The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-18

o VINO Will not un0erbtanu'
II. however, you try to put your
subjects to sleep right away, without
the explanations and preliminary ex'
periments necessary to bring them 70
accept the suggestions and to trans
form them into Autosuggestions. you
cannot. and will not, succeed, except
with peculiarly sensitive subjects.
And sensitive subjects are rare.
Everybody may become so by train
Ing. but very few are so sufficiently
without the preliminary instruction
that I recommend, which can be done
In q few minutes.
Formerly. imagining that sugges'
lions could be given only during
sleep. l always tried to put my pa
tient to sleep; but on discovering
that it was not Indispensable. l lett
off doing It in order to spare him the
dread and uneasipcss he almost al
ways experiences when he Is told
that he Is going to be sent to sleep.
and which often makes him oter, IN
spite Of himself, an involuntary re-
s~istance to the treatment.
II, on the contrary. you tell him
that you are not going to put him TO
sleep, as there is no need to do So
lou gain his confidence. He listens
to you without fear or any uletr1or
thought. and 1t often happens-if not
the first time. anyway very soon
that, soothed by the m~onotonous
sound OF your voice, he falls into a
deep sleep from which he wakes. as
tonished at having slept at all.
If there are sceptics among my
readers-as l am quite sure there are
all l have to say to them Is: Come
to my house and see what 10 being
done. and you will be convinced by
fact"
Physicians and Autosussestion.
You must not, however, run away
! with the idea that autosuggestion can
be brought about in the way lave
described.
II Is possible to make suggestions
to people without their knowledge
and without any preparation. For In
stance, II a doctor who. by his title
alone, has a suggestive influence on
his patient. tells him that he can 90
nothing for him, and that his illness
Is incurable. he provokes IN the MIND
O. the patient an Autosuggestion
which may have the most disastrous
consequences.
II, however, he tells the patient that
his illness Is, It Is true, a serious one,
but that with care. time. n pa
thence. he can be cured, the physician
lsometimes, and even often, obtains
results which win surprise him.
Here Is another example: II a doc
tor, after examining his patient
writes a prescription and gives 1t to
him without any comment, the reme-
dies prescribed will not have much
| chance Of succeeding. II. on tha
other hand, he explains to his patient
that such and such medicines must
! be taken in such and such conditions,
and that they will produce certain
results, those results are practically
; certain to be brought about.
II among my readers there are med
Iical men or brother chemists. l hope
thew will not think me their enemy.
II am. on the contrary. them oest
! friend. On the IN hand | shou!n
like to see the theoretical and practi'
cal study OF Suggestion on the sylla'
bus Of the medical schools Tor the
great benefit not only OF the SICK out
! OF the doctors themselves.
And on the other hand, In my opin'
/ ion. every time that a patient goes to
see his doctor, the doctor should or
der him one. or even several, med!'
| cines, even II they are not necessary
As a matter Of fact, when a patient
| visits his doctor, it is In order 70 De
told what medicine will cure him.
He does not realize that 1t Is tho
hygiene and regimen which do tnls'
and he attaches little importance TO
them. It Is a medicine that he wants
In my opinion. II the doctor pre-
, scribes only a regimen, without n
medicine his patient will be dissaus'
fled, He will say that he took the
! trouble to consult the physician TOT
nothing, and often goes to another
doctor.
II seems to me then that the doctor
should always prescribe medicines to
his patient, and. as much as possible
medicines made up by himself, rather
! than the standard remedies 30 mucn
advertised and which owe their only
value to the advertisement.
The doctors own prescriptions VIII
,nsnire infinitely moro confidence
than So-and-So's pills which anyone
can procure easily at the nearest