The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-19
MIRACULOUS RESTORATION OF SIGHT
 TO THE BLIND

| In his instructive little book What Every
 Ono Should Know About the Eyos' (tunk S
 hn cS pr w Park totsx ETs tolls or ''o | She was the child of highly neuroue par ents.
 | Her parents unces aunts and tho neighbors had freely discussed the ehild's failing eyesght and tho ihefoasing difficulty of using her eyes, In tho ehild's presence.
 Thon one day they took her to an oculist in q near-by city, with the entire family accom- panyng her on tho train. We may fairly as. sume they whled away the tedious rido talking about the sad condition of blindness and other things that neurotie people like to talk about, The ocust found the child's eyes exceeding iy far-sighted, ono eye moro so than the other Gas is not unusua) had less than half tho nor- nal sight. Proper glasses to correct tho far sightedness enabled the child to see without deomfort.
 to the child and it weighed on her impression able mind On her return home she tried shut ting tho good eye, and, seeing imperfectly, she became alarmed and cried T can't 500! l
 The parents, true to their type, became OK. cited and, exclaimed, How dreadful! Nellie IS
 And promptly. Nellie, responding to the sug- gestion, did become blnd
 There was nothing wrong with Nellie's eyes, but for the time being she could not sec ob- jects smaller than the fingers at a distance of three foet with the better eye, and with tho poorer eye she could not see the light or 40- watt lamp directly before the eye. This Is psychic blindness, a form of hysteria. Hystera is a state In which an idea has control of tho body and the mind does not respond to the normal sense impulses.
 | A psychic condition requires psychic treat | ment. ,, was assured that shortly the sight would return to the blind eye. Within half an hour she vas | avoiding chairs as shc groped about the room. and gradually tho mental veil was lifted ana | Nellie was seeing again in a normal way It was one of the conditions in which sugges- ton is effective. Had the little blind girl come under the spell of some blatant chariatan or | some freak mental healer or hypnotist or per. haps some religious healer. the restoration oi | her sight would have been great miracle. bu' | being under medical care 1t was Of small sis- niicance. -
 Hysterical or psychic blindness is the kind | of blindness that is often cured by some sucr | suggestion. l have seen the records or severa such cases 1 have never found q dependable
 record of cure of real blindness by miraculous
 means -
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Why Keep It Secret? .. | If you will bc so kind us to give me the ad' dress of your correspondent W. J. 5. who wal suffering with gail stones will write her apou | n remedy have that Is sure cure TOT gaI
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 | Answer-But Mrs w. J. s. is only one oi many thousands who suffer from galistones
 Why select her alone for cure? l cant aivuigt iis | the identity of a correspondent but If you wisf | to make the cure known I'll be happy 10 pasi
 it on to the thousands of sufferers who would like to avoid an operation if that is possible.
 Being Irish It Deserves Consideration | Several references i'm your column to lrisi
 Moss. | am from Boston and have never beci | without supply of Irish Moss collected by oul | family on the beach. Many people do not know
 how delicious sea moss blanc mango s! IS s.n. nI. | now economical. We have 1t for dessert oftei and we never tire of It. Here in New Jersey
 have been unable to find the moss in the drug
 stores. In Massachusetts quarters worth o | Iriss, Moss will fast months. I'd be glad to in | form anyone interested how to make the blan. | mango and where to get the moss. tMrs A. J B.)
 | Answer-Thank you. I filing your let fer and I do hope I'll be able to dig It up II | case readers wish to get the recipe and in l structions.
 It Is Not 6 Cure
 Please tell me your cure for constipation. (J H)
 Answer-- Constipation is in the great ma jorit, | of cases merely S bad habit. No cure Is re ouired. Send with your re Niest q dime and { stamped envelope bearing your address and asl for the booklet, ssThe Constipation Habit"