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PROFESSOR G. M. BROWN. 
THE
PRACTICAL
Magnetic Healer
IN PLAIN ENGLISH.
        BY



PROFESSOR G. M. BROWN.
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ARMLD FORCES MEDICAl  LIBRARY
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         Gbfs JBook is DeDicatefc

  to that GREAT and much HONORED SCIENTIST,

     professor 5. B. Weltmer,
             the Discoverer of a
Method of Curing All Manner of Diseases, even after-
    all Other Remedies have Failed, without the
       use of Medicine, Drugs or Surgery.
  Recognizing Him as Being one of the GREAT Men
        of Our Day, being in the Foremost
                  Rank as a

           Scientific Discoverer

 and Through Him the World has been Immeasurably
    Benefited by Placing Health and Happiness
       within the Reach of all MANKIND. 
INTRODUCTORY.
   Having been,  at various times solicited for
 information as to how to treat this  or  that dis-
 ease, until it became a source of considerable
 inconvenience to answer all  the  inquiries for
 information on the subject.   The demands for
 a book discussing the  different  methods  of
 treating the diseases which  came to the Welt-
 mer Institute, the  author has  undertaken this
 work, in his humble way,  to  place before the
 student and operator his personal  experiences
 and observations in treating  the different dis-
 eases hereinafter named, in connection with  a
 few short essays  on subjects deemed beneficial
 in the way of information in aiding the  opera-
 tor in  directing the patient as to what  should
 be done for  the  promotion and  restoration  of
 health.  It will be found of great value to all
 concerned to  give those simple directions  con-
 siderable attention,  as  tb ose points are of in-
 estimable value,  even to one in perfect health,
 and  should  be  followed  throughout the  re-
 mainder of our entire  lives.   If  followed  per-
 sistently, they will  tend to make a weak body
 strong, and  a strong body stronger, a healthy
 body more robust,  and,  ultimately, will build
 a strong mind in  a strong body.
  Let it be well  understood that the  different
manipulations  referred to  in  this  book,  are 
VI
Introductory.
 used, primarily and finally, as vehicles  upon
 which  to convey the necessary suggestion  to
 the subjective  mind of  the  patient,  which
 must, in all cases, be depended upon to do  the
 healing.   If  they  succeed  in  reaching  this
 potent element within the patient, the operator
 may depend upon satisfactory results.   It mat-
 ters not what vehicle is  used,  upon  which  the
 suggestion can be conveyed, the all-important
 question is, how can this power which does  the
 healing, be reached?  The operator can make
 his own selection, and can devise means of  his
 own,  the answer is:   use the language best
 understood by your  patient,  and if there is per-
 fect agreement, and a complete understanding,
 your patient will get well, and the sooner the
 patient can get to the point where  he can rely
 entirely upon the force  within him, the more
 rapidly he will recover.   Remember that every-
 thing depends upon  the agreement.
   The writer's only ambition is to  devise some
 means by which the operator can be assisted in
 bringing about a stimulating  influence by which
 the suggestions  may be more easily,  and satis-
 factorily conveyed to the healing force within
 the  patient,  thus lifting  the burden  from the
 over-worked minds of his readers.   If this lit-
tle book accomplishes its purpose, even,  only
in part, the  writer will feel  amply repaid for
the time and labor thus spent  on  the  different
subjects contained within the folds  of  its bind-
ing. 
The Practical Magnetic  Healer

           IN PLAIN ENGLISH.

      GIVING THE SYMPTOMS AND CAUSES OF
           DIFFERENT DISEASES
As they came to the Author in His Extensive Practice
      as a Healer.  Cases that have been
             Successfully Treated.
  In giving a description of the  different
manipulations, the author makes no claims as
to their specific value as  a therapeutic, but
simply states that they were used  as a means
of transit,  conveying the suggestion  to' the
forces within the patient, which it is claimed,
brings the patient back to health.   In formu-
lating the symptoms and causes of the diseases
herein  contained the author has taken great
care in quoting from the best diagnosticians
both in Europe and America, which is con-
sidered to  be the best authority obtainable on
this subject.  He takes pleasure in naming the
following  as his  authority on  the subject
above  referred to, and  will be  considered 
8     The Practical Magnetic Healer.

authentic.  Drs. Faulkner, Carmichael, Pierce
Root, Riley, Fowler, and others, making the
diagnosis   for  practical  purposes  entirely
reliable.
     REMEDY FOR RHEUMATISM.
   The so-called involuutary__forces (by the
medical fraternity) are, with reference to the
science of magnetic healing, called subjective
forces, subjective faculties  of the  mind, or
better yet, THE_SUBJECTXYE MIND. In
treating all diseases the operator has to deal,
ultimately, with the Subjective Mind of his
patient, and of course the  most convenient
way to reach it, is  through the objective or
conscious mind.   It seems to be the duty of
the conscious mind to stand guard over the
subjective mind, and to best reach it you will
find it necessary to enter into a compact or an
agreement with the conscious mind to let your
suggestions pass to the subjective mind, thus
impressing it with the work  of restoring your
patient to health.
   The office  of the subjective mind seems to
be to work out the impressions given to it by
the conscious mind of the patient or operator.
The impressions are worked out with neatness
and  dispatch, PROVIDED  the subjective
mind has the materia} at  hand with which to
do the work.  What would  you expect your 
         Remedy for Rheumatism.        0

engineer to do first?  Should you order him
to start the machinery. Would you not secure
the necessary material to create heat and gen-
erate steam. Your (engineer) subjective mind
must have (fuel) oxygen, to create heat, and
water to generate (steam) blood, lymph and
secretions.  The whole  body  must  also  be
lubricated,  like  unto a  much  complicated
piece of machinery,  every  bearing, however
small, must be  lubricated.   Water furnishes
the basis for all liquids within animal bodies,
and "is  the only vehicle  on which all  solid
bodies are conveyed from one part of the body
to another, or from the internal to the exter-
nal. All worn out or dead cells are conveyed
to the exterior on this vehicle.  You will then
readily  see the importance of, at first, securing
the necessary material preparatory to rebuild-
ing  your physical structure.  The above also
applies  to keeping your house, the body, in
order.   Then let cold winter come, winds may
blow, snows may fall, it is all the same to you,
for when you hear the gentle tapping from the
outside, you will be  found upon the throne,
as undisputed ruler over your little kingdom
of health and happiness.  It is the writer's in-
tention in other comments to discuss the best
means of reaching the subjective faculities, as
applied in treating diseases of various charac-
ters, especially  those involving the excretory
functions. 
10    The Practical Magnetic  Healer.

  HOW TO TREAT A BAD CASE OF
             RHEUMATISM.
  Have your patient  recline  on your  oper-
ating table  in a conrfortable~ position, clos-
ingjiisjgyes and relaxing every muscle.   The
operator should telTlns patient to direct his
mind to the^aching^oTnt and hold it there dur-
ing the treatment.   If you find the patient
inclined to talk or let his mind wander from
the seat of  the trouble you should  be  more
positive in order to get him interested in the
treatment" sufficiently to create a desire on his
part to have you  discontinue the treatment
for  the present, at least.  It will be  observed
that your  patient will think not ef his former
sufferings from his rheumatism, but think
only of improved feelings over the pains en-
dured before treatment. If your patient com-
plains of severe treatment, tell him  that you
would not hurt him for the world if it were
not absolutely necessary,  and that  the next
treatment will not need to be so severe.   You
will find that after  the first treatment your
patient will be on  the lookout for  develop-
ments in the region of the rheumatism, and
you will  have no  trouble  in  holding your
patient's mind just  where you want  it.   You
will find  it beneficial to stir up the muscular
tissue, producing revulsion, thus aiding the
mind in the work of restoring your patient to 
Treatment for Stiff Joints, Anchylosis, Contracted Tendon.-!. Inflammatory
                           Articular Khki matism. 
 
        How to  Treat Rheumatism.     11

health.   After you  have finished the treat-
ment, tell your patient to take a few full and
deep breaths, after which have him  open his
eyes, at the same time tell him that he will feel
better, and in almost every case your patient
\xi\\ feel much improved.  During the treat-
ment  you should keep your thoughts on  the
work in hand, with a feeling of confidence in
your ability to cure your patient, and that he
can and  must get well.  It is well that you
express those thoughts  to  your  patient at
times that seems most suited, in your judg-
ment, for such expressions.
  If you should at  any time  have a patient
with semi-acute rheumatism in either one of
the lower limbs, necessitating  the  use of
crutches, treat the seat of pain with your  hot
hands, made so  by rubbing them briskly to-
gether,  holding them  on  the  diseased part
until perspiration starts, thus you have forced
into activity the  lymphatic circulation,  the
pain is thereby subdued, and your patient has
changed  his course and is now convalescing.
Xow, is  the time to act, look  your patient
squarely  in .the eyes  and tell him .to get down
off the table and walk, that he can surely do
so, without a doubt,  that you know just what
you are talking about,  tell him to try it, that
he can surely do it,  and you will witness  the
seemingly impossible performance of "taking
a man off of his crutches in twenty minutes." 
12    The Practical Magnetic  Healer.

  There are  many cases of chronic rheuma-
tism that can be  immediately relieved  and
permanently  cured, by at first giving a local
treatment to the parts afflicted, then look after
the stomach and kidneys, with a view of es-
tablishing a normal condition in these organs,
after you have succeeded in this, you can then
look after the stiff joints and  painful  parts
of your patient's body, the purpose of which is
to establish  a  normal  circulation through-
out.  You can now give your patient the nec-
essary instructions.  You will find in nine out
of every ten of your patients that he has been
eating   about  onerfourth more than   his
stomach could digest, you will also find  that
he has been drinking very little water, or per-
haps none at all, thus depriving  his stomach
of the  necessary liquids  to digest  the food, in
this case the food"remains indigested and if it
passes  out of the stomach at  all it does so in
an indigested condition, after  the period in
which the contents of the stomach should have
passed into the duodenum, fermentation has
set in and decomposition is now going on, the
absorbent glands' are now taking up this poison
and conveying it to the blood.   The system
has no particular use for this substance and
in carrying it-throughout the body as a burden
to the blood, it finds lodgment in the joints or
between the muscular tissues, upon which it
has a gfanulating effect upon  the tender mem- 
         How to Treat Rheumatism.     13

brane, causing irritation and inflammation or
acute inflammatory rheumatism.   Xow the
next thing for the operator to know, is how to
relieve and permanently cure his patient.
   The first thing is  to  increase the venous
circulation, to do this, you should use tne nec-
essary manipulations to force the blood toward
the heart, after  this, you should bring about
conditions to reestablish  perfect  digestion.
Your patient's stomach is like unto a faithful
work horse that has been overloaded, it has
refused to work, not  having been able to do
the  work  assigned to  it,  to overcome   this
obstacle, lighten the burden, give it a rest, and
it will gradually resume its former function.
   There  is one very important  point  that
should not be overlooked in this matter, and
that is the material _of ^ which secretions are
made, in order to have an abundance of lubri-
cating fluid, by which you can properly lubri-
cate all the bearings throughout your whole
body, thus permitting the different organs to
act in harmony with each  other, in  the ab-
sence of which health cannot exist.
   Taking then  into consideration this state
of  affairs,  your  patient   suffers  intensely
through  the  acute stage and  in time settles
down into a chronic invalid,  suffering in-
tensely all kinds of pains.
   The next thing to be looked after is the cir-
culation.  In order to equalize the circulation, 
14    The Practical Magnetic Healer.

you should get your patient to help you, which
he can do by deep breathing, thus assisting
the heart in forcing the blood through the
capillaries, then  back  again  to the  lungs,
where the principle impurities are cast out  of
the blood, in this exercise there are several
points gained, such as developing the lungs,
aiding the stomach in its work of  digestion,
forcing the secretions into the colon and pro-
ducing the peristaltic motion so essential  in
breaking up constipation, assisting the lymph-
atic circulation, and generally aids  all func-
tional activity.
  The  manipulations  should  be  confined
principally to parts where the temperature is
below normal,  all manipulations, to increase
the circulation should be with the intention
to force the blood toward the heart.  The most
effective  for  this purpose, when the arms  or
the limbs below the knee, are to be manipu-
lated, is the twisting movement, which is done
in the same manner as wringing water out of
a wet sheet.   The rotary motion is the best
for other parts of the body, this is done by
placing the end of the fingers flat on the body,
take up a circular motion, from right to left
or vioe-versa, never permitting the fingers to
slip except for the purpose of changing your
position.   For intercostal or thoracic rheuma-
tism,  the last named movement is  the most
effective.    In about nine  cases out  of ten 
 
 
         How to Treat Rheumatism.     15

where your patient reports a pain in the lungs,
the pain is really in the intercostal muscles
and can be relieved in about three minutes.
   Another good manipulation is to follow the
intercostal  nerves from  the  spine  to  the
sternum or breast bone,  thus revulsing the
muscular tissues and equalizing the circula-
tion,  when all rheumatic pains will then dis-
appear.  The above is the language that your
patient will better understand.  It is always
well to at all times keep your patient well in-
formed as to the object of your manipulations,
and he will accept them as a more reasonable
way  out of  all his troubles than any  other
remedy now known to man.  The physiologi-
cal effect is beneficial to a considerable extent
whether or not your patient's mind takes any
part in the proceedings. Of course it is very
essential where the best results are expected,
to have your patient in perfect rapport with
vou.
              NEURALGIA.
   jSTeuralgia is a painful  affection  of  the
nerves.   When it attacks  the facial nerves it
is  called  tic-doloreux;   when it occurs in the
great nerve of the leg it is termed sciatica.
Many other parts of  the body may be  liable
to  this agonizing pain, the stomach, abdomen,
heart, chest  and fingers.   One of the most
severe of all painful afflictions. 
16    The Practical Magnetic Healer.

  The origin  of the diseases  can usually be
traced, that is to say, the nature of the trouble,
for although its immediate, is a nerve or a set
of nerves, yet there must be a cause for this
affliction.  The most severe cases can be traced
to the presence of some foreign substance irri-
tating those sensitive organs.  The  action of
the stomach may be held as generally responsi-
ble for the greater part  of those afflictions.
You will almost invariably find in connection
with all troubles of this character,  a condition
of the stomach that will justify you in locating
the cause in that organ.   In this connection,
may be well to mention that there are many
ways that the stomach may be held responsible
for the above complaints,  a few  may be men-
tioned, such as, exposure to damp and cold,
where malaria exists, general debility, anxiety,
acidity of the stomach, induced by  excessive
use of tea, coffee, tobacco, opium, etc.
  They should all be discontinued and  the
trouble will likewise disappear.
  You will recognize this trouble by its plung-
ing, darting  and  violent character,   which
appears in  paroxysms,  which generally last
from one to  three hours, and the extreme
agony of the suffering while it lasts.
  Its periodic visits, and its absence of inflam-
mation, are recognizable characteristics of this
disease.  In treating this ailment, go  first to
the stomach, and there you will find disorder, 
          How to Treat Earache.        IT

treat the same in the usual way, let your in-
tention be to establish normal activity.   In-
struct  your patient  to avoid  excesses of all
kinds.   Manipulations are made with a view
of aiding the circulation  through the parts
afflicted, when this is done, you have accom-
plished all that could be  desired locally.
  Lumbago, may be classed among these rheu-
matic  affections.   It is treated with the  hot
hand with  vigorous, deep, hard  and heavy
manipulations.
   In  all of the above  mentioned  diseases
never forget the  stomach and bowels, as they
are invariably involved in all of the foregoing
cases.
               EARACHE.
   We may class  ear-ache and tooth-ache with
this family of diseases.   The most effective
treatment,  is to  fold a  handkerchief,  lay  it
over  the pain,  placing your mouth to  the
handkerchief and breathe gently through  it
into the ear, or for  tooth-ache breathe gently
but firmly upon the maxillary nerves,  con-
tinue  this until  your patient is  entirely re-
lieved.
              HEADACHE.
   As  we are now  discussing aches  we  may
also include headache.   To treat headache  of
all kinds and descriptions, you will find  that
it can be relieved in nearly every case by the 
18    The  Practical Magnetic Healer.

hot hand and brisk manipulations in a rotary
motion all  over the bead, and more especially
in the region of the temples, or perhaps better
treat the principle seat of pain, in the manner
directed.  We are taught that suggestion does
the work, which  of course we know to he- a
fact, we also know that there  are very many
different kinds  of suggestions,  perhaps  as
many as there are different kinds of  drugs or
medicines.   It behooves the  operator to know
just what particular suggestion to use and how
to apply it to the patient in order to get the
best  results.  You have often heard that  no
two people are afflicted exactly alike, and the
suggestion  to be used will depend in a great
measure on your judgment when the  time
comes to  act.   The same  suggestion would
cure some  people and to others it would  be
fatal.
              INTENTION.
  A word about "INTENTION"."  Intention
is always the first thing that  is done in the
direction of your patient, you must first intend
before you will ever do anything.  If you in-
tend to carry out  your intention you have got
to do something else, or the world will never
know that you ever intended to do anything.
If you intend to  do something and  then  do
it, all the world will know what your thoughts
have been.  Webster says:  "Intention" is a
design, purpose,  the  fixed  direction of  the 
Suggestion.
19
mind, to a particular object, or a determina-
tion to act in a particular manner.  It is my
intention  to cure my patient.  You should
also try to inspire your patient with an in-
tention on his part to get well, you will  soon
observe a  change in the condition of  your
patient, which of course you must point out to
him when he will recognize the improvement
and, he is then convalescing.
              SUGGESTION.
   All suggestions are applied for the purpose
of  bringing into action the necessary forces
in each and every organ of the body where an
abnormal  condition exists. Any inharmonious
condition  or inactivity of any  organ creates
a disturbance, and directly  or  indirectly  in-
fluences the functions  of some or all of the
other organs in a greater or less degree.
   If the  operator  discovers inaction of any
particular  organ or organs, it  will be  only
necessary  to attract  the forces required to
bring this particular organ  back into normal
condition.
   It  will  be  observed that  all influences
brought to bear in the science of magnetic
hearing, is in the form of a  suggestion, and is
defined as such.
   AH manipulations are forms of suggestion.
Spoken words  are  verbal  suggestions.  A
thought of health for your patient, formulated 
20    The Practical Magnetic Healer.

