Chapter VII - Physiology
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single post-mortem examination, not because of virus
single post-mortem examination, not because of virus
taken into the system, (one condition of blood is as
harmless as another if mind says so, but not otherwise,)
it is some fatal belief that is admitted, that does the
harm. Mind alone affects the secretions of the body,
gives action, and increases or diminishes it; a simple
blush or fright tells us this. When the unconscious
mental conception of disease takes place, its symptoms
and locality appear on the body, the same as in optics
when the image is formed on the retina that becomes
visible to personal sense. The error of talking over
sickness and peering into the symptoms of disease to
conjure up from the dark depths of discord some new
discovery, is little understood. When a physician names
an ailment, describing its symptoms and their danger, he
has committed an unconscious offence against being,
against his patient's happiness and liberty, and will make
a sure job for himself, if not a fatal one for his patient.
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A lady was etherized and died while under its effects,
A lady was etherized and died while under its effects,
her physicians affirming it was not safe to perform the
surgical operation without ether. The case was brought
to trial, the evidence found conclusive, and the verdict
returned that death was occasioned, not by the ether,
but her fear of taking it. Her sister testified the
deceased protested against inhaling the vapor, saying it
would kill her, but after this, was compelled by her
physicians to inhale it. Had those surgeons understood
the action of mind on the body, they would have allayed
her terror before administering the ether, or much
sooner have risked a severe surgical operation than
the effects of fear. Such ignorance, yea, cruelty,
should arouse the community; diplomas give no more
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claim to a dupe or a victim, than the assassin's steel.
claim to a dupe or a victim, than the assassin's steel.
Inert matter taken wholly into account, and mind
disregarded! when the sequel proved the patient died
of mind instead of matter.
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Books that would rule disease out of the mind
Books that would rule disease out of the mind
instead of impressing it more strongly on the belief,
would abate sickness ten per cent, in a short period.
Instruct your patient that he is not an involuntary
subject of disease, but can resist it, and overcome it too,
with mind that is superior to matter. To understand
their God-given dominion over the body, would reas-
sure and encourage the sick and impart healthy action
to the body. Knowing their mental power, they would
meet sickness as fearlessly as we encounter a swarm of
insects that flee before us.
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Science and personal sense are antagonists, bearing
Science and personal sense are antagonists, bearing
very different reports of man, but demonstration proves
science right and personal sense wrong, and that mind
instead of matter controls matter. Doctors examine the
body to ascertain the exact power matter is bringing to
bear on man to kill him, and render judgment accord-
ingly. Giving all precedence to discord, they poison
the minds of patients with the belief they have no
defense, mentally, over their bodies, when the fact is,
mind produces all action, whether it be sickness or
health. Reverse the case, and when the symptoms of
disease appear administer to the mind and not the body;
teach the patient that pain, swelling, ulceration, morbid
or acute action, etc., appear on the body only because
they are mapped out in mind, for the latter transfers
its images to the body. Ask the patient what he thinks
of the ailment; and what his mind admits on the