The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-20
ARTICLE TX.
BY Or. Emile Coue.

lier in this chronicle) to suggestion
constantly practiced in the way |
have indicated l have had the happ
p;ness Of contributing to the cure OF
a large number Of neurasthenics with
whom every other. treatment had
tailed.
One tr them had even spent a
month in a special establishment at
Lexenburg without obtaining im-
provement. In six weeks he was
completely cured. and he is now the
happiest man one would wish TO tint,
afetr having thought himself the mos.
miserable.
Neither is he ever likely to fall Ill
again in the same way, for | showed
him how to make use OF Conscious
Autosuggestion and does 1t marvel
Cusly well.
But If Suggestion is useful in treat
ing moral complaints and physical
ailments, may II not render still
greater services to society. in turn
ing into honest folks the wretched
children who people our retorma'
tories and who only leave them to
enter the army OF crimes?
Let no one tell me 1t is impossible.
The remedy exists and can prove t
will quote some cases which are
very characteristic. first inserting
here a metaphor which make 1t easie :
10 render clear my point. few re
marks in parenthesis.
To make you understand the way
in which Suggestion acts in the treat
uent Of moral taiats l will use the
following comparison. Suppose our
brain Is q plank in which are driven
nails that represent the ideas. habits
End instincts. which determine our
actions.
II We find that there exists in a
subject a bad idea. a bad habit.
bad instinct-as 1t were, bad nall
We taka another. which is the mere
idea, habit, or instinct. place it on
top OF the bad one and give n tap
with hammer.
In other words We made suggss-
ton. The new mani will be driven In.
perhaps a fraction OF an inch. while
the cid one will come out to the sam.
extent.
At each fresh blow with the hant'
mer-that is to say at each fresh
Suggestion-the one will be driveHll
traction further and the other Will
be griven out the same amount. UT.
til, after certain number OF blows,
the old nail or evil idea will come out
completely and be replaced by the
new one.
When this substitution has been
make the individual abeys it.
Let us return to our examples:
Little NJ, a child OF IL living at
Troyes, was subject night and day to
unpleasant accidents. He was also a
k,eptomaniac. and. OF course. un
truthful into the bargain. At his
mothers request l treated him by
suggestion.
After the first visit which he and
his mother paid me the accidents
ceased by day though they continued
at night. But Little by little they
became less frequent until finally.
few months afterwards, the child Wa
completely cured.
In the same period his thieving pro
pensities lessened, and in six months
they had entirely ceased.
The Boy Hated His Brother.
This childis brother. aged Is. had
conceived a violent hatred against
another Of his brothers. Every time
that he had taken little too muca
wine, he falt impelled to draw knife
and stab his brother.
He telt that one day or other be
would end by doing so. and he knew
at the same time that. having done
so. he would be- inconsolable.
treated him also by Suggestion.
and the result was marvellous. Alter
the first treatment he was cured,
His hatred for his brother had dis
appea red, and they have since become
good friends and got on capttally TO-
gntheE
followed up the case for a Ions
time, and the. cure was permanent.
Since such results are u be obtain
cd by suggestion, would It not be ben
oficial-I might even say indlspers-
able-to take up this method and In
troduce II into our reformatories:
| am absolutely convicted tina: !!
Suggestion were daily applied 10 vic
ious children, more than 50 per cent
could Re reclaimed.
Would It not be. an immense ser.
vice to render society. to bring back
to II sane and we'll members OF II
who we're formerly corroded by moral
decay?
To show that the field IN similar
cases Is not limited to youths. let me
cite the following. Please note the
length of time that has elapsed since
the subject was first treated and
cured and please note too the econo'
mic advantage OF such q cure.
Case No. 7.
II. A C., living at Troyes.
has lonp suffered from euteritis. .nr
witch different treatments have been
tried IN g3in.
He Is also in very bad state men
tally. being depressed, gloomy. Tn
soclable. and obsessed by though, OF
suicide.
Preliminary experiments easy. fol-
lowed by suggestion which produces
an appreciable result from the very
day.
For three months. daily suggestion
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