in the mind and directed to the patient's mind
is  a  mental  suggestion, or a transference of
thought to your patient.  In cultivating  and
developing the capacity to hold at will long
or short periods of mental abstraction to ac-
cumulate thought force, you are ever building
and  increasing in power and volume the  un-
seen element, which being sent out from your
mind and directed to your patient's or  any
other person's mind far or near, and thereby
effect results,  favorable to  the  concentrated
intention directed.  This same power can be
directed to one's self with the same force  and
effect corresponding with your intention.
   All suggestions, whether they be conveyed
by thoughts, words or deeds, in order to obtain
the best results, the patient should be gotten
into  a passive attitude, or a receptive condition
of mind, such being the requirements that  the
suggestion may be effective  and permanent,
and the results will be in strict accord with the
primary thought,  thus establishing the fact
that the operator and  patient were  in  direct
communication, and in perfect rapport.
   All suggestions, except in hypnosis, become
auto-suggestions before they reach the subject-
ive mind of the patient. In hypnosis, foreign
suggestion, generally speaking,  does not  be-
come auto,  before reaching  the subjective
mind of the patient, as the objective mind or
faculties are more or less  in a relaxed condi- 
                Suggestion.              21

tion,  consequently  inactive,  permitting the
suggestion to pass undisturbed to the subject-
ive mind.   It is auto-suggestion which pro-
duces the hypnotic  sleep,  and after the sleep
has been produced,  the suggestions which fol-
low and enter the subjective faculties of the
patient are not auto but foreign to him.
   If there are any suggestions existing in the
mind of your patient the operator should make
an effort to learn their nature, especially if
they are obstacles in bringing your patient in
perfect communication, and obliterate them
or overcome their  effect  by giving stronger
ones in their stead.  AVhen this has been done,
there will be clear sailing  and the patient can
be landed on the bright and sunny fields of
health and happiness.
   There is one great and most important point
that should always be borne in mind  by the
operator, that of fixing his suggestion firmly
upon the subjective mind of his  patient, to
make  it one  grand and  lasting impression.
The will then takes it up and forces the body
into that particular expression.  It  matters
little what may be the conditions to overcome
in the body, everything must be subdued, in
order  that  these  expressed  impressions are
demonstrated in accordance  with the will so
directed.
   There are so many different  kinds of sug-
gestions that  it would  be a hard  matter to 
22    The Practical Magnetic  Healer.

enumerate  them.  Everything  that we feel,
see, hear, taste or smell is suggesting to us,
even thoughts of others are offering  sugges-
tions.   If we are passive to them we get them,
if we  are positive, we  do not, or there are
stronger  suggestions  already  in  the mind
which oppose their admittance.   We find it
possible to  awake at any hour suggested, we
also find that a suggestion that we are to
meet some one at a certain time during the
day, works fully as well, as the suggestion of
awaking  at a certain hour, as when the time
is up  for the  engagement.  The force- that
arouses you at night is the same that does so in
the day time.  The construction of the mind
seems  to be able to meet all requirements,
consequently its  power  must  be unlimited.
The man who uses  printer's ink has a pretty
fair idea  of the power of suggestion.
   Suggestion means a great deal when used in
its broadest sense, and it seems at times that it
is necessary to coin a new word,  so  that we
may better know just what we are trying to
talk about.  Suggestion  creates diseases and
suggestion cures them.   This is another evi-
dence that diseases originate in the mind, as
discussed elsewhere.  It is also another proof
that the mind  controls the body.
   The power  of suggestion can  be verified
by the writer in one particular case  at least.
Shortly after treating a  patient for rheuma- 
Suggestion.
23
 tism, in whose case much interest was taken,
 as the patient got no and walked off without
 his crutches, creating much excitement among
 the many patients who witnessed the perform-
 ance.   The operator feeling much  elated, re-
 ceiving congratulations from many  of  the
 patients present, forgot himself so much that
 he failed to watch as well as to pray, took into
 his  own body  all of the symptoms of his
 patient and suffered for three  days identically
 as his patient had suffered, before his mind
 could realize that there was nothing the mat-
 ter with him.  When such was discovered to
 be the fact the pains all disappeared.
   There are thousands of invalids today who
 contracted their ailments by at first supposing
 that they had or thought they were predis-
 posed to have certain  diseases, and resorting
 to some drug recommended as a cure for such
 ills, as a result  of the  continuous dwelling
 upon that suggestion, finally forced that into
 expression in their own bodies.   Suggestions
 to the effect that they had the power within
 them to overcome their  trouble, and if they
 assumed it to be true, and tried it,  the result
 would be a complete restoration to health.
  There are many people  who are invalids,
who would not be anything else for the world,
they seem to be perfectly  contented, and  to
suggest  a  remedy for their restoration  to
health, would be regarded as an infringement 
21    The Practical Magnetic Healer.

upon their rights.  They look as happy and
contented as one could wish, and to be wheeled
around in an invalid's chair seems to be their
special delight.
  To remind them that they  could do some-
thing for themselves would be regarded as an
insult to their intelligence, and you would be
regarded  with  suspicion  ever  afterwards.
"The dear Doctor" would not permit me to
even try to do anything for  myself for fear
of losing his patient.  It is wholly out of the
question  to consider such thoughts.   There
are other people who take special pride in
boasting of their nervousness, thinking that it
is a mark of a finely constructed body and to
be admired, and a thought  of getting  well
gives them an extra nervous chill. Those peo-
ple would prefer being invalids rather than
take their place in a busy world and assume
the responsibility of making their own living.
It is not our  province to treat this class of
patients, but on the contrary, we wish to try
to help those who are willing to help them-
selves.  The object  in calling the attention
of the reader to the above class of patients, is
to discover, if  possible, if the patient really
wants to get well, thus saving a great deal of
hard work and doing no good.  There is a
broad field for labor in the profession of Mag-
netic Healing  among those who need and 
Suggestion.
25
 really want your help, and a busy life can be
 devoted to this great and noble cause.
   Let  us return  once more to the subject.
 Suggestion as defined in the magnetic treat-
 ment, is based ifirmly upon intention. What-
 ever is done must be precedeorby  an inten-
 tion.   Place  your hot hands upon  the  body
 in the region of the afflicted part, exercising a
 steady  intention to relieve him of his suffer-
 ing,  the patient  being passive  to  you,  will
 produce a beneficial  effect  beyond  question.
 If the  heart  shows weakness and is beating
 without a sufficient quantity of blood, force
 the blood in that direction.
   If the pulse shows great strength, assist
 the blood away from the heart.  Let your in-
 tention be in all cases in perfect accord with
 your movements.  Never lose sight of the fact
 that your patient's mind is effecting the cure,
 and to  keep in perfect unison with  him is of
 the greatest import.  He is forming all kinds
 of auto-suggestions, from the suggestions you
 are giving him, and great care should be taken
 in the  kind  of material you are furnishing
 him.  All suggestions are made over by the
 patient  before they reach his subjective mind,
 except in hypnosis.   The principal difference
 that the writer observes in hypnotic and wide-
 awake suggestions, is, the former go straight
 to the subjective mind and the latter are re-
constructed into* auto-suggestions.    Strictly 
26    The Practical Magnetic Healer.

speaking, there is no difference at all in sug-
gestion, the difference is in the condition  of
the mind of the patient.
  If your patient has  submitted to  the  hyp-
notic sleep, your suggestions following would
necessarily be hypnotic, otherwise they would
not be.  Let  us then prefer to call the latter,
strictly speaking, a magnetic treatment.
  The fact that there are so few who will sub-
mit to' hypnotism, and on the other hand there
are such a large per cent  of cures,  does not
bear out the claim by some that it is mostly
or  all  hypnotism  or  hypnotic suggestion.
Neither does it support the statement, that  all
suggestions are hypnotic.
  The facts in the case as far as the writer has
observed,  are that not over twenty  per cent
can take  a hypnotic  suggestion, even  after
several  trials, and after repeated efforts the
per cent may be raised to thirty.
  Therefore the writer finds it hard to  admit
that hypnotism does  the  work, but on the
other hand it is willingly admitted that hypno-
tism is an important factor in some  cases.
  The writer finds  in treating  rheumatism,
that instead  of the patient being asleep, that
he  is in most cases very much  awake, with
both eyes on the operator watching the next
movements in  the process of breaking  apart
his stiffened  and ankylosed joints, and revuls-
ing his  fever-grown muscles and tendons.  If 
Suggestion.
27
you were to tell him that he was under the in-
fluence of hypnosis, he would go straight way
in pursuit of his grand-mother that he might
annihilate her. If hypnosis means sleep, this
patient could not surely have been hypno-
tized.  The patient is yet living who has been
referred to in this connection,  and is enjoying
the very best of health.  This man was  cured
through auto-suggestion.  He  argued that it
was the  treatment and not the  rheumatism
that ailed him, and finally  admitted that he
could  exist without either,  and be perfectly
contented.
   In Hudson's  L.  of P. P.  we find:  "It
i<*  recommended for several reasons,  that
the  mesmeric  passes be  employed.   First,
they are so generally  believed to be necessary
that they greatly assist in the way of sugges-
tion.   Secondly, they are a great assistance to
the  operator, as they' enable him  to  more
effectually  concentrate his mind  upon the
work in hand, and to fix his attention upon the
parts  he  desires to  effect.    Thirdly,  they
operate as a suggestion upon the operator him-
self, which is as necessary and potent to  effect
the object sought as is suggestion to the sub-
ject.  Fourthly, whether the fluidic theory is
correct or not, the power,  or whatever it  is,
appears to flow from the fingers, and, inas-
much as it appears to do so, the effect, both
upon the  mind of the operator and of the 
28    The  Practical Magnetic Healer.

subject,  is the same as if it  were so,—the
great desidoratum  being the  confidence  of
both."   If, therefore, there  exists  in  man
which in the obedience to the suggestion of
another, is capable of producing abnormal con-
ditions in defiance of the normal instincts and
desires of all animal creation, how much  more
potent must be a suggestion which operates
in harmony with the natural instinctive desire
of the patient  for the restoration of normal
conditions, and with the  constant effort  of
nature to bring about that result, it is obvious
that any  outside suggestion must operate  with
all the greater potentiality when it is directed
on  lines  in harmony with instinctive auto-
suggestions.  It follows that  normal condi-
tions can be restored with greater ease and
certainty, other things being equal, than ab-
normal can be  induced.  And  thus it is that
by  practice of the  various systems, we find
that the most marvelous cures are effected." 
How a Thought May Cure.      29
HOW A  THOUGHT MAY  CURE.
Difference  of Having and Believing One Has a
                  Disease.
That Thought may Effect the Growth and Func-
  tions of the Body is Regarded as a Possibility
   by the Scientists—Some Apt Illustrations
     —Telling a Child it  Grows  too Fast
            Makes It Grow Faster.
From The Chicago Eecoed.
   ''The fact  that thought  may affect the
growth and function of the body is regarded
as a possibility by even the most  conservative
and material of scientists.  The more  advanc-
ed  and speculative members of  the  medical
profession have experimented along that line
for a number of years with  very interesting
results.
   In speaking of the effect of thought on the
body, in order to understand how a thought
can affect the body or influence  the physical
organs it is necessary to have  some conception
of what is called the subconscious mind, which
is that  part of the mentality that carries on
such "involuntary" actions as that of  the cir-
culation of the blood,  etc.  If these  obscure
functions were dependent upon  the exercise
of the  conscious will  the very necessity of
drawing the breath  in and  out  for  several
times a  minute during one's lifetime would be 
30    The Practical Magnetic Healer.

such  a stupendous effort  as  to appall  the
bravest and most energetic of creatures.  But
these matters  have all been  simplified by a
beneficent Creator through the action of the
subconscious mind.  This mind while distinct
from the thought, or intellectual faculties,
may, however, be affected by them, and that
sympathetic foundation of all the phenomena
of the faith curist and the mental healer.
    INTERESTING  EXPERIMENTS.

  Though  the effects are  generally  uncon-
scious on the part of  the subject there is  no
reason why this should be necessarily so, and
a few simple experiments will convince almost
anyone that the mind may have a conscious
effect on the body.  One of the  simplest ex-
periments, though one which is of no use in a
practical way,  is to fix the mind intently on a
certain part of the skin—say the inside of the
wrist.  If the  mind is not allowed to waver
from the point in a few minutes the surface of
the wrist will be  suffused  by a warm glow
and an itching, burning sensation will appear.
One of the most general effects of this concen-
tration of thought upon any part of the body
is the restlessness which ensues and the con-
sequent difficulty of holding the part still for
any length of  time.   It therefore,  is easy to
understand how the constant dwelling of the
mind upon some slight or imaginary ill may 
Effects of Fear.            31
aggravate the condition if existent or even
cause it to appear if imaginary.
          EFFECTS OF FEAR.
  A curious case came under my observation
not long ago.  A young  woman patient  of
mine consulted me about a hard lump in her
throat, which had been getting larger for some
time.  She seemed very much troubled about
it.  She confessed to me that they were  very
few  moments in the day that the fear of  its
developing  into  a  malignant   growth  was
absent from  her mind.  On examination  of
her throat I found the purple congestion fre-
quently encountered in connection with can-
cer.   After consulting another operator, I
decided that on account of her fear of cancer,
it would be  useless as well  as  cruel to en-
lighten her as  to the real condition  of her
throat.   So  we constantly referred  to the
swelling as a simple enlargement of the gland.
The  patient  thus reassured, ceased thinking
about her throat, and after a few  weeks the
swelling  actually began to  diminish in size
and at last completely disappeared.
  Here was doubtless an exceptional case, but
it goes to show that such fear-thoughts  may
have tangible effects on the physical plane.
  GETTING CHILDREN  TO GROW.
  There  is an old supersitition  which doubt-
less originated among people who understood 
32    The Practical Magnetic Healer.

the principles of mental therapeutics, that if
a child is placed beside a young sapling and a
peg  driven  into the sapling  even with the
child's head, as the young tree grows and the
distance between the peg and the ground in-
creases the child will also begin to grow.   If
the child  really would  become  interested  in
the procedure and  should earnestly watch the
growth of the sapling, I can understand  how
such attention on  his part might impress his
subconscious mind with  the idea of growth so
strongly that the body would respond to the
impulse and actually begin to grow.
  I think that the  rapid growth of a child has
often been  augmented  by  the  constant  ex-
clamations of its relatives and friends of "Why
how that child is growing."  Nervous children
become more nervous when  their attention is
called to their condition by  doctors' consulta-
tions with anxious parents in their presence,
while the little sufferers  from St. Vitus' dance
or chorea, become much worse when their
antics attract the  attention  of  their elders.
Most doctors have found that a child whose
parents  become terrified when  a  case  of
measels or  scarlet fever breaks out in the
neighborhood is much  more apt to  contract
the disease  than  the little ragamuffin  who
comes  and  goes when  he  pleases,  without
thought or fear of  measels. 
Thought  Epidemics         33
        THOUGHT EPIDEMICS.
   Every physician will remember  the great
 number of dysenteries and diarrhoeal cases he
 was called upon to treat during the  cholera
 scare a few  years ago.  At that time there
 were about three times as many cases of that
 kind as usual during the summer months and
 most of  them  were undoubtedly caused  by
 fear alone.
   If people,  especially women, would realize
 the  absolutely  uselessness  of worrying over
 their real  or fancied complaints the general
 health and happiness of the human race would
 be very much improved.  I have known nurs-
 ing  mothers to  worry so  persistently  over
 crying babies that the poor little mortals were
 very nearly poisoned through drawing in the
 impulses of fear and  nervousness with every
 drop of  the  mother's milk.   If these over-
 anxious mothers could only understand that
 crying is one of nature's ways of expanding
 the lungs of  the infant, their children would
 stand  a  much   better chance of becoming
 healthy men  and women.
   Nothing so enervates and demoralizes the
whole nature as fear.  In one form or another
it  is responsible for nearly  all the evil which
curses the world.
         VITAL MAGNETISM.
   Health and strength to  enjoy this lovely
world in which we live is the greatest blessing
    2 
31    The Practical Magnetic  Healer.

bestowed upon man, and, like  the sweet  air
Ave  breathe is  the birthright of every human
being.  If we better understood the laws of
our  being, and then  obeyed them,  disease
might be banished from  the  category  of
human ills, and our minds and bodies brought
into that more perfect harmony with our sur-
roundings which the  aspiration of mankind
through all ages has believed to be the ulti-
mate end and  object of our  creation.  There
can be but little doubt that ill-health and pre-
mature  decay  are the  penalties of disobedi-
ence, remote or near, to laws of health, and
that we  have only ourselves to blame for con-
sequences which we are too ready to lay to the
account of the Almighty, who has made  all
things beautiful and good.   AVithout respect
to the Biblical  account of the creation of  man,
there is every  reason, on scientific data, that
he has been loaded down, more and more with
the advance of civilization, and that new dis-
eases unknown and unfelt  in  earlier times
have been added to the list of his  sufferings.
The profession of MAGNETIC HEALING,
the  system that cures has been brought to the
rescue, and a better and broader field for the
profession has  never existed.   It then appears
on the horizon of the mind this  broad field of
labor has been  left to it in the cause of human-
ity,  the amelioration  of  our over  burd-
ened people.   Now, let  us take up the phen- 
              Congested  Spine.           35

 omen on of the mind which is understood by
 the several terms as, odic force, psychic force,
 biology  and  mesmerism, and what therapeu-
 tical  property attaches  to  it,  which, when
 properly directed by  a  competent  operator,
 reaches  the  most complicated  and  stubborn
 acute and chronic diseases of whatever char-
 acter.
          CONGESTED SPINE.

