The Washington herald., 1921-01-10

Suppressed emotions are respon-
sfble for fully 20 per cent of our
ills, according to Dr.. Edward H.
Reede, Of this city, psychoanalyst
and neurologist, whose theories, as
published in Secret Springs" by
Harvey J. O'Higgtns, just off the
press, have set the medical profess
sion talking.
Fear. shame, disgust, and other
emotions are reflected in the physi-
ology of the human body" DR.. Reede
declared yesterday" and all emOttosu
we experience are followed by a
physical reaction which leaves an
almost indelibIe physiological i'm
print"
A graduate of Cornell and OF
Johns Hopkins, DR.. Reede has prac-
ticed medicine for many years, and
his theories, as well as the reports
of the many remarkable cures he
has made, are meeting with serious
consideration by many eminent
medical authorities. 1t is felt that
the work of DR.. Reede marks an
important period of transition in
the history of therapeutic practice.
Medical Treatment Falls.
BY way Of preliminary eXplana-
tion DR.. Reede points out that or
dinarv medical treatment fails 70
cure 20 per cent of the patients who
consult physicians. Various RENE
dies are prescribed, but the seat
Of the maIady IS frequently oN.r-
looked.
Take this Tncurable' 20 per cent.
said DR.. Reede; Took into the psy-
Geological history of these patterns,
and it will be found that they are
suffering from repressed emotions"
Everyone has a great deal of
false pride, DR.. Reede pointed out.
and is anxious to have the esteem
of those around him. He will go
disgust or fear. AS a result. physi-
illogical disorders develop which
baTIe ordinary medical treatment.
Our entire lives. he said, are
merely pantomimic expressions of
the impressions and feelings of our
childhood and it's environment. Fear,
shame. Joy and other emotions wear
well defined tracks in our conscious
ness which no amount of after i'm
pressions are able to efface. The
rest of our life-our happiness or
sorrow-depends largely upon the
mental capacity we built up when
young.
Childish Emotions Develop.
The child mind may be compared
to a sensitive Photographic plate,
susceptible to the Impressions made
by environment, according 70 DR..
Reede. As an example he gives a
child in whom fear or disgust has
been inspired by a harsh or an un-
kind parent. These childish emotions
soon develop into hatred. Attempts
to conceal this feeling later in life
brings on physical ills.
"A man who has never had hap,
piness in childhood can never be-
come very happy as an adult" DR..
Reede pointed out. This is true of
other emotions, all of which have
their physical reaction. Hope, for
example, forms 'adrenalin in the
blood, which Is a powerful germ
resistant"
DR.. Reede differs with Freud, who
contended that in most psychopathic
cases repression of sex impulses
accounted for the maladies suffered
by the patients. He says that all are
victims to a certain extent of physi-
illogical conditions which the the re-
suit of emotions experienced in
childhood
Americans are strong believers
in the power of the will. It might
be called a national fetish" said
DR.. Reede. I'VE feed ourselves with
these mottoes-'He can who thinks
he can'-T am the master of my
fate, the captain of my soup-and
other modern sophistry. The re-
suit is actual physical suffering"
DR.. Reede draws the line between
free will and destiny in 4 phvslo-
logical sense by saying that we en-
Joy free will just as long as the
body will sustain the mind. When
the body breaks down and rebels
free will ends and destiny begins
he declares.
The unrest of the United States
today" DR.. Reede says, sis the sum
Of the mental and physical condi-
ton of all individuals. Americans
are suffering now from the emo
tions they repressed during the
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serted DR.. -Reede,