an experience
was certain % cripple him. AZ the
very least Accepting this sugges-
lion ne had reacted 20 II. as hysteri-
cal patients will by developing the
symptoms OK partial paralysis
Naturally his mind became con
centrated on these symptoms. and
The concentration helped 10 keep
them present To overcome and
Danish them. something was needed
20 'urn his thoughts strongly and
pleasurably In another direction
The payment % his claim supplied
the needed something In his JOY
over The settlement he completely
forgot IN. paralysis thar had so
troubled him And forgetting It. ne
found 10 his delight that he could
again walk
This case by no means stands
alone In medica annals are re-
corded many similar instances 81
genuine cures wrought by The pay
ment 81 money In settlement OF
claims for personal injuries
In fact. one neurologist OF nv &C
quaintance. employed as an exam
iner ~ accident claimants. has
more than once advised the settling
OF claims. not simply on grounds Of
Justice. but as a means Of Fastening
the claimants return 70 health
In such Instances hyst"ria clearly
"a an asset 10 the one suffering from
II Vet the mental torture u i'm
poses is sometimes 40 great that no
sensible man wouid wish 10 have
hysteria afGict him even with the
possibility ~ having II treated by
tho money cure
on tho other hand which f. the
point wish 70 emphasize today --
whenever We hear or read OF cases
Ike the one narrated. n IA the part
OF wisdom "a well as charity 70 az
sumo that Us correct explanation H.
10 bo found In hysteria, not In fraud