   To illustrate, we will take up the  case of a
 very prominent physician in this city, whose
 name will be given on application,  was  sud-
 denly, and without warning, taken with a  very
 acute attack  of congestion of the spine.  The
 writer being in the same block at the  time was
 immediately  consulted, and was asked to  take
 the case, which was done without a moment's
 hesitation, and in just four minutes the pa-
 tient was entirely free from pain, and appar-
 ently as well as ever.
   The treatment consisted of an application
 of the hot hands, the right being placed upon
 the forehead and the left  upon the sacral
 plexus.
   The patient was called upon next  day and
 reported that he was entirely free from  pain
 and had been since the treatment.  The gent-
 leman, while being  a vendor of drugs  and
medicines, is also an ever readv  endorser of
this method of MAGNETIC HEALING. 
3G    The  Practical Magnetic Healer.

      NEURALGIA OF THE EYES.
  A prominent business man, an old  citizen
of Nevada, Mo., was afflicted with neuralgia
of the head and eyes, since childhood, was
entirely cured in one treatment.   The appli-
cation was right hand  on forehead and left
on back of neck, for about three minutes, then
change was taken to both hands on temples
and eyes for about the same length of time.
The cure was made over a year ago and there
has been no signs of its return up to this time.
In those cases in connection with the applica-
tion of the hands, a steady intention is exer-
cised  to equalize the circulation  and restore
normal conditions.
             PERITONITIS.
  There are many other instances where the
mind, educated in the science of healing, has
brought  back  to  health  many  apparently
hopeless  cases,  that had resisted  the most
skillful medical practitioners, with the great-
est ease imaginable.  Take the case of Miss L.
■---------,  afflicted with peritonitis, given up
to die by  the  neighbors and doctors,  her
father, grasping at the  last straw, called the
writer to her bed-side.  Her pulse  at that time
registered 120  and  temperature  104.  The
treatment  consisted  of applications  to  the
stomach, abdomen, head and feet, all of which
lasted thirty minutes, at this time  her pulse 
 
 
Fever.
37
and  temperature was again taken  and the
following was recorded: pulse 95, tempera-
ture 101.   The patient was then convalescing
and  was sitting up in four days, and was out
of bed in one week.

                 FEVER.

   Many cases could  be  cited in acute form
where the power of the mind has been brought
to bear in every instance where the treatment
has  been successful.   The  writer treated a
little girl, Miss B., for ear-ache, about a year
ago; she  recently was prostrated with fever
for several days; during her delirium she fre-
quently called for help; she wanted the doctor
who did not give any bitter medicine.  The
treatment was given  to  break up the fever,
which lasted about forty minutes.   That is
to say, the  fever and the  treatment was a
thing of the past in that time.  It is safe to
say  that the mother of the little girl is a fast
friend to the science  of magnetic healing, as
the  little girl was soon well again, the fever
never  again  made  its  appearance.  Many
cases of those acute forms have been treated
with absolute success.  In  the treatment of
Lagrippe it is found to be a splendid method
of  treatment.    All  cases  known  to- have
been treated by this method have .yielded
readily and permanently.  While it is not the
intention to impress  upon the minds of the 
38   The Practical  Magnetic Healer.

people in general that the treatment of acute
cases is to be resorted to entirely, for obvious
reasons, still where a magnetic healer is called
in as a last resort, it is proper to answer the
call, without asisnming any responsibility for
the life or death of the patient.   These refer-
ences are only made to show that it is the
safest and best means to cure, now known to
the most advanced scientists of our day.   As
long as we have ignorance to combat we may
expect conflict after conflict  until  we  have
reached the summit  of  popularity, then we
can say that truth has at last prevailed.  The
most  distressing thing that can be said about
magnetic  healing  is  that  it interferes  with
other lines  of  business,  the undertaker, for
instance.
   The main object of this course of lessons is
to show how the writer treats  the common
run of  diseases, as they came to his  hands.
Those following are  classed alphabetically as
near as possible.  The first will be:

               ABSCESSES.
   Causes—They arise from previous inflam-
mation of the skin, the inner portion of which,
with its surrounding  parts, which  did   not
pass off  by gradual  cessation,  but a cavity
filled with matter, was formed which is termed
an abscess.
   Symptoms—The inflammation of the  part 
Abscesses.
39
quickly subsides; a heavy, dull, or cold sensa-
tion of the part, instead of  acute  pain; fre-
quent  sighs, or shivers, through the  frame;
and the top of the tumor  appears soft and
white; all around is red.
   Treatment—Treat the  bowels with inten-
tion to produce  a daily evacuation.   If the
abscess goes  on  undisturbed,  it  will  soon
break.  Do not squeeze it.   Let the hot hand
be  gently placed in contact with  the  ab-
scess,  exercising a steady intention to ripen
it, thus permitting it to break and the pus to
pass  off.  An   application   of  magnetized
water to the part will assist in bringing about
the  desired condition.   The cloths  used in
connection with magnetized water should be
kept wet-
   After discharging pretty  freely, a slip of
magnetized lint  or cotton should be inserted
by a probe, and renewed twice a day, accord-
ing to the nature of the discharge.  After this
the part should be supported  by a bandage to
facilitate contraction.  The  parts should be
left open to facilitate the  discharge.  Good
matter is the color and consistency of cream
with no smell.   If  this is  not the case, the
matter is unhealthy and the sore is not doing
well.  When healed, the stomach, bowels and
circulation will be much  improved.   During
the  continuance  of  the  abscess the  patient
should avoid all kinds of stimulants, drink an 
40    The Practical Magnetic  Healer.

abundance of water and breathe plenty of
fresh air.   Revulse all the flesh surrounding
the abscess with the intention of accelerating
the circulation.
                ASTHMA.
   This is a disease of the lungs and bronchial
tubes whose  main  characteristic  is laborious
breathing, which comes in paroxysms, and is
accompanied by  a  wheezing noise.   Humid
asthma is that in which the attack terminates
in expectoration; when it does  not do it, it is
called dry asthma.  The heart is generally
sympathetically involved, when it is not, it is
called spasmodic asthma,  and to this some
persons are some time subject, who when the
attack is passed, may  appear quite vigorous
and healthy.
   Causes—Dwelling in  a cold moist  atmos-
phere, gout,  intense study, or great mental
anxiety; suppresssion of accustomed evacua-
tions;  irritation of  the air cells of the lungs
by atmospheric impurities; irritation  of the
stomach, uterus or other viscera.
   Symptoms—The attack commonly conies
on in  the night,  the patient having gone  to
bed in a listless, drowsy state, with a trouble-
some cough,  oppression at the chest; toward
midnight the breathing becomes more labored,
the wheezing sound louder,  and the patient
is obliged to  assume a sitting posture to pre-
vent  suffocation.  'Some times he starts out 
Asthma.
11
of bed, he rushes to the window for air, or he
sits with his body bent forward, his arms rest-
ing on his knees, with a flushed or livid face,
if it be  not  deadly pale,  gasping and strug-
gling for breath,  in  a condition painful to
behold.
   The attack will probably last for a couple
of hours or more,  when the severe symptoms
will gradually remit, with an expectoration of
frothy mucus, and tranquil sleep follows.
   Treatment—The objects in this to1 be ob-
tained are, first to moderate  the  violence of
the paroxysms, second, to prevent its recur-
rence.   Treat the stomach, and bowels as the
first cause.   Put the feet in warm water, or
use the warm bath.  Give a heavy and strong
general treatment to force perspiration and to
equalize the  circulation.  To prevent the re-
turn of  the  paroxysm  of  asthma, avoid the
exciting causes, keep  the bowels in good con-
dition, and strengthen the tone of the stomach
in the usual way.
   Let the patient's diet be light and  nourish-
ing, avoiding everything difficult of digestion;
wear warm clothing,  flannel next the skin,
have regular and moderate exercise.  Do not
indulge in intemperate habits.
   When the symptoms first appear,  at  once
place the feet in warm water, to produce  a
gentle perspiration.   Sleep on a hard matress
and frequently take the country air. 
42    The Practical Magnetic  Healer.

         PAINS IN THE BACK.
  Pains in the back are of many kinds, and
may result from a variety of causes.
  Treatment—If weakness be the cause, take
a cold sponge bath in the morning, together
with  a heavy magnetic  revulsion down the
whole  length  of the spine,  which will give
immediate relief and permanently cure your
patient, when a steady intention on the part
of the operator  is exercised  to bring about
those results.
              BLINDNESS.
  Deprivation  of sight  may  proceed  from
various causes,  such as  one  of the  diseases
which affect the eyeball, or a deficiency of
power in the optic nerve, local or general par-
alysis, or any  disease whose  seat is in the
brain or nervous system; the formation of a
speck on the eye, or of a film  over the lens.
Sometimes the affection of the brain or nerves,
from which loss of sight proceeds, is sympa-
thetic, arising from a disordered stomach.  In
this case as in many others, it is but transient,
and matters my be set right, by  regulating the
stomach and bowels, followed with a low diet,
and  avoidance of the exciting  causes of the
disorder.
  Treatment—Local treatment may be given
by sending  the vibrations through the optic
nerve  by placing the left hand over the eyes
and  the right fore finger on the base of the 
       hiftammation of the Bowels.     43

brain, sending the vibrations into  the  optic
nerve.  General   treatment  for  stomach,
bowels and circulation should be freely admin-
istered.
 INFLAMMATION OF THE  BOWELS.
   The indications are a dull pain in the belly,
the tongue bordered with  red, the abdomen
swollen or flat, skin dry and husky, cold feet
and hands, small and frequent  pulse, thirst,
loss of flesh, low spirits, scanty urine, slimy
discharge from the bowels from one to four
times a day.
   Treatment—At  first  there  should  be hot
fomentations (magnetized water and flannels).
Cold magnetic compresses at night, the  body
kept warm in bed.
   Flannels should be used if the patient is
very feverish.  A warm bath should be taken
at least twice a week.  The diet should be in
moderation.  Let the patient drink an abund-
ance of hot or cold water.   Aribrations should
be  gently  applied to the  seat of pain,  and
light manipulations with the intention of keep-
ing the bowels open.  Stroking the spine and
the lower limbs as soon as the patient is  able,
will be beneficial.
             BRONCHITIS.
  This may be described as an inflammation
of the air passages of the throat.  Bronchitis
is  either  acute or  chronic.  The  exciting 
44    The  Practical Magnetic Healer.

causes are nearly always the exposure to cold
or moist air, which people should always guard
against.  Inhaling irritating  gases or  other
vapors will cause it.
  Symptoms—The acute is generally mani-
fested, on the first opportunity after exposure
to cold.  The lining membrane of the eyes,
nostrils and throat are affected, and  the in-
flammation  extends down  into  the  chest.
The first symptoms are running at the  nose,
watering of the  eyes, and frequent sneezing,
and all the distressing symptoms of what is
called Influenza,
  The fever generally runs high, with head-
ache, extreme lassitude, and probably a troub-
lesome cough and expectoration of mucus.
  Treatment—The first  that should be done
for  the  patient is to induce profuse perspira-
tion, (see baths), hot diluent drinks, magnetic
fomentations on the chest.

      BLEEDING AT THE NOSE.
  Causes—Violent exercise, great heat, blows
on the part, the long maintenance of a stoop-
ing posture, and a peculiar smallness in the
blood vessels running to the brain, rendering
them liable to rupture.  It  may  come  on
without warning, or preceded by a sense of
heaviness, singing  noises  in the ear, heat and
itching of the nostrils,  throbbing of the tem-
poral artery, and accelerated pulse. 
          Bleeding of the Lungs.        45

   Treatment—The stoppage may sometimes
 be effected by an application of cold water to
 the head, and at the same time stroke the head
 and  neck  downward  with  the  intention to
 force the blood away from the head, take the
 nose  between your thumb  and first fingers
 of the right  hand, sending  the  vibrations
 through the head.  The body of the patient
 should remain in an erect position, with the
 head  thrown somewhat back, a key or other
 cold substance  applied to the spinal column,
 or if this fail the nostrils may be plugged with
 magnetized cotton  dipped  in magnetized
 water.  When the bleeding has stopped there
 should be no haste in removing the clotted
 blood from the nostrils.   Let it come away of
 itself; do not blow the nose violently, nor take
 stimulants, unless there be excessive f aintness,
 in which case a little cold brandy and water
 may be taken.  When there is a full habit of
 body,  cooling drinks and low diet may  be
 safely advised.

      BLEEDING OF THE LUNGS.
   Bleeding of the lungs may occur without
organic disease,  in plethoric and robust people
living a life of excitement and excess, and in
nervous, irritable individuals, weakened  by
mental and bodi'y fatigue, and leading seden-
tary lives.  It may  be brought on  by violent
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or pressure on the chest, inspiration of irritat-
ing vapors, or of rarefied air on high moun-
tains.  The blood may be exuded from the
tracheal  or bronchial membranes or it  may
proceed from capillaries communicating  with
the air passages in any part of their extent.
The color is generally florid,  and more or less
mixed with  air,  differing   from the  dark,
coagulated blood which comes from the stom-
ach.
   An  attack  is  generally announced  by  a
feeling of heat  and oppression in the chest
behind the sternum, followed  by a  cough,
which  brings up the blood.   When the quan-
tity is very great,  it pours  forth without  a
cough  and almost by an act of vomiting,  with
considerable spasmodic effort.
   Treatment—Elevating   the   chest   and
shoulders, admitting plenty of fresh air,  with
spare diet, and  perfect quiet are among the
most useful  measures to be adopted.   The
chest should be sponged with cold magnetized
water, cold liquids and sucking of pieces of
ice will be of service.
   In all cases calmness of mind, rest, silence,
erect position, cool  air, and freeness  of the
bowels should be enjoined.   A  return of the
bleeding is to be guarded against by avoiding
the exciting causes.   To take the pressure of
blood from the lungs, stroke  gently down the
spine,  with  the intention  of equalizing the 
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circulation.   Send  vibrations from back of
neck to the feet, until your patient is at  per-
fect rest.  Very light strokes may then be
used over the patient to induce sleep.

                CANCERS.
   Of this distressing disease, there seems to
be  a  large  variety,  each apparently distinct
from the others.  They are ulcers of the worst
form.
   Causes—Most frequently they arise from a
bruise or a blow upon the body of the patient,
and occasionally from previous inflammation,
as well as torpidity of the alimentary func-
tions.
   Symptoms—The  glands are  the  principle
seat of those troubles.  They often attack, ex-
ternally, the nose or breast, etc.   Usually a
small tumor first appears, about the size  of a
grape.  The tumor mil remain in this condi-
tion for an unlimited time and then it  will
start to grow, and roots will shoot out in all
directions.  The skin will change in a short
time to many different colors, first red, then
purple,  then livid, and  at last black before
bursting, causing great pain after which there
is perfect ease for a while, the progress of the
disease  is now  well  under way,  and if not
checked, the life of the patient is jeopardized,
by the reaching out and spreading of the ulcer
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death.  When cancer is first discovered there
should be no time lost to effect a cure, as de-
lays are  dangerous.
   Treatment—Diet,   light but  nourishing.
Highly seasoned food and stimulants should
be avoided.   Sehirrus,  or  unbroken cancer
should be disposed of without breaking, if pos-
sible.   Placing  the   positive  hand  on  the
tumor, or as near as  possible  and the other
opposite,  for  at least ten  minutes  at  each
treatment, with a strong, steady  intention to
scatter the poisonous accumulation, and equal-
ize the circulation in the immediate vicinity.
Tone up  the general system and keep it so.
Always keep an  air-tight dressing on the af-
flicted part, changing the covering often,  and
keeping it perfectly clean at all times.
               CATARACT.
   In this disease the  crystalline lens of the
eyes become opaque, blindness thus ensues by
shutting  out the rays of  light.
   Symptoms—The vision becomes dim  and
misty, which always precedes before opacity
appears on the lens.    There are  specks float-
ing before the eyes, creating optical illusions,
following which the falling of a curtain takes
place upon the outward view which is event-
ually excluded entirely.   In most cases  the
progress  of  the disease is very slow,  but in
some cases it is more rapid, especially in ad-
vanced stages. 
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  Treatment—Medicine seems to have no ef-
fect whatever upon this  disease and that no
remedy in the wide world, is admitted by the
medical fraternity.  But the patient need not
despair, there is a cure for him in the "Welt-
mer Method of Magnetic Healing."  All in-
fluences  brought to bear upon the patient,
should be directed  toward  the restoration  of
his general health, and to dislodge all inflam-
matory conditions  that  may  exist.  Induce
your patient to assume a quiet frame of mind,
and   attempt to  arouse  him  to  the  fact
that the power to restore his sight is possible
and that an agreement between himself and
the operator, if relied upon and trusted, will
restore to him his sight.
   The magnetic treatment is applied by plac-
ing the negative hand over the eyes and the
first finger  of the positive hand on the  base
of the brain, sending the vibrations through
the optic nerve for a few minutes each day
until  your patient shows that he can continue
the treatment alone or rather keep the forces
in motion that have already been started.

