The Detroit times., 1917-07-05
The Money Cure
nv ". ARLINGTON BRUCE
Author OF The Riddle % Person
sdtv. Psychology and
Parenthood. etc.


There are many methods Of treat
| ing functional nervous disorders
Some OF these methods are we'll
I known scarcely ~ all In The for
/ mcr category belong the rest cure
and The work cure In the latter
! The money cure
The money cure IS particularly q
I ncacious M the treatment of cases
/ OF hystcria following accident Here
I u sometimes works so wall thar tho
/ person cured is wronrfully accused
, of having slammed illness
For example. as the result of a
train wreck in a middle western
state q passenger lost almost com
pletcN tho use ~ both legs Re-
peated testines failed 20 reveal any
organic injury that would account
for his being naraly lcd
The fact remained that he was
virtually hedridden Only with Tho
aid .of crutches. and BY the most
painful effort. could he hobhle about
his room Tor short periods.
TIE railway physician, making
diagnosis OF spinal conclusion
warned The company thar II they
allowed This passenger claim 70 90
90 trial ne would get "a substantial
verdict ON his advice he was
given prompt settlement oSt OF
court
The very day the money was paid
90 him he LEFT ms house. walked
uuudcd 20 drug store. traded his
Cruches FOR some toilet articles.
and started IN journey ont OF
toNn
In such n case the temptation 20
cry Fraud is well nigh irresisti
b,e Bu' h should be remembered
that The railway physician. u NOT the
patient own doctor would be on
The alert TO detect imposturr Of any
hnd
Wha' had happened q is safe 70
say. was nat The passenger had IN
The srs place made himself III by
seifsugEestton or by tho sugges
lions az some one who saw him
soon after the accident
Phl sicallN unhurl by the wreck
bar mentally shocked into a hysteri.
cal condition he had IN some way
got no idea that such an experience
VAS certain 20 cripple him AZ the
very lease Accepting this sugges
tion Do bad reacted 10 g.. as hysteri
cal patients vill by developing the
symnioms 81 partial paralysis
NsfuraiN his mind became con
ceptrated on these symptoms. and
the concentration helped 10 keep
them present To overcome and
Danish them. something was needed
70 turn 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 ne paralysis that had so
troubled him And forgetting H. ne
found 20 his delight that he could
AGAIN walk
This case hy no. means stands
alone I'm medical annals are 70
corded many similar instances %
genuine cures wrought b. the pay
meut ~ money IN settlement ~
claims for personal injuries
IN fact one neGrolocist ~ my PC
quainfance. employed as an exam
liner 81 accident claimants has
more than once advised tho settling
81 claims not simply On grounds ~
Justice. hut a means oi hastenng
The claimant return 20 health
IN such instances hys'cria clearly
ls an asset 20 the one suffering from
= Ye' mo mental torture r. i'm
poses is sometimes 40 great that no
sensible man would wish 20 have
hysferia asfict him. even with tho
possibility ~ having 10 treated by
the agreeable money cure
on the other hand which 81 the
point wish 70 emphasize TODAY
whenever We hcar or read ~ cases
Ike Tho one narrated. ~ is tho part
~ wisdom "a well a. charity 20 rs
sumo that SIS correct explanation is
20 BE- found In hysteria, not in fraud