                CATARRH.
   This very distressing  ailment is in conse-
quence of a neglected cold, and will manifest
itself more  or less in the patient for many
years, and if not  overcome, will reniam for
life.
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  Causes—The  primary trouble is brought
on by exposure to cold or damp air when the
body is heated, or in draughts when the body
is  in  a perspiring  condition.   Any  sudden
changes from heat to cold, or the reverse, will
lay the foundation for a severe cold, which, if
neglected, will develop into a genuine case
of catarrh, which, if unmolested will  accom-
pany  the  sufferer through  the remainder of
his life.  The fact that a person can take cold
in entering  a warm room froni the cold at-
mosphere  without,  is  not  known by many
people,  but  the  fact still  remains the same.
One should  not approach a sudden change of
temperature, without first preparing to resist
the conditions confronting him.
   Symptoms—The  usual symptoms met with
in catarrh are, swollen membrane,  heat, un-
easiness, part or  all  of the sense of smell lost,
eyes inflamed, pain  in the forehead, sneezing,
and a labored breathing.  There is always a
general derangement  of the  stomach  and
bowels, those being, primarily, the seat of the
whole trouble.  There is  a stiffness  of the
joints, little appetite,  slow circulation,  suc-
ceded  by dry feverishness.   The  discharge
from  the  nostrils, at first is thin and acrid,
but afterwards becomes thick and very offen-
sive.
   Treatment—A general treatment is effica-
cious in those cases  as  there is general torpid- 
Chilblains.
51
ity throughout the system.  Local treatment
is of great advantage, when temporary relief
is sought.  Place the thumb and first finger
of the left hand on  "Vitativeness" and take
the nose with thumb and first fingers of the
other hand, force the vibrations to the mucus
membrane of the  air  passages  for a  few
minutes, then stand  behind the patient,  put-
ting the ends of the fingers under the cheek
bones, forcing the  vibrations with  a steady
intention to  establish normal  conditions in
that region.   (See Osteo. manipulations.)
              CHILBLAINS.
   The  skin  of the  toes and fingers are the
principle points involved,  in some oases the
joints of the feet and hands are attacked.
   Causes—Extreme heat or cold, poor circu-
lation,  tight shoes,  rubber over-shoes, when
they are worn constantly, unnatural warmth
by hot bottles, bricks, jugs and woolen socks
at night, those only serve to keep up a con-
stant perspiration,  which  will produce  chil-
blains in the worst form.
   Treatment—A cold magnetic foot bath at
night,  followed with a rapid magnetic  fric-
tionizing, a hot magnetic vibration for a few
minutes will soon relieve  the most obstinate
cases.
                  COLIC.
   Severe pain in the bowels is  the primary
symptom  in  all kinds  of colic,  other symp- 
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tours are such as distention or flatulence, indi-
cating inaction and a more or less obstructed
condition, flatulence, indigestion, biliousness,
vomiting of bile, inflammatory, when accom-
panied  by inflammation,  lead, painters'  or
Doveshire colic, the dry belly ache, which is
attributed  to lead-poison.  All of the  fore-
going  symptoms and  conditions are  accom-
panied, primarily, and inconsequence of a con-
stipated condition of the colon.
  Causes—Over-worked stomach,  fermenta-
tion of indigestible  food, causing gas to form
in the  stomach, anything that will  retard
digestion, permitting the food  to decompose,
and filling the system with poisonous gases,
  Symptoms—Generally there is  a painful
distention in the lowTer bowels with a twisting,
spasmodic action in the region of the navel.
  Treatment—Place the  positive  hot  hand
upon  the seat  of pain, the other  opposite.
Send  vibrations through the bowels, follow
the tract of the colon in a rotary motion, until
the patient is relieved, always keep the hands
very hot while treating these  conditions. The
intention should be to relax  and restore mo-
tion to the alimentary tract, thus enabling the
obstructions to pass off.   Place the  knee in
the lumbar plexus.   Pull by  the shoulders
gently backwards. 
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       CONVULSIONS  OR FITS.
   In grown people, convulsions may be hys-
terical, puerperal, or epileptic, as may appear
from the symptoms.  Narcotic poisons are re-
sponsible for many of these conditions, such
as opium, prussic  acid, strong  spirits of all
kinds, and anything indigestible.   Try to dis-
cover the cause and remove it.   In epilepsy,
force the blood from the head by rapid strok-
ing the temples downward, working the blood
away from the sides and back of the neck and
down the spine.   If you can,  discover just
when the patient is expected to experience a
convulsion. The advance symptoms are, cold-
ness  of   extremities,  giddiness,  dim sight,
trembling, and chilly sensations up the spine.
Other symptoms  are, anxiety, dejection,  nau-
sea,   faintness, yawning,  swimming of  the
head, palpitation.  When the fit is on, there
is foaming at the mouth,  short breath,  the
tongue generally  protrudes and is often bitten,
the hands are clenched, the face becomes pur-
ple,  and a great rush of blood tO' the head.
The paroxysms often last but a few minutes,
other times for several hours.  After the con-
vulsive period subsides, there is an  exhausted
feeling wliich  gradually disappears, and the
patient is  apparently as well as ever.   The
first things to  be  done when a person falls in
a fit,  is to loosen the clothing where it  may
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at the back, dash cold water in the face, blow
the hot breath through a folded handkerchief
onto the temples, and as soon  as the patient
can swallow give a small glass of cold mag-
netized water.   A little brandy would not be
objectionable to most patients.

            CONSUMPTION.
  This disease  is discussed somewhat in con-
nection with the subject of deep breathing,
and  the mode  of  treatment  will  only  be
touched.  In connection with  consumption,
there will be  other derangements,  among
them will be found a weak digestion,  thick
and impoverished blood, poor circulation, ex-
treme  action of the lower bowels, they are
never  normal   in  their  movements.  The
stomach is always in a deplorable condition,
and  is the  primary  cause of  consumption.
There was never a case of consumption where
there was  a perfect alimentary condition.  It
is then easily seen the importance in righting
the  cause.
  Treatment—Decomposition   or fermenta-
tion of the contents of the stomach is absorbed
by the lacteals and carried to the blood and in
the  effort of the system to cast off this poison
through the skin, it being closed from atmos-
pheric influences, nature seeks a new channel,
the  mucus membrane of the air passages being
the  only available outlet, those  poisons in the 
Constipation.             55
 blood are cast off into the lungs, throat and
•nasal passages, where it is deposited,  and  its
 accumulation irritates the  membrane causing
 the patient to cough,  producing greater  in-
 flammation by repeated accumulations.  This
 decomposed, odoriferous substance partly fill-
 ing the lungs, its foetid  vapor attracts the
 much dreaded tubercular  bacilli, which has,
 thus far produced a clear case of tubercular
 consumption.  The treatment in connection
 with the exercises mentioned under the sub-
 ject  of deep  breathing, can be applied with
 great advantage.  Place the positive hand  on
 the sternum,  the other between the scapulas,
 forcing the vibrations through the chest,  ex-
 ercising the intention to relax the intercostal
 muscles, thus enabling greater chest expan-
 sion   A general  treatment would  be also
 suitable in such cases.

             CONSTIPATION.

   This, the corner-stone of more diseases than
 all other sources combined.  Dormancy of  the
 bowels is easily acquired,  and the most dan-
 gerous conditions that  can be  met with, it is
 the forerunner of all kinds  of complications,
 and is the most dreaded by  the physician, as
 he finds himself helpless in  coping with the
 ailment.  There is  no remedy  in  Materia
 Medica for this disease, the best that medicine
 can do is to temporarily give relief.  It almost 
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invariably  accompanies,  and indeed  is  the
principal cause of many  chronic  complaints.
It interferes with the free action of the brain
and nerves, it burdens the blood with  a thick
slimy substance which retards its  circulation.
Ladies are  the greatest sufferers from its ef-
fects.  Peristaltic motion of the bowels is ab-
solutely necessary in order that they may reg-
ularly evacuate.   Most all skin diseases are in
consequence  of  this condition.   The  poison
absorbed from an impacted colon,  into  the
blood, then cast off through the pores of the
skin,  accumulates upon the surface, when  it
is attacked by microbes, which produce  ec-
zema, in its many forms,   Other visceral ail-
ments are often induced,  which, by all means
should be avoided.   There need never be any
fear on the part of any one  as long as  the en-
tire alimentary tract is in perfect working or-
der.
  Treatment—A certain time should be  se-
lected each day for the purpose of evacuating
the bowels.   The action  will soon become a
force of habit.   We habituate ourselves to
eat, retire,  and rise at regular intervals, why
should we not  do  likewise  as  regards  the
bowels.  Giving  regular daily attention  to
them will soon cause this  motion at the speci-
fied time, no matter how unconscious of this
duty, the subjective  mind has this matter un-
der its complete  control, and will as surely 
 
 
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force the functions  into  action.  The con-
scious mind should offer no  resistence  to na-
ture's movements and a complete restoration
will  soon follow.   Mechanical motion in the
tract of the colon will greatly assist nature to
functional action.   Place  either hand upon
the  solar plexus, other hand opposite, force
the vibrations with the intention of lubricat-
ing the walls of the  colon, and  starting the
peristaltic motion and suggesting action at a
certain time.  All extra manipulations, such
as lifting, and working them  in all directions,
etc., may be beneficial, it depends a great deal
upon circumstances, and can be judged better
by the feelings of the patient.  Where there
is no pain in the region of the lower bowels,
there can be no harm, and  perhaps,  much
speedy relief in vigorous manipulations.

             CORPULENCE.

   Extreme corpulence is a disease.  It inter-
feres with breathing, the backing up against
the diaphram, prevents the free action of the
lungs,  and interferes with the free action of
the body and limbs.
   High living, rich  food in  abundance, malt
liquors  in large quantities,  sedentary, quiet
and  indolent, habits tend toward corpulence.
('orpulent  people  are generally found with
an  easy  going disposition, and are,  in most
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and every body else   They are mostly  of a
jolly,  easy going, pleasant and agreeable  tem-
perament.
  Symptoms—Enlargement  of the muscles
are  at first noticeable, which prevents the
usual  activity, is easily exhausted,  and out of
breath with little exertion.   The  circulation
becomes  less vigorous,  which  lessens corre-
spondingly the vitality.
  Treatment—Reduce the  quantity of  food
fifty per  cent; the aliment should  be less nu-
tritious;  use no  malt liquors; take  regular
daily  exercise, omit suppers  entirely, rest but
little, sleep but a few hours, and rise early
every morning.   Use the hot magnetic  bath
daily  at a temperature of  110 to 115  degrees
for  each  bath of about ten to fifteen minutes
duration.  The  operator  should  frictionize
the body vigorously, exercise the intention to
neutralize fatty aliment, and bring into vigor-
ous action the perspiration,  and  circulation,
and a general intention to reduce the body to
its natural symmetry.

                 CRAMP.
  This condition is generally brought on by
exposure to a  damp or a  cold atmosphere,
which has a tendency to retard the  circulation.
Foment  the part in extreme  cases  with warm
magnetized water, drink nothing  cold.  Put
the feet  in hot magnetized water, and  give 
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 a brisk; vigorous treatment exercising the in-
 tention to force  perspiration.   Avoid  fer-
 mented liquor and green vegetables, especially
 for supper.  Wear flannel next the skin.  In
 ordinary cases, all that is necessary is to apply
 rapid friction with the intention  to establish
 normal circulation.   Revulse all the muscles
 completely.
                 CRAMPS.
    Cramps in the stomach is usually  of short
 duration,  but very painful while they last.
 Use the same treatment as above.  Treat the
 bowels with  intention  of producing  hasty
 action.  Bend the patient back against the
 knee.
               DEAFNESS.
   Deafness may be caused from, any injury of
 the delicate organs of  the ear or auditory
 passages,   inflammation  of  the  membrane,
 colds,  loud explosions, hard wax, or anything
 interfering with the conduction of the sound
 wave.   Absence  of secretions  in the middle
 ear, extreme  dryness,  or any foreign  sub-
 stance in the  auditory tube, or a stoppage of
 the eustachian tube,  absence  of tone in  the
 general system, impoverished blood, etc
   Treatment—Treatment  should  be  applied
 in accordance with the requirements.  First
try to discover the cause and be governed ac-
cordingly. 
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  If there is an accumulation of dry or hard-
ened wax, place a folded  handkerchief over
the auditory tube and breathe gently into the
ear, with the intention of loosening the wax,
place the  index finoers in the ears, working
farther in, then after rapid vibrations with-
draw the fingers  suddenly,  thus forming  a
suction which will generally dislodge the ob-
struction.   If there is an imperfect or diseased
action  of the secreting glands, the same treat-
ment can be applied  as above with advantage.
When a cold produces  deafness, the  warm
magnetic foot bath may be applied with ad-
vantage.
  If the cause  is from general debility, the
treatment should be as indicated under that
head.  Place the hot hands over the ear, with
the intention of equalizing the circulation in
the immediate  vicinity,  and stimulating the
auditory nerve.  If the eustachian tube is ob-
structed there should be gentle stroking down
from the ear to the  root of the  tongue, with
the intention of forcing the obstruction from
the eustachian tube.

                DEBILITY.

  A general  falling  off  in strength  and
energy, loss of power to do and to perforin the
every  day  routine  of  physical  exercise and
usual amount of manual labor.
  Treatment—Breathe deeply of  fresh  air. 
 
 
Defective Appetite.           Cl
Eat regularly of nourishing food, take a cold
shower bath daily.  Treatment for indigestion
Avill apply to debility, as this trouble is in con-
sequence of the above.
        DEFECTIVE APPETITE.
  Excessive mental  labor,  over anxiety, the
excessive use of intoxicating liquors, over eat-
ing, etc.
  Treatment—Drink plenty of fresh, cold or
hot water, eat but little if anything until the
appetite is entirely  restored, and  never eat
until your appetite is entirely satisfied, or in
other words, quit eating while you are hungry.
Keep  the bowels open  and regular  in their
actions.
        DELIRIUM TREMENS.
  Being a disease of the brain, usually caused
by  excessive  indulgence   in  intoxicating
liquors,  and some times by over mental ex-
ertion and  loss of sleep, or by accident, loss
of blood, etc.  One siege of intoxication has,
been known to bring on delirium tremens, but
it is generally brought on by continued and
protracted  and excessive indulgences  in  in-
toxicants.   The malady often appears in the
attempt to break down a protracted debauch.
  Symptoms- Extreme nervousness, remark-
able irritability, unusual fretfulness of mind,
and restless movements of the body, becoming
very nervous and uneasy.     Sudden  noises, 
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such as the opening or closing of a door or
the unexpected appearance of a  visitor, the
entire body is more or less tremulous.  The
patient complains of sleeplessness, if he dozes
for a short period he awakes with a start from
the effects of frightful dreams. Delirium soon
manifests itself in  the  form of  erratic talk
and mutterings, he is in mortal combat with
all kinds  of wild animals, reptiles, etc.  He
is  sometimes  pursued  by  some  imaginary
murderer, or some terrible and ghastly vision.
   In most cases the symptoms are of a fright-
ful and terrifying character, they are not al-
ways  so, as they often appear from the ludi-
crous side of life, and there is more or less
amusement and entertainment for the patient.
   At other times there are very important
matters of business to be attended to, in this
channel of delirium the patient is  a very busy
man,  and is in a great bustle of activity.   The
most  prominent emotion the patient has to
deal with is fear,  and in his attempt to escape
from the enemy he is very dangerous and if
not suppressed may do some one great bodily
harm.  He should be confined and guarded so
as to avoid any possible danger to do himself
or another any injury, until he passes from the
influence of the delirium.  The delirium con-
tinues until the patient sinks into a natural
sleep, from which he awakens comparatively
rational, or dies from the effects  and exhaus- 
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tion;  or at length, after passing many nights
without sleep, he sinks into a state of coma,
which terminates  in death.  This  disease is
rarely fatal, except where the strength is im-
paired by long continued excesses.
   Treatment—The great remedy is sleep, and
the best means  of inducing this is through
hypnotism, at short intervals, increasing the
periods until the patient has pretty well slept
out the delirious effects.  If the patient is in
an exhausted state, or  if the disease has been
brought  on by  cessation of an accustomed
stimulus,  it will be necessary to  allow the
patient  a  certain  quantity of  his  ordinary
beverage, but this should be discontinued as
soon as the patient can do without it.
   A  general, heavy frictionizing treatment,
with  vigorous strokes down the spine.  Treat
the stomach to restore its tone.  Give nourish-
ing food  in  abundance.  A mixture of raw
eggs, sugar and hot milk, with, perhaps a little
brandy,  will  be  of great  benefit.   A  cold
shower, or sponge  bath should be given daily,
which will afford great relief.
   This  disease has many symptoms in com-
mon  with inflammation  of  the brain,  and
should be carefully distinguished  from  the
latter.
               DIABETES.
   This  disease is  easily distinguished by  an
immoderate flow of urine.  There are two de- 
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grees in  this disease;  first  "insipidus" when
the taste is unchanged;  and second, when the
urine has a saccharine taste.
  In the first stages, the urine has a clear ap-
pearance and tasteless, and  in the next stage
it becomes cloudy and sweet.
  Causes—Anything  which has a tendency
toward  impoverishing  the  blood,  excessive
labor, over eating, indigestion, dyspepsia, ex-
tremes in most cases as regards modes of liv-
ing, anything that will tend  to derange the
natural functions  of assimilation  and  diges-
tion.
  Symptoms—There is a voracious appetite,
great thirst,  a general weakness and emacia-
tion, and a debilitated and exhausted feeling,
with  a  copious  and frequent discharge  of
urine, which at first shows traces of saccharine
and other matter, which, if uninterrupted will
increase  as time  goes on.
  Treatment—The stomach should be looked
after, and its tone be kept  up to the normal
standard, the bowels  should be  copiously
evacuated daily.
  The diet should be animal food only.   S<>da
water as a beverage may be  given with ad-
vantage.  A general treatment with the inten-
tion to  equalize  the  blood, stimulate  the
stomach, and strengthen the kidneys.  Vigor-
ous frictionizing the skin after a cool salt bath
will  be  beneficial.   Warm  bathing at night 
 
Treatment for Diarrhoea, Cramps, Nalsea and Gastritis. 
Diarrhoea.
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may be resorted to occasionally, as it will pro-
mote quiet and restful slumber.

              DIARRHOEA.
  Causes—Any kind of indigestible food will
cause diarrhoea.  Acid fruits, oily or tainted
substances, continued use of purgative medi-
cines, sudden application of cold to the body,
the suppression of perspiration, intense mental
depression, etc.
  Symptoms—Frequent  discharge  of   the
bowels of a feculent matter, accompanied by
griping.  The stomach has a bearing down sen-
sation, there is a sense of fullness in the lower
bowels,  a  considerable accumulation of  gas
is generally present, and at times causes great
pain. After each evacuation a feeling of relief
is felt for a time, but the pain is again renewed
before another operation.
   Treatment—Flex the spine  over the  knee
on  the lumbar plexus.  Place the positive hand
on  the lumbar plexus and the other opposite,
exercising the intention to re-establish normal
functions,  and to restore the ideal daily  evac-
uations.   Should the  transfer of rheumatism
or  gout  cause these symptoms, magnetic fo-
mentations of hot water should be applied  over
the bowels, a hot foot bath is  recommended,
and should be continued until  perspiration is
produced,  hot drinks  of all kinds, except in-
toxicants,  is advised to  aid perspiration.  If 
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the trouble has been produced by cold or ob-
structed  perspiration, the patient should be
kept  warm.   Drink freely of diluted  hot
drinks, use the tepid bath daily, and let  the
underclothing be of  flannel.

          DISORDERED SKIN.
  Dark blotches, moles, freckles, sun-burn; is
the usual result of diseased action.  These con-
ditions are caused  by exposure to the  sun.
These unsightly  discolorations can easily be
removed by simply stimulating the absorbent
glands of the skin, to take them up and carry
them away.  Treat the skin with rapid fric-
tion,  with the intention of stimulating  the
absorbent glands, enabling them to expel these
unsightly blemishes.  Birth marks  should be
left severely alone as they cause more trouble
in an attempt to remove them.

               DIZZINESS.
   This  is generally preceded by a rush of
blood to the head, even at times when there
is no excitement.   In this case there is general
derangement  throughout the whole  system,
and a general treatment is all that is  needed,
with  the intention of equalizing the  circula-
tion of  the blood.
   Causes—The principal causes are impover-
ished blood, indigestion, constipation, general
debility, and excessive mental labor. 
        Disorders  of  the Oil  Glands.     67

   Treatment—Equalize the circulation, stim-
 ulate the stomach to renewed activity, force
 the blood away from the head, while treating,
 exercise a steady intention to re-establish nor-
 mal conditions throughout the whole body.

   DISORDERS OF THE OIL GLANDS.
   (Dry skin).   When the skin  becomes dry
 and hard, the oil glands are inactive, and can
 be restored by applying a brisk frictionizing
 treatment, with the intention to bring to those
 glands  their natural  vigor.   The soap bath
 will assist in its restoration.   It should be ap-
 plied in the form of a thick lather and left on
 until next day, when it may be washed off
 and  another applied.  Continue this  with the
 above described magnetic treatment  until the
 healthy conditions are restored.

               DYSPEPSIA.
   There  are  few cases of sickness,  either
 acute or chronic, where this ailment has not
 in some way had something to do with it.  It
 is primarily the cause of most all the diseases
 to which mankind is subject.
   There are not many people who have not
 had some experience with this trouble.
   Occasional spells of indigestion may appear
 at any  time, and  are nearly  always caused
from overloading the  stomach, with food and
strong' stimulants, such as wines, liquors, and 
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intoxicating spirits of all kinds.  Chronic in-
digestion may be contracted by  a long  con-
tinued intemperance, either in eating or drink-
ing.   One of the most common causes for in-
digestion is, not masticating the food properly,
the stomach having the principal labor to per-
form, finds  itself unable to perform such a
huge task,  it is forced to leave a part of its.
work unfinished, and a portion of the food is
then left in the stomach to ferment  and de-
compose, thus furnishing the  lacteals with a
substance poisonous to the system, which is
taken up and cast into the blood, where it is
expected to  supply nourishment for the  gen-
eral  system and rebuild the worn out tissues,
etc.  Another cause is no observance in regard
to the quality of food eaten, it should be at all
times fresh and wholesome, and always in the
proper quantity;  and all irregularities as to
times of eating, excessive use of tea or coffee,
or drinking  malt liquors too freely should be
avoided.
  Among other causes that may be mention-
ed,   are  the want  of  exercise,  insufficient
breathing, impure air, etc.
  Symptoms—Among the first  signs is the
loss of appetite, at other times there is  a raven-
ous craving for food, and again it becomes un-
certain  and irregular, at times there is no de-
sire for food whatever.  Often there is a nau-
seating feeling immediately after eating, and 
 
Forcing Vibration* Throioh the Stom
                                the Resit.t Uesirk
ach and Abdominal Region, with Intention to Produce 
Dyspepsia.
69
occasionally the whole meal is lost by vomit-
ing.  One great prevailing symptom is a sense
of fullness, a feeling of weight, and an uneasy
sensation of distention, even at times produc-
ing great pain, occasionally accompanied with
eructations and flatulence.  Pains may appear
when the stomach is entirely empty, and at
other times immediately after eating, or again,
the pain may not appear for an hour or so
after taking food.  Constipation often follows
the above symptoms of dyspepsia,  especially
when the person inclined to neglect the regu-
lar daily evacuations.  The bowels often  act
in an extreme manner, either costive or  the
reverse, they are never normal in their move-
ments.  Among other symptoms are palpita-
tion of the heart, irregular  pulse, impaired
mental strength and energy, short breath, and
almost always severe head-aches are in evi-
dence.
   Treatment—In advance of giving the mag-
netic  treatment, it will be well to  give some
idea of the many important directions as to
the conduct  of the patient.   A sponge bath
immediately  after  arising should  be taken
every morning, from one to two cups of  hot
water should be drank at least one hour before
breakfast  each morning, very little tea  or
coffee should be used at breakfast, after break-
fast take short exercise,  or the exercise may
continue until fatigued, after which rest until 
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the dinner hour, which should be about one or
two o'clock.   The  foods  should be mutton,
fresh or preserved fruits,  and Graham bread.
Small quantities of tea or coffee may be used,
but in no case should there be excessive use of
those beverages at  meals.   Water should  be
the main drink at all times, and may be  used
in large quantities at regular intervals during
the day, but never more than one glass full at
a time.   Any person of average size should
drink at least three quarts of water every day
of their lives, as the body can and will  con-
sume that much every  twenty-four  hours.
Never retire until you are tired and sleepy, or
you may grow restless and wakeful, and  have
trouble in drifting  off to  sleep.  If  you will
wait until you become sleepy you will have  no
trouble in falling into a quiet restful slumber.
   The magnetic  treatment will be found ex-
pedient and effective in all cases of long stand-
ing, and even  when all other remedies  fail,
and is resorted  to as the only hope.
   If the patient is a chronic sufferer, try to
assist him  in the above directions, and  give
him the following daily treatment. Place  your
hot positive hand over the solar plexus and the
other  opposite  and  force  the vibrations
through the  stomach,  exercising a steady  in-
tention, for at least five minutes, to restore the
normal circulation  in that region.  Stimulate
the general circulation by stroking down the 
Earache (Otalgia.)          Tl
spine.  Give special instructions as to relaxed
periods for at least ten minutes both night and
morning.
        EARACHE (OTALGIA.)
   Acute periods of ear ache are indicated by
great pain in the auditory tube, caused princi-
pally from cold, or detention, some times it is
neuralgic.  Grown people often  suffer from
ear ache while cutting wisdom teeth.
   Treatment—Place a  folded handkerchief
over  the  ear  and breathe gently through it
into the ear tube for a short time or until the
pain subsides, after which place the  hot hand
over the ear until you have produced perspira-
tion, which indicates a restoration of the cir-
culation.   If the patient is  suffering from
other troubles where the ear ache is  only pro-
 duced  in sympathy, it  will be necessary to
 eradicate the general cause before permanent
 relief can be had, however, it is often that the
 extreme  pain will never reappear.
   In all  cases where an abscess is forming, a
 general treatment will be necessary, and will
 assist the abscess in its efforts to pustulate and
 finally discharge.  After the  breaking of the
 abscess warm magnetic  water should be used
 in syringing the ear, which should be repeated
 twice daily.
                EPILEPSY.
   Or falling sickness is caused from external
 injuries  done to the brain  by concussions, 
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blows or bruises, extreme nervous affections,
great mental excesses, dyspepsia, constipation,
etc.
  Treatment—The patient is often attacked
without warning, and falls, uttering a scream,
which  when once heard,  will never be mis-
taken as to its cause.  There is always frothing
of the  mouth, and  a distorted appearance  of
the face, showing a great rush of blood to the
head, the blood veins become greatly dis-
tended, there is a sudden snappy  activity  in
the lower jaw,  which  often  causes painful
lacerations  of  the  tongue,  the  hands are
spasmodically clenched, and hold to what they
may grasp with a death-like grip.  The lungs
are undergoing a great strain  in their efforts
to keep up their respiratory functions.  In the
course of time the body gradually relaxes, and
the symptoms pass  away,  and  the patient be-
comes conscious  again, having a faint idea  of
what he has just gone through.  After the
convulsions  subside, the patient is usually ex-
hausted, and wanders off into a semi-conscious
state of mind, and may fall asleep which often
continues for several hours. Several days may
pass before the patient entirely recovers.
  If an operator is present when the patient
is undergoing one  of  those  convulsions,  he
should first see that the patient does not injure
himself in any way, then force the blood away
f rom the head as much as possible, by rapidly 
Erysipelas.              73
stroking the head and neck downward, the
throat and chest should be manipulated with
the intention of relaxing the muscles and forc-
ing the blood into the lower part of the body,
always see that the clothing is perfectly loose
so that it will not interfere with this applica-
tion.  All cases can be immediately relieved in
this way, and the patient be brought back to
consciousness  in a very  short time, and can
eventually be restored to health by giving a
general treatment daily.  As the period  for
another fit approaches, the patient should eat
food very highly seasoned  with  salt,  it will
tend to relieve the patient very much.  The
patient should take great care at all times to
keep his passions under complete control.   A
handkerchief  immediately  placed  over the
face is said to instantly overcome the convul-
sion.
              ERYSIPELAS.

   Or the "Rose," as it is sometimes called,  on
account of its color;  it  is also known as St.
Anthony's Fire, on account of its resemblance
to a scald or a burn, also because it is said that
the above named saint had the power to cure
this disease with a touch.
   The primary cause of this disease is an over-
burdened and impoverished condition  of the
blood, and on the first opportunity that pre-
sents itself in the shape of a bruise or a scratch 
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on the surface of the skin, an inflammation
will set up, and continue on until a clear case
of erysipelas is at hand.
  Treatment—This sort  of ailment  should
have the same local treatment as a burn, but
as to  constitutional or general treatment the
system should be brought up to the general
standard of health,  and the disease itself will
be an easy affair to  overcome.  Local manipu-
lations with the intention of forcing the abnor-
mal accumulation of blood from the seat of the
disease, and  applying continually the mag-
netic  cold compress.
                  EYES.
  Inflamed  or granulated  sore eyes  should
be bathed at least three times a day with mag-
netized water.   Place the patient  in a dark
room  or exclude  the light as much as possible.
(See treatment for  blindness.)
             EXHAUSTION.
  This is an over-worked and collapsed condi-
tion of the body.  The motive power has, in a
great measure, been  consumed or absorbed.
The  best remedy for this trouble is absolute
rest.   In toning up  the bodily functions, treat
the spine with the intention of equalizing the
circulation. Induce  the patient to resort freely
to a deep breathing exercise, as often as possi-
ble, as there is nothing that will restore the
patient as rapidly as plenty of fresh air.  At 
            Fainting (Syncope.)         75

 least three quarts of water should be consumed
 by the patient every twenty-four hours.   If
 the  patient is corpulent,  a  cold sponge bath
 should be given  with rapid frictionizing  im-
 mediately after arising in. the morning.

         FAINTING (SYNCOPE.)
   This is a partial abatement of the regular
 action of  the circulation, inducing  uncon-
 sciousness, caused  by a  diminished  flow  of
 blood to the brain.
   Causes—All  kinds of sudden  emotions,
 such as  fright, ecstasy, excitement, and loss
 of blood, any one of which will tend to debili-
 tate  and reduce vitality.
   Symptoms—The patient generally falls, ap-
 parently lifeless to the ground, a cold, clammy
 sweat appears on the patient's body, there is
 a death-like paleness in the face,  the limbs are
 powerless to sustain the body, which sinks ap-
 parently as in death, and it may be some time
 before there is any signs of life.  The above
 describes a faint in its worst form, but the
 symptoms may appear in  a  milder form, and
the faint be less intense.
   Treatment—S'prinkle the face  with cold
water,  open the clothing about the neck and
chest, and let the patient have access to all the
fresh air possible.
  Frictionize the  neck  and chest exercising
an intention to assist the blood  to  the heart 
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and to equalize the circulation.  As soon as the
patient  revives  somewhat,  a glass of  mag-
netized water should be taken with the inten-
tion to stimulate the heart action.   When the
patient faints from the loss of blood, no im-
mediate action should be taken, as this is the
only safety the patient has in holding on to the
thread of life.  Ladies subject  to attacks of
fainting should avoid crowded places, even in
their  own clothing, also where the air is im-
pure, and  avoid all  exciting tendencies, at
least  that which is liable  to disturb the ideal
mental equilibrium.

  FUNDAMENT (FALLING OF THE)
  In  connection with constipation, in strain-
ing at stool, and in extreme cases of diarrhoea
and dysentery, a protrusion  may  take  place,
but the most common cause is straining at
stool, while the bowels are in  a  constipated
condition.   The patient should  be instructed
to immediately  arise from stool  as soon as
the first  installment of faeces is  discharged.
The patient can rest awhile before finishing
the evacuations without  a  prolapsus of the
rectum.  If the rectum has  passed upon the
outside it can easily be replaced by a  gentle
pressure with the fingers  covered  with a soft
cloth coated with vaseline.   It should not be
allowed to remain down very long, as this will
prevent the free  circulation  of  the  blood, 
            Fevers (All Kinds.)         77

 which will cause a great deal of unnecessary
 trouble.   Children should  not be allowed to
 remain long at stool.  A  cold sponge bath
 is recommended.  In order to overcome this
 ailment the constipated condition, which al-
 ways  exists  in connection  with prolapsus,
 should be permanently broken up.  See con-
 stipation and how to treat it.

         FEVERS (ALL KINDS.)

   The healthy bodily functions are more or
 less impaired when fever sets up in the  body.
 Fevers may be in sympathy  with some deep
 seated inflamed condition.   Fevers  consume
 the vital energy, and prey upon the tissues at
 times to an alarming degree.  The heat of the
 body during fevers is considerably increased,
 the pulse becomes more rapid. The appetite
 disappears, and the patient becomes dull and
 listless, with a sense of weakness,  pains in the
 head,  back  and limbs,  hot flashes, cold and
 chilly  sensations, great thirst,  a hot dry skin,
 and a furry tongue.  All of which are in most
part caused by neglected colds, lack of healthy
 excretions, intemperance,  and infection  of
 contagious diseases.
   Treatment—In his work on human science
Prof. Fowler has to say:  "Guard against or
forestall all acute fevers. They are not cause-
less but caused, and that by precursors as ap-
parent as  they are violent.   They generally 
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gather a long time before they burst, and are
usually the  most violent in those whose con-
stitutions are the strongest, because such un-
load disease  as fast as it is generated, till some
sudden cold stops up  the outlet,  when their
powerful constitutions grapple right in reso-
lutely with their disease, and the two struggle
for mastery so violently that one or the other
must conquer promptly."
   "All such will get well if they give the life
force a fair chance.  A constitution able to
set up so fierce a struggle,  is therefore able to
win a victory.  Let them fight it out."
   Heroic medicines are positively dangerous
in all such  cases.  Superadding their inflam-
mation to that of the disease, endangers a sud-
den snapping of the cords of life.  Let the life
force alone and it will struggle through; for it
would not grapple thus resolutely unless it had
the power to overcome.   It  would take hold
more leisurely and cast out more gradually if
it needed to. All Nature's provisions warrant
this conclusion."
   "Previous care will stave off the battle. Self
inspection can always tell beforehand that the
thunder-cloud  of  disease  is  gathering, and
about how long it will  be before it will natur-
ally burst.   It is always preceded by  a dark,
livid  red about the face and eyes; too much
general inflammation;  a bad and haggard, or
else a wild  glaring look, along  with other 
            Fevers (All Kinds.)          79

signs of inflammation, including passional ir-
ritability.  Let such beware how they violate
the health laws much longer;   for retribution
is knocking at their door preparatory to their
arrest."
  "Mothers  should watch these and  other
signs presaging sickness in their children, and
take the patient in season, put them on short
dietetic rations,  soak their feet in hot  water,
and put them to bed early, covered up warmly,
with a cup  of  hot tea, so as to start the
perspiration."
  "Aching   bones,  violent,  sharp,  darting
pains, local or general, an irregular appetite,
or none at  all,  restlessness, and bad dreams
during sleep, etc., signify  that the gathering
disease storm is about to burst."
  "Begin in season.   Be  careful not to take
cold, to which you are especially pre-disposed
in proportion as you are loaded with disease.
  "Keep well housed and warm, but eat noth-
ing,  let your system live on its accumulated
carbon.  Lay a wet cloth on your stomach at
nights.
  From the  author—Take a  deep breathing
exercise with the intention of  forcing the se-
cretions into the lower bowels to induce the
ideal regular daily evacuations. Breathe fast
and deep, keep the room well ventilated. 
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  Do not try to do any work as that will only
aggravate the malady.
  Remember that the power to overcome the
attack is in the patient and anything to arouse
this force should be resorted to.   The power
of the will brought to bear.   The operator
should frictionize the skin so as to induce a
lively  excretory action.  If  the  patient is
thirsty, let him drink abundantly of either hot
or cold water, which furnishes the system with
a vehicle on which to convey the corrupt ma-
terials from the body.  Take every precaution
to prevent taking more cold.   If the fever
seems to stay with the patient, discourage  all
thoughts of impatience, as that will only add
fuel to the fire, encourage all thoughts that
will tend to keep the patient in a calm, restful
and hopeful state of mind, and in a few days
the patient will be entirely restored to health
and will be in a better physical condition than
if he had not been sick.
  The sick room should be  decorated  with
cheerfulness more than any other one thing,
the nurse should bear in mind that the patient
is to be encouraged under all circumstances.
A sad, sorrowful, cranky, whining nurse will
do more harm to the patient than the  doctor's
drugs can possibly do, and those last two great
destroyers are to be avoided  as much as possi-
ble, but, should there be a time when it is de-
sirable to shift the responsibility of the case 
Gall Stones.             81
it might be well to govern yourself accord-
ingly.  No one should be allowed to whisper,
or to act in a suspicious manner, which might
convey to the patient the impression that there
is danger at hand, as this will kill all the cour-
age and  hope left in him, and a collapse may
then at  any time be expected.  Though the
patient be a child, any alarming actions, will
be immediately noticed and acted upon with
a  lightning  like  rapidity, thus  weakening
the will  power, which is to be depended upon
as the real remedy.
  Never allow your patient to anticipate death
as that  does  more to induce it  than all else.
Compassion or  commiseration  bespeaks dan-
ger.  The  attendants should at all times en-
courage  the patient to exercise his will-power
to overcome his physical weakness.  Give him
to understand that the same power that cre-
ated  him  will  sustain  and restore  him  to
health, if he will rely upon it.   If you do any-
thing to assist nature, be as careful not to in-
terfere  with  it, simply let it take its  course,
and carefully guide  your patient through to
convalescence.
              GALL STONES.
   Gall   stones  are   a  calculous  concretions
formed  in the  gall  bladder,  and in passing
from the gall bladder they cause excruciating
pains, the stones  of large  size are the ones
which cause the greatest suffering.  As soon as
    s 
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the stone passes into the  bowels the  pain
ceases.  The usual size of the gall duct is about
that of a large rye straw, and as  some of the
stones are larger than the gall duct, it is with
great  difficulty  that  the  stone  is  passed
through this duct, and often considerable time
is consumed in its passage.
   Symptoms—An  agonizing  pain  in  the
region of the stomach or slightly  on the right
side.  If the case  is of long standing there will
be considerable soreness in this region.  After
the stones have all passed the patient rapidly
recovers, and  there is  no more trouble until
another batch of stones have accumulated.
This  state of the system may  continue  at
regular intervals  for years, without any  very
serious danger to  the patient, but he will find ■
it  very inconvenient to  be  forced into these
paroxysms at  regular  intervals.   It  will  be
observed that there is little or no fever present
when the patient is  laboring with his pains,
and no inflammation whatever in this region.
   Treatment—At first give the patient a hot
magnetic bath.  In the absence of the opera-
tor, a hot magnetic compress is to be applied
over the seat  of  pain.   The magnetic treat-
ment is applied thus:   Place the positive hand
over the region of the stomach, and if the pa-
tient  is in bed, place the other hand on the
forehead,  exercising  a  steady  intention  to
equalize the circulation and to annul and sub- 
Gonorrhea.
83
due the  acute painful  conditions, and to
neutralize the  disturbing elements, thus pre-
venting a further accumulation of the bili-
ary calcula.  A few treatments for this special
purpose have  been successful in preventing
the recurrence  of this disturbing condition.

             GONORRHEA.
   Gonorrhea consists of a purulent discharge
from the  urethra, characterizing  an  inflam-
matory condition  attacking the extremity of
that passage,  extending  through  the  entire
gland.
   Symptoms—Evidences of its presence are
generally observed after  the  third  or fourth
day, in others from five to nine  days  and
sometimes longer,  after connection.  In about
three or four days the orifice of the urethra
begins to swell, there is some  irritation in the
parts, there  is  a. sensation of itching in the
male organ,  and more or less soreness in the
whole urethral tract.  The lips of the  orifice
are slightly feverish, and drier than usual.  In
a short time a whitish mucous discharge is ob-
served,  which increases from day to day until
it becomes quite profuse.  There is a scalding-
sensation in passing urine.  As the discharge
increases the color changes from white to a
yellow  or greenish cast.  The patient is an-
noyed with painful erections, wliich is  other-
wise called chordee.   It  seems to' be  almost 
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impossible to get medicinal remedies from the
long list of drugs, and  the  patient is often
forced to seek a magnetic healer for relief. In
these cases the patient is troubled with fre-
quent desire to urinate, which is passed with
some difficulty, and often only a few drops
at a time. There is often a disturbance in the
groin, the glands  of which are in sympathy
with the inflamed  condition of the urethra.
These are called  sympathetic buboes,  on ac-
count of their diminishing or increasing in
size according to the amount of inflammation
in the passage.
  Treatment—A  general or  constitutional
treatment is indicated in this ailment when it
has been long neglected.  In addition to this,
the daily bath should be resorted to.  Give an
injection pf  magnetized water immediately
after urinating, and instruct the patient to
practice  the deep  breathing exercise three
times per day, and drink in the morning two
glasses of hot or cold water at least  one hour
before breakfast each morning, and during the
day  in  the  forenoon,  say at nine, ten and
eleven, one glass  at each of those  hours men-
tioned.   The same in the afternoon, and two
more after supper.
  Keep the bowels well open, and see to light
diet and the patient will soon be convalescent.
Absolute cleanliness of the parts  are  strictly
necessary. 
Gout.
85
   No malt liquors or other intoxicants should
be used, as  it only leads to its inflammation.
Nothing should  be drank except water and
milk.
   The diet  should be looked after, and noth-
ing eaten that will cause more irritation, such
as acids and sweets, use only the most cooling
materials, such as  farinaceous food, and for
the ordinary drink let it be straight hot or cold
water, or milk.  Absolute rest should be en-
joined upon the patient at all times.

                  GOUT.
   Gout seems to be closely allied to rheuma-
tism, and  occasionally works hand  in  hand
with rheumatism.  The origin of Gout is in-
digestion, and  is on  account of fermentation
of food in the stomach, creating acids which
poison the blood, and those acids are floating
around in  the blood seeking an outlet,  they
find  a convenient  lodgment in  or  near the
joints of the hands and feet, where they fin-
ally locate for business.
   Treatment—Avoid all  stimulants, either
in food or  drinks.   Let the patient be  kept
perfectly quiet.
   If the patient is able to sit up, place the hot
hands upon the patient's stomach and back,
exercising  the  intention  of  neutralizing the
effect of the disturbing elements, equalize the
circulation, and to assist the dormant functions 
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into greater  activity,  stroking  the  spine  to
stimulate the nervous system.

                GRAVEL.
  When  the worn-out  constituents  of  the
blood are secreted with the  urine, and  the
urine is held too long within the walls of the
bladder, this  calculi seems to leave the urine,
and begin to solidify, which will accumulate
and form  a gravel. These small grains often
find lodgment in  the folds of the bladder,
gradually growing larger until they are recog-
nized as being a great disturbing element in
the region of the urinary canal.
  Symptoms—Many times those deposits take
place in the kidneys, which cause great pain
in the back and loins, often shooting to and
from the bladder,  causing the most excruciat-
ing pain.  The deposits finally accumulate in
the bladder and  create an unbearable,  with
almost a continuous desire to urinate, and a
rasping or scraping sensation while voiding
the urine.  In the male there  is often very
severe pains  in the p'lands-penis.  When the
urine finally is allowed to settle there will be
found a deposit of a gravelly substance, with
more or less  variation in size  and color.
   Treatment—Any symptoms  as above  de-
scribed indicate a  general derangement of the
system, and  it is  therefore necessary to look
after the cause more than the  consequence. 
Hay Fever.
87
 Local treatment is necessary in order to give
 immediate  relief, but  to permanently  cure
 the patient, the cause must be sought, found
 and eradicated.  The local application is made
 by placing the positive  hand over the sacrum
 and the other on the opposite side, and vice
 versa, holding several minutes,  or until your
 patient shows that he has forced the circula-
 tion through the parts  involved, after which
 the general treatment may or may not be ap-
 plied, as the operator  thinks the  case  may
 require.                '
              HAY FEVER.
   Hay Fever, or Hay Asthma, as it is some-
 times called, is an  inflammation of J;he air
 passages, which generally comes on  about hay
 harvest, and is looked forward to by the pati-
 ent with  considerable dread and fear which
 aids its reappearance at this regular annual
 period, as its yearly visits are much encour-
 aged  by suggestion. The  popular  belief is
 that there is a pollen of some wild vegetable
 growth which is floating in the air and finally
 is breathed  into the throat and lungs where
 it causes an inflamed condition, which is the
 source of much annoyance and discomfort to
the patient.
   Treatment—This  troublesome condition is
treated the same as Catarrh of head  and
throat, with the intention to force the natural
secretions into  the afflicted parts, and  after 
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this has been done, the nose will require more
attention than usual, so much so that it will be
found necessary to apply the  same treatment
as for headache.  There will  appear at times
and in some patients slight deafness, and this
part of  the treatment will be  found fully ex-
plained under that head. A general toning up
of the system will be necessary in the success-
ful treatment of Hay Fever in all its forms.

              HEADACHE.
   There are about as many different kinds of
headache as there are different kinds of sto-
mach troubles.   There is no permanent relief
from headache except to remove the cause,
which, in most cases originates in the stomach,
but not always so.  Among the many kinds
of headaches  that  may  be  mentioned  are:
Bilious   or  Sick,  Congestive,  Rheumatic,
Periodic, Organic, Nervous,  etc.   Neuralgia
is another kind of headache, which is in most
cases hard  to locate the  direct cause, except
to assume that the system needs to be righted,
which in a general way might be said of most
all of the other kinds of headaches.
   Treatment—Place  the patient in a chair
with a  low back.  Take your place behind
him, heat your hands very hot and place them
over the temples, holding them firmly against
the head for a few minutes,  then heat your
hands  again and place the  positive  on  the 
Heart  Disease.
89
forehead and  the other on the back  of  the
head or neck, and hold firmly a short time,
then stand behind your patient and breathe
onto the top of the head, alternately stroking
it down from  front to back.   Continue these
applications until you  are satisfied  that  the
patient has taken your suggestions, which you
can knowT by  the extent of  the perspiration
visible,  which, if profuse,  indicates  consider-
able relief, and fair evidence that your efforts
were not in vain.
           HEART DISEASE.
  Symptoms—In detecting the condition of
the heart and its actions in health, it will be
discovered  that the  heart has two distinct
sounds,  very much like the beat and its echo,
which comes immediately  after.  Any devia-
tion from this may be regarded as evidence of
disease.   It need not be considered that on ac-
count of any increased or decreased motion of
the heart that the heart  is the seat  of  the
trouble, as such is not always the case, as the
principal causes of palpitations is not on ac-
count of the heart but  the blood, which does
not respond to the action of the heart, on ac-
count of an impoverished and burdened condi-
tion which   prevents  its  free  circulation
through the veins and  arteries, and more es-
pecially the capillaries.
  The two classes of heart diseases are func-
tional and  organic. 
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  Among the former are fainting and palpi-
tation.  Those symptoms are confined to those
of nervous temperament, or in weak, delicate
and  hysterical women,  which  condition  is
primarily induced by a weak stomach.  The
organic diseases are numerous,  among them
may be mentioned, pericarditis, carditis, en-
docarditis,  atrophy, hypertrophy,  dilatation
and valvular diseases.
  Treatment—As in most all other diseases,
the general health should be attended to  both
as to mind and body, and in all heart trouble
there should be an extra effort to keep the
mind of the patient in as cheerful a mood  as
possible,  as there is nothing  so dangerous  to
the sufferer as excitement.
  In  this ailment,  as in all  others, find the
cause, and eradicate it.   There will, in most
cases of so called heart disease, be found noth-
ing the matter with the heart, except  its in-
ability to perform its functions, on account  of
the material which it has to work with, the
blood being burdened with foreign substances
to such an extent that it is so overloaded that
the heart cannot force  it through the body,
and as the efforts to do so are sometimes heroic
and spasmodic, it  is only the natural  conse-
sequence of  an overburdened circulation, and
should be treated as such, and it will  be im-
mediately relieved.  To purify the blood it
will  be necessary to increase the  circulation 
Heartburn.              91
by rapidly stroking the spine downward, with
negative hand on the heart, exercising a steady
intention  to remove the burdened condition.
  The stomach should come in for its share
of attention, as it is always at the bottom of
poor circulation or heart trouble.  The breath-
ing exercise is recommended as an assistant to
the regular magnetic treatment.
              LIEARTBURN.
  Heartburn is not a disease of the heart, but
a decomposed or fermented condition  of the
contents of the stomach, causing a, burning
sensation  in the region of the heart,  as it is
supposed, but the real seat of the disturbance
is in the stomach.  It is one of the many forms
of indigestion.  All the juices of the stomach
turns  to   acetic  acid,  the  gastric  juices
included.
  Treatment—Stimulate the stomach with an
application of the hot hands, exercising the in-
tention  to force the natural secretions  and to
neutralize the  acids thus toning it up to its
functional activity.
               HICCOUGH.
  Symptoms—Hiccoughs are produced by a
spasmodic action of the nerves and muscles of
respiration, causing convulsive movements of
the  midriff.  It is one of the many apparently
little ailments which if permitted to continue
on undisturbed, will in time become more or 
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less alarming, and  often gotten rid of with
much difficulty.
   Treatment—The best remedy for hiccoughs
of short duration is, have your patient sit or
stand in an erect position and breathe very
deeply and very slowly for a moment in order
to break the regular spasmodic contraction of
the respiratory muscles.  Another  is  to sip
very slowly a pint oj magnetized water. Hyp-
notism is very successful where the patient is a
good  subject, if he is not, ply the  hypnotic
suggestion without his knowledge, with a per-
sistency that will force his mind into higher
'vibrations and the hiccoughs are gone.  The
hot hand can be applied to the stomach, ex-
ercising the intention to relax the diaphram,
thus removing the cause.

         HIP JOINT DISEASE.
   These diseases are mostly confined to child-
ren from the ages of 4 to 12 years, prevailing
mostly in damp climates, however, some cases
are met with in high and  dry  altitudes, and
in persons of different ages than those men-
tioned.
   Symptoms—The  symptoms  appear to be
very much like rheumatism,  a pain will gen-
erally appear in  the knee, causing  slow and
painful  movements,  the  limb will  become
emaciated, and in a short time the hip joint
will become inflamed, which,  in its swollen 
Hoarseness.
93
 condition, will push the ball of the joint from
 the socket, thus elongating the limb, causing
 great pain, and interfering with the motion of
 the limb,  which will soon necessitate the use
 of crutches.
    Treatment—The hot hands applied to the
 joint,  exercising a steady intention to over-
 come the  diseased condition  and to establish
 normal circulation through the joint, which
 will, in time restore  the part  to its former
 state of health.           '
   The general  system should be  kept in per-
 fect order, thus expediting the ultimate recov-
 ery of the hip-joint.  Flex the limb in all di-
 rections, revulse all the muscles of the hip and
 thigh, which will tend to release the circu-
 lation.
              HOARSENESS.
   Is generally a swollen condition of the
 throat, which interferes with the free vibra-
 tions of the vocal cords.
   Causes—It usually comes from over-speak-
 ing, singing, taking cold, breathing dust and
 dampness.
   Treatment—Gargle with clear, cold mag-
 etized water five or six times  a day, place the
 hot hands upon each side of the throat for at
 least five minutes, exercising  the intention to
force the natural secretions, and to restore the
normal  circulation, which will  overcome  all
the inflammation and restore the patient to 
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health.  Rotate the head and neck in a wring-
ing motion.
           HYPOCHONDRIA.
  This is a nervous disease of the worst form,
bordening on insanity, if it is not expressly
classed with those ailments.  The patient im-
magines he is or wants to be almost anything.
He is generally loaded with  some great im-
maginary disease, which is about to take him
off", if there is really anything ailing him, he
thinks it is  much  worse  than it really is, or
that there is no hope for his case.   He often
has extreme ideas  as to weight, height,  and
strength.  He is an extreme individual in any-
thing that his mind may dwell upon.   Their
thoughts are mostly of  their own trouble.
They grow  very suspicious of those around
them, even of their best friends. The derange-
ment is generally only functional  as to some
of the nutritive forces.
   Causes—The causes are about  as numer-
ous  as the  symptoms, among them may be
mentioned nervousness, indigestion, constipa-
tion, diarrhoea, masturbation, excess in any-
thing will do its share in producing those con-
ditions.
   Treatment—The operator  must be guided
according to the  conditions and symptoms
found when the patient presents himself  for
treatment.   A general treatment would be in-
dicated from the above mentioned causes.   It 
        Imperfect Sight (Amaurosis.)     95

 will be necessary to use some pretty strong
 suggestions in treating those cases, in fact, the
 hypnotic method would apply to this class,
 and there is no doubt that it is the best suited
 to those troubles, and is therefore highly rec-
 ommended.
   IMPERFECT SIGHT (AMAUROSIS.)
    This  is a  dimness of the eye-sight,  with
 dark specks floating before  the vision.  The
 pupils become dilated,  with no sensibility to
 light.  The stomach will be  found at the bot-
 tom of this trouble.   The  indications  are
 over-eating,  excessive  indulgences,  extreme
 habits, etc.
    Treatment—Take a  cold  sponge  bath,  if
 possible, every day.   Let the food be entirely
 vegetable.  Exercise should be taken in mod-
 eration, and avoid all mental tention, and any-
 thing of an exciting  character.   Give the
 same magnetic treatment as  in blindness.
   INCONTINENCY OF THE URINE.
   This ailment is more of an annoyance than
 anything else,  very troublesome.
   The sphincter muscle  seems to have aban-
 doned its control of the  neck of the bladder,
 allowing the urine to continually flow undis-
 turbed as it is excreted by the kidneys.
   Treatment—The intention should be exer-
cised to  increase the vitality in the region
of the sacrum,  assist the natural functions, 
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draw to the urinary organs an increased quan-
tity of blood, stimulate the general circula-
tion, this is done by an application of the hot
hands, one each on the pubis and sacrum, ex-
ercising a steady intention to produce the con-
ditions desired.
            PERICARDITIS.
  It may be brought on by taking cold, it may
come from sympathy of some other inflamma-
tion, such as  rheumatism or kidney diseases.
  Symptoms—There  is  usually very  acute
pains  in the region of the heart, and is very
tender to the  touch; it is often found impossi-
ble  to lie upon the left  side, without great
pain.   The symptoms of pleurisy are  some-
times  taken for the above troubles, and the
pains  are very much the same in  severity.
Often the pulsations become very rapid even
to palpitation.  If there is any accumulation
of watery fluid around the heart, which may
be seen in extreme cases, when the bulging is
seen by an elevation of the chest.
  The heart  is sometimes involved and be-
comes inflamed.   The symptoms in both cases
are  the same, and  the treatment should be
alike in both.
  Treatment—To remove the  pain and in-
flammation, place the positive hand  upon the
breast  in the region of the heart, the other
opposite, exercising the  necessary  intention
until the pain subsides, after which, use the 
Inflammation of the Liver.       97
passes if deemed necessary, to equalize the cir-
culation.   A general treatment in these cases
is advisable as in most cases the stomach and
bowels are involved.

   INFLAMMATION  OF THE LIVER.
   On the right side under the ribs will be
found a painful condition, with some pres-
sure, as though there was a hard lump, slight
fever, short breath, no  appetite, great thirst,
pale  and yellowish skin and eyes, are the
symptoms usually  met  with in liver com-
plaints.
   Treatment—Every thing should be avoided
of a heating or stimulating nature.   The diet
should consist of light  soups or  broths, and
some vegetables.  Drink an abundance of hot
water, say at least six to  ten pints a day.   The
bowels, of course, should be kept open, in all
cases.   Short exercise should be  indulged in
daily.   In giving the treatment sit behind or
in front of your patient, place your hands on
each side  of the body a little above the waist
line,  force the vibrations  into the inflamed
parts, exercising a  steady intention to break
up the  congested condition and  restore har-
mony.
          INFLAMED SPLEEN.
   Inflamed spleen  is  occasionally brought
on by chills and fever.  A swollen and pain-
ful condition in the left side  above the waist
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line.  The spleen is more or less enlarged, it
can often be felt by the hand.   The patient
is generally constipated, the legs become very
weak, and a burdened and impoverished con-
dition of the blood, sometimes causing palpi-
tation of the heart.
   Treatment—Apply the same treatment as
in inflammation of the liver.  A warm bath
should be taken once or twice a week.
               GASTRITIS.
   This ailment is felt by intense pressure in
the  stomach, caused  by gas accumulating
within the stomach inflating it to a painful
degree, producing nausea, hiccough or vom-
iting, and usually some fever.  Ice  water
drank when the body is  very warm will pro-
duce it.   Any starchy food causing fermen-
tation will cause it.
   Treatment—Place the positive hand (very-
hot) upon the stomach and the other upon the
lumbar plexus, exercising the intention  to pro-
duce eructations, after which give a general
equalizing application.    If the patient is cor-
pulent, a cold sponge  bath  is recommended,
otherwise let the bath be tepid.   Total absti-
nence will be advisable until the pains subside.
(See cramp in stomach.)
         INFLAMED KIDNEYS.
   This disease may be known by pain in the
region of the kidneys, accompanied by a sore- 
Treatment for Diseases in the Ltmbar Region. 
 
Inflammation.            99
ness in the  loins,  and a  numbness  in the
thighs.                                    '
  Treatment—Be careful of all kinds of stim-
ulating foods and drinks.  The diet should be
very light and chiefly vegetables.   Hot water
in abundance should  be the principal drink.
Apply the hot hands to the kidneys at least
ten minutes,  exercising a steady intention to
break up  the inflammation, and  to  equalize
the circulation.   Revulse the  muscles of the
lumbar plexus.
           INFLAMMATION.

  Inflammation  of the different organs of the
body are treated in the same  manner as the
foregoing diseases.   The diet should always
be light and  nourishing.  The drinks should
be  principally water, neither  extremely hot
or cold.   The intention to be used in  treat-
ing should correspond with  conditions desired.
The magnetic treatment in any of those cases
should continue until the  "aura"  appears in
the palm, it may take three minutes or it may
require  half  an  hour to produce  this effect,
but in no  case can the treatment be complete
until this  effect has been produced.  This
shows, without doubt, that your patient has
been benefited, that your efforts have reached
the subjective mind of the patient,  and started
the forces which are to overcome the diseased
conditions of the body. 
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              INFLUENZA.
  This disease belongs to the epidemic class,
and its visits are without warning, and spreads
with great rapidity.  The symptoms are very
much like a complication of diseases all at the
same  time.  There is fever,  great weakness,
no  appetite, short  breath, great thirst,  bad
cough," and a heavy cold on the lungs, throat
and bronchial tubes; there is usually much
pain in the head and eyes,  running of the
nose.   The fever soon  passes away, but the
inclination to add  more cold continues for
several days and  the patient should avoid ex-
posure as much as possible.
  Treatment—Those having a robust consti-
tution and a generally healthy body will have
very little trouble from this source, but those
of a weak and debilitated organism will have a
fierce battle with the enemy  before it can be
vanquished, but  with the proper influences
brought  to bear  on the case the patient can
easily  pull  through.  Mledioal treatment  is
not to be considered.   The  room should be
of even temperature and maintained at about
seventy  degrees  F.  Let the patient remain
in  bed,  keep the  bowels open, the drinks
should be principally hot water, at regular in-
tervals, a hot magnetic compress is of great
value.   Take  great precautions when  the
fever leaves,  as  the body is then very sus-
ceptible  to external influences,  and should 
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101
not be exposed.   It is needless to say that the
diet should be light and nutritious.
   In most cases there is very little treatment
required except in chronic cases.   Plenty of
rest and  good,  warm,  comfortable  quarters
and a good  nurse will generally bring the
patient out  in  good shape.   The  magnetic
treatment should be for the intention of break-
ing  up the  fever, forcing the perspiration,
equalizing the  circulation,  and  stimulating
into activity the natural functions of the body.
The  application should  be made  with the
hands very hot on  chest,  throat and stomach.
The spine and intercostal muscles should be
manipulated with  the  intention of overcom-
ing the congestion.  Give the neck the rotary
treatment.
               JAUNDICE.
   The cause of this trouble is an obstructed
condition of  the bile  duct, or the  neck of the
gall bladder, interfering with the free passage
of the gall into the intestines, causing the bile
to be  absorbed  into  the  blood, producing a
yellowish appearance of the skin and eyes.
   Treatment—In  connection  with  this ail-
ment the stomach  will be found disordered.
The diet should be principally matured  fruit
and  vegetables, the  drink suitable  for  this
case is mostly hot water; the bowels should
be evacuated daily.  In treating this trouble
the liver  should receive  the greatest atten- 
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tion.   Place the hot hands on the body in the
region of the liver exercising the intention  to
relax the congestion, stimulate  the functions,
and equalize the circulation.   The stomach
should be toned up also with an application  of
the hands with  the intention of stimulating
its functions into activity.   The hot magnetic
bath should be employed semi-weekly.

               LUMBAGO.
   Lumbago is  in  most cases the van-guard
of sciatica, the seat of  this disease is  in the
region of the loins, the muscles  of the back
become very sore and a stiffness of the mus-
cles seems to be the cause  of  sudden,  sharp
and shooting pains, which appear as a  shock
in the lumbar region, which almost prostrates
the patient.   If this condition is allowed  to
continue, it gradually follows the sciatic nerve
down  either limb, producing the usual sharp,
shooting pains as in lumbago.   This is a rheu-
matic affection, and should be treated as such.
   Treatment—The treatment of this ailment
has been discussed under the bead of rheuma-
tism, but it  can be repeated under this head
for the convenience of the reader.  You will
recognize this trouble  by its plunging, dart-
ing and violent character, which appears  in
paroxysms which generally last from  one  to
six hours, and with extreme agony and suf-
fering  while it lasts. 
 
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Neuralgia.            103
   Its periodical visits and its  absence  of  in-
flammation are recognizable characteristics of
this disease.  In  treating this affliction,  go
first to the stomach,  and there you will find
disorder, treat the same with the usual inten-
tion, which should be to  establish normal  ac-
tivity.  Instruct your patient to  avoid  ex-
cesses  of all kinds.   Manipulations are made
with a view of aiding the circulation through
the parts afflicted; when this is done, you have
accomplished all that could be  desired locally.
Lumbago  may  be classed among  rheumatic
affections; it is treated with hot hands with
vigorous, deep, hard and heavy manipulations.
The intention should never be lost sight  of,
but kept  foremost in the work before you.
Flexing the lower limbs with the intention of
revulsing the muscles of the spine.  Place
the patient upon his  back and flex each limb
in  all  directions, revulse the muscles of the
spine with the intention  of removing all ob-
structions to the circulation,  which  will im-
mediately relieve the  patient,
   Many cases  of this character  have been
cured  within a week, and  the writer  has
brought permanent  relief  to  many of his
patients in one treatment.

              NEURALGIA.

   This disease  can  be  classed among  the
rheumatic affections,  or, in other words, ner- 
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vous rheumatism.  The face is often attacked,
also  the  ulnar  nerve, sciatica also  relates to
this  class of nervous  diseases.  (See  Rheu-
matism.)
   Treatment—A general treatment to equal-
ize the circulation, apply the hot hands to the
seat  of pain, exercising the intention to sub-
due the pain and restore the circulation to the
painful  parts.   Induce the patient to  relax
and become perfectly quiet, then the soothing
strokes and passes may be applied with a ben-
eficial effect.   Verbal  suggestions  should  be
given with the intention of soothing and en-
couraging your patient to overcome the af-
fliction, bringing the forces within to bear on
the discordant  symptoms, and to crush them
out.
      NOCTURNAL EMISSIONS.
   Weaknesses  of  this character are mostly
peculiarities of  young men, and there need be
no alarm as long as they do not  occur too
often, thus causing extreme weakness.   They
consist of involuntary  discharges of the sem-
inal  fluid, influenced by dreams or imagina-
tions of the person so afflicted,   If they only
occur occasionally, there need be  no anxiety
felt, but if they become too profuse  or too
often causing great waste of vitality, the case
should be looked after  and alleviated without
delay.   The general cause is excessive  indul-
gences, sexually and otherwise, the system is 
         Palpitation of the Heart.      105

invariably  debilitated, which condition is the
effects of excessive and ruinous practices.   It
is absolutely necessary that all such influences
be immediately checked before permanent re-
lief  can be expected.
   Treatment—The general treatment should
be the same as for Dyspepsia, the local treat-
ment may  be best applied by placing the pos-
itive hand upon the sacrum and the other over
the  pubes, exercising the intention to stimu-
late the nerve centers in that region, to es-
tablish normal circulation.   The  courage of
the patient must be strengthened, by arousing
his desire and determination to overcome his
weakness.   Instruct him to use strong auto
suggestions against further losses, with a firm
determination to prevent it.

   PALPITATION OF TLIE HEART.
  When there is a fluttering of the heart,
which can be felt by placing the hand upon
the chest, when the patient has no knowledge
of it, there is some reason to expect organic
disease; but when he observes the symptoms
mentioned  above, there is only functional de-
rangement or nervous affection.   The  stom-
ach  will, in most cases, be found as the prin-
cipal cause.   The  blood is  usually encum-
bered with  foreign substances, preventing free
circulation.   Palpitations are not always an
indication of organic  heart disease.  In most 
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all cases there is indigestion, causing an im-
poverished blood supply.
  Treatment—The treatment necessary would
be very much like that of dyspepsia, or indi-
gestion, except  it might be  well to treat the
heart direct, by placing the positive hand over
the region of the heart, and the other  oppo-
site,  exercising a steady intention to stimulate
its functions and restore normal  conditions.
Raise the palm  of the right hand, place the
fingers firmly upon the body in the region  of
the heart, move the hand in a rotary motion,
pressing slightly in order to free the muscles
of the chest, thus producing a revulsion and
admitting a free circulation,  If the patient
is in a reclining or horizontal position, the
mesmeric passes may be used with a quieting
effect.
              PARALYSIS.
  There are several kinds of paralysis, among
them may be mentioned Paralysis Agitans,
the  shaking, or it  is  sometimes  called, the
dancing palsy;  Hemiphlegia,  when one side
of the body is affected; and Paraphlegia, when
it is in the lower part  of the body which is
often deprived  of its  motive power.  But  in
all cases it is either the brain or the nervous
system  which is being pressed in some form,
which simply cuts off the nerve force formerly
controlling that part so affected. There is one
form which is called Creeping, on account of 
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its gradual appearance, sometimes consuming
months before it entirely asserts itself.  This'
creeping characteristic denotes general debil-
ity, and an obstructed venous or nervous cir-
culation, or both.   When the head itself be-
comes  involved the mouth and eye are drawn
to the  side.   The  power of  speech and mem-
ory are more or less affected.   If either of the
limbs are  attacked there will be a loss of mo-
tion and sensibility, as well  as a shrinking  of
the  muscles  of the limb  so affected.  It  is
often that the approach is very slight, a finger,
the tongue, a hand, foot, arm, or limb may  be
slightly influenced by a tingling sensation in-
dicating the presence of the  first symptoms.
   Treatment—The treatment is usually ef-
fective at once, but often takes some days to
make a good showing in the patient's recovery.
Treatment to establish normal circulation is
the  first thing to  be  done.   The spine must
be manipulated vigorously  with a deep and
heavy rotary motion from the head to the
coccyx, do not permit the hand to slip on the
skin, but let the skin and muscles move with
the hand.  The  intention  during  the treat-
ment  should be steady revulsion, thus freeing
the circulation and  nerve  force.  Flex the
limbs  in all directions with the same steady  in-
tention.  Indigestion will  usually be  found
 accompanying  the  above  symptoms, and
 should receive its share of  attention, and the 
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usual treatment for this complaint must be
given in order to bring the patient to  a rapid
recovery.   In those cases the patient can eas-
ily  stand one treatment a day,  and in  most
cases the patient can be restored to health in
from two to six weeks, except in  cases  of long
standing, which of course  will take longer.
  The writer has treated  many  cases  of par-
alysis successfully, among them may be  men-
tioned a gentleman from  Kansas City,  Mo.,
who had been afflicted in his entire left side
for four years; he was at  times able to move
around  a little, but his arm was  entirely use-
less, the circulation was so  much  obstructed
that his arm  and limb was very  cold.  After
the first treatment the circulation was so much
restored that  the temperature was almost nor-
mal, the treatments being  continued daily for
two weeks, when he pronounced himself en-
tirely cured.
  Another case may be mentioned was that
of an old gentleman from Iowa,  who  was en-
tirely helpless in both limbs and  arms, he had
not walked for nine years  until he was placed
in my hands at the Weltmer Institute,  after
the second treatment he got up and  walked
from the treating room to the street.

                  PILES.
  Constipation is the principal cause of  piles.
There will be found small  tumors in the lower 
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109
 extremity of the rectum, usually accompanied
 by a heavy, painful feeling in the back, loins,
 and in the bottom of the abdomen, pains in
 the head, nausea, flatulence are often present.
 Those  tumors arc often forced to burst by
 extreme  pressure,  causing  a  hemorrhage,
 which gives temporary relief.
   Treatment—The first effort should be to
 examine your patient for constipation, and if
 found should at first be broken up, as in order
 to  get permanent relief this must be done.
 To assist free motions of the bjwels it may be
 necessary to distend the walls of the rectum,
 which is done by inserting the index finger as
 far up the rectum as possible,  spreading  the
 walls  in  all directions,  thus permitting  the
 free circulation of the blood.   If the hemor-
 rhoids are found to protrude, they should be
 replaced with a  soft cloth spread  with vase-
 line, this should  be done very carefully to
 prevent pain to your patient.  This treatment
 is regarded as perfectly  safe and is the most
 effective treatment known to the writer, and
 has  proven infallible  in every  case thus  far
 treated.   In  most cases of obstinate constipa-
 tion, piles are found to  exist, and except in
very painful conditions, this direct application
is omitted, giving entire attention to the cause,
which, when removed, the piles immediately
disappear of themselves.   In prolapsus of the
rectum, the patient should be directed to im~ 
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mediate]}* rise from stool after the passage of
the first section of the faeces, wliich will pre-
vent the protrusion of the rectum.  The in-
tention on the part of the operator should be
exercised  during  the  treatment, in strict ac-
cord with the movements  above mentioned.
The patient must be induced to assume a pas-
sive attitude, and should be kept informed at
all times with the intention of the operator,
thus securing perfect communication.

       PLEURISY  (PLEURITIS.)

  One of the symptoms of, or the direct cause
of pleurisy pains, is a severe cold, with more
or less fever, a short dry cough, a depressed
feeling in the chest, which increases to an
acute pain, a shortness of breath, the pain in-
tensifies with every breath, the pulse is hard
and quick, the skin  hot,  the tongue white,
the cheeks flashed, the urine scanty and high
colored.   Those conditions usually last from
three to four days, when they gradually sub-
side,  except  the  pleurisy pains which  often
continue in an inflammatory condition, finally
becoming chronic.
   Treatment—There being an inflamed con-
dition, the manipulations and intention should
be to equalize the circulation by subduing the
inflammation and relaxing the tension in the
intercostal muscles, as well as those of the
spine and chest.   Flex the arms in all direc- 
Scrofula.
Ill
 tions,  revulse the muscles of the spine with
 the intention of lifting the pressure from the
 thorax, thus freeing the nerves, and circula-
 tion which gives  immediate relief  after the
 first treatment.
   The suggestions indicated are a  daily im-
 provement  until  total recovery.  All afflic-
 tions of the throat and lungs yield readily to
 the foregoing treatment.

               SCROFULA.

   There appears in different parts of the body
 glandular swellings, which after a time will
 break  and exude  a whitish curdled matter.
 In most cases small lumps appear on the neck
 which gradually increase in size and number,
 until they form one large collection of tumors,
 which finally merge into one whole.  There
 is no part of the  body exempt from the en-
 croachments of this disease.   It is strictly a
 blood  taint giving evidence of its condition.
 There are a thousand and one symptoms of
 this disease and it would be useless to enumer-
 ate them.  It will suffice to mention that any
 enlargement of the glands without provoca-
 tion in the form of colds, bruises, etc., is indi-
 cative of scrofula being present in the system.
   Treatment—Tepid and cold bathing should
 be resorted to  freely, as  this will assist  the
skin in performing its part in casting out the
impurities from the blood.  In all those ail- 
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ments  there will be found inactivity in the
digestive organs, which should be treated with
the intention of restoring them to their nor-
mal functions.   A general treatment for the
special intention to ourify the blood.   A local
treatment of the neck will be of great advant-
age when  the  tumors  are  located  thereon.
The treatment should be in perfect accord
with the general intention to purify the sys-
tem, making it impossible  for the diseased
condition to exist, thus literally driving  it out
of the  system,   Deep breathing is one of the
beneficial exercises that can be resorted  to,
and should be indulged in very freely.  Let
the patient have an abundance of hot water at
all times, it will keep the perspiratory glands
in active operation.
             STIFF NECK.
  This condition is generally brought on by
sleeping  near an open window where there is
a strong  draught of  air blowing in upon the
body, it  is another form of  cold, and can be
relieved  in a few minutes by  revulsing the
muscles and tendons of the neck and should-
ers, with the intention of restoring the  circu-
lation,  the stiffness will then disappear.
            SORE  THROAT.
  Sore throat  is caused principally  from  a
cold, there is usually some inflammation  of
the membrane, which  is only the  ordinary 
Anchylosis.             113
 form, and generally passes  away  in  a few
 days.   The treatment  is  the same as  for
 catarrh.
              ANCHYLOSIS.
   In Ancylosis there will be found a stiffness
 of the joint directly  caused by the absence of
 the  synovial fluid which lubricates the  joint.
 Any accident  that will admit of the loss of
 this lubricating fluid, will  produce Anchylo-
 sis,  or a stiffness of the joint.
   Treatment—Place the patient  in a reclin-
 ing  position, and  induce extreme passivity,
 let the eyes be closed, place the hot hands on
 the  stiff joint, exercising  the intention to
 start the secretions which lubricate the  joint,
 this  concentration should continue for at least
 ten minutes at each treatment.  The muscles
 surrounding the joint should have a thorough
 revulsive treatment, releasing the  circulation.
 When the  bones of the joint supporting the
 synovial membrane become thoroughly knit-
 ted together, as if it  were one solid bone, the
 relief of the joint will require several months,
 to produce revulsion.
                CHOREA.
   The  advance  causes of Chorea is  gen-
erally  debility, nervous shocks, extreme ex-
citement, excessive physical or mental labor,
in fact all  excessive habits are regarded as
common causes. 
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   Symptoms-—Obstinate  constipation,  pro-
ducing pressure upon the nerves and arteries
in the pelvic region, thus obstructing the cir-
culation.   In this condition the patient is un-
able to walk steadily, with more or less jerki-
ness in his movements.  In the  attempt to
communicate motion to any set of muscles,
these immediately become uncertain in their
actions, and either refuse to obey the will, or
obey it  imperfectly.  The  speech  is  some-
times affected,  the eyes lose their brightness
and intelligence.   In many cases the mental-
ity becomes more or less  involved.  The en-
tire  muscular system is  never attacked simul-
taneously, in some instances, the perfect con-
trol wliich is retained over  other parts, corn-
pared with the mutinous state of the remain-
der, is very remarkable.   Sometimes, though
the gesticulations are most absurd, the speech
is  easy and fluent; and  sometimes, when un-
able to walk with any  degree  of regularity,
the patient can sing and  play with the most
perfect  accuracy.   The patient  regards his
condition with the  most surprising indiffer-
ence, having no pain to speak of, he seems to
enjoy himself and his surroundings with all
satisfaction, as though he  were  in perfect
health.                     l
   Treatment—Treat the stomach  and bowels
as  the primary cause.   After the impacted
condition of the colon  is removed, and the 
             Suppression of Urine.       115

  bowels are restored to a regular daily evacu-
  ation,  the  patient will  begin  to  improve.
  Strong manipulations on each side  of the
  spine should be given,  with the intention of
  removing all pressure and releasing the circu-
  lation.  The limbs should be treated as  in
  rheumatism, exercising the intention to stim-
  ulate the  nervous system and restore the cir-
  culation   to  the  extremities.   Flexing  the
  limbs in all directions if they indicate a low
  temperature or a slow pulse.
        SUPPRESSION OF URINE.
    A frequent desire to urinate, accompanied
  with great  difficulty  in doing  so,  is called
  STRANGURY.   If no water can be  passed
 it is called suppression of urine.
    Causes—Exposure to cold, excessive drink-
 ing, constipation, enlargement of the prostate
 gland,  stone in the bladder, or kidneys, etc.
    Symptoms—If from  stone in bladder, the
 stream will be divided,  or  suddenly  checked.
 If  from stone in the  kidneys,  often nausea,
 vomiting,  and pains in- the loins.  A constant
 desire to urinate, and  cannot, or if  it can be
 voided, much pain and difficulty accompanies
 the action.   The bladder is usually much en-
 larged.   The prostate gland often  acts as a
 check-valve, and is generally considerably en-
 larged.
  Treatment—All straining in an attempt to
void the urine should be avoided, and an effort 
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on the part of the patient to relax should be
encouraged.  The bowels should be kept open.
Place the patient in a  quiet, easy and com-
fortable position so that he can become per-
fectly relaxed,  induce him to  assume a pas-
sive  state of mind.  Place the positive hand
upon the sacrum  plexus, the  other on  the
pubis, exercising the intention to  relax ten-
sion  in the obstructed parts, stimulate the nat-
ural  functions to normal action, subdue  the
inflammation, and free all obstructions to the
circulation.   Gentle strokes  down  the spine,
with the intention of equalizing the circula-
tion  and soothing the patient.   As soon as re-
laxation can be^ produced, the urine will flow
freely, and  your patient will  be in perfect
ease.  Let your suggestions to your patient be
to relax, and assume a quiet state! of mind.
  Place your patient face downward, close the
right hand and place it  upon the  spine in the
sacral region, giving  a sudden downward pres-
sure  from the coccyx to  the lumbar plexus,
with the intention to free the nerves control-
ing  the  urinary  organs.   There  have been
many cases  cured  permanently at  the Welt-
mer  Institute, some  of long standing, one in
particular, was that of a gentleman in north
Missouri, who was continually  tormented for
fifteen years.  He is nOw in perfect health. 
Vomiting             117
               VOMITING.
   The principal cause of vomiting is indiges-
tion, or a lack of perfect digestion,  the stom-
ach being overloaded, the contents decompose,
and  a  nauseating feeling,  followed by spas-
modic  efforts to evacuate  the stomach.  It
may also be caused from  weakness.  When
the sickness comes from indigestion, it is not
to be considered as alarming, but rather the
means of relief.  It should, therefore, be as-
sisted by drinking hike warm water.  If the
vomiting is caused by spasmodic affections of
the stomach, a hot magnetic compress may be
applied, which will afford relief.
   If the patient is  in  bed, reach  over him,
grasping the body below the shoulder blades
and  lift gently until the  body bends, then
place both hands upon the  abdomen  after
making them as hot  as possible, let them re-
main for a few minutes, exercising  the inten-
tion to quiet the nervous system.   If the pa-
tient is sitting up, the operator stands behind
placing the knee near the spine on the left side
near the small of the back, he now takes the
patient by the shoulders and pulls gently but
firmly  backward.  Let the patient relax to
correspond with  the movements of the oper-
ator.  Place the hot hands  on each side of the
cervical plexus for a few minutes,  exercising
the intention to  produce perfect relaxation. 
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                 WARTS.
   Warts, moles, etc., can be eradicated by be-
ing burnt out  with scarcely the  least pain,
thus:  By so holding a  sunglass  or  strong
lens in the  sun that its focus will cover  the
head of the wart or mole for a minute or two,
you kill the life of its head, and within a week
it comes out from its roots, a smooth skin
forms in its place, and it is dead without leav-
ing  any  descendants.   This  cure  applies
equally to all hair moles.

         SCALDS,  BURNS, ETC.
   Scalds and  burns should be immediately
immersed in water, cold or warm, as is most
agreeable, and  kept there till  the_ smarting
ceases, then cover  them with  flour and  let
them alone.   The  fact  that  after half  or
more of one's skin has been scalded or  burnt,
he must die, is  full of meaning,  and shows
how absolutely  essential is  its  office,  but if
those scalded  by hot water or steam will
jump into cold  water, clothes and  all,  or
can have cold water dashed upon  them, will
instantly stop their hot  clothes from burn-
ing them any more, and  take  out the burn
more effectually than any other means.   Or
if a hand, arm, foot or  any other part of
the body,  is  thus burnt,  either  hold  the
parts in water or bind with a wet bandage, or
lay on a thickness of cotton cloth, and pour 
Cuts and Bruises.          119
 on cold water, gently, but steadily, until the
 pain ceases.  The cold probably effects the
 cure, because as soon as the flesh heats the
 water the burn aches; whereas, moving it in
 the water, that is, keeping cold water next to
 the skin,  eases and cures it.

          CUTS AND BRUISES.
   Cuts and bruises should  be bound  up in
 their own blood,  before they stop bleeding,
 and then left alone, or if they cause pain,
 keep them wet with cold water.  Blood is the
 best dressing in the world.   It coagulates and
 dries, thus forming an air-tight covering,
 which seals up the wound while nature goes
 on to heal it.   Do salves or plasters carry off
 waste matter or insert new flesh?  They are
 better than nothing, because they keep out the
 cold, protect it,  etc.; but do that far less than
 a  blood poultice.
   Powdered chalk on all kinds of sores and
 raw places is most excellent.   It unites with
 the  exudations to  form a perfect coating un-
 der which the healing progresses finely.
   Dressings irritate, and must be avoided as
 much as possible.   Of course when suppura-
 tion is in progress, the yellow, corrupt matter
 must have an outlet, which can easily be made
through the blood overcoat.
   Every touch pains, because it injures.  Let
our involuntary shrinking from it warn all to
let them alone.—F'owler. 
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  Cold water is the best restorative.   It will
probably give a feeling of comfort and what
feels good, is good.

               ATROPHY.
  Atrophy  is a gradual wasting of the mus-
cles of any or all parts of the body, caused
by inactivity of the lacteals, in not taking up
the nutritive elements of the food, or indiges-
tion, which admits of  decomposition of food's
eaten,  thus  destroying all nutritive processes,
which  is  literally starving  the body.   The
nerves being poorly nourished, they lack the
necessary energy to  perform their natural
functions,  producing  a contracted condition
of the arterial circulation, thus preventing the
free distribution of what little nutrition there
may be left.
  Treatment—For the restoration of wasted
flesh, the blood circulation must be restored,
if only temporarily, in order to convey the
nutritive  elements to  all parts of the body,
this process  will stimulate the nervous system,
and start up the digestive organs, which will
in turn, furnish more energy for the up-build-
mg the  emaciated muscles.  The following
manipulations are excellent with a strong, and
steady  intention to liberate the  circulation.
Revulse all the spinal muscles, as well as the
intercostal and abdominal muscles, flex all the
muscles of  the limbs, and to remove  all re- 
              White Swelling.          121

 maining pains, the  mesmeric passes  may  be
 successfully employed.
           WHITE  SWELLING.
   Called Hip Joint disease sometimes, is a
 very painful and distressing affection of any
 of the joints of the limbs, mostly the larger
 joints.   Immediate  attention to this disease
 will prevent it from assuming a chronic char-
 acter.   The knee is the joint mostly attacked,
 although any joint  is  liable to become  the
 seat of  the  disease.  It will be  met with
 mostly in  its  chronic form,  and will require
 considerable  time and patience to cure  it.
   Treatment—Place the hot hands upon  the
 joint, hold the joint firmly until perspiration
 sets up, after which  ply the joint in all  direc-
 tions, revulse the muscles, exercising a steady
 intention throughout' to restore the  natural
 functions  to their normal  condition.  Sug-
 gest improvement after the patient  has  be-
 come perfectly quiet and relaxed for a few
 days.
  (CEREBRO)  SPINAL MENINGITIS.
  In the examination of the patient, obstinate
 constipation will be found,  also the tongue
 will be quoted white, a hot and dry skin, great
 thirst.   There is a rush of blood to the  head,
 and much  throbbing of the arterial  circula-
 tion.   The eye  balls become blood shotten,
and the pupils contracted, the eyes have  an 
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expression of great fear, there is often symp-
toms of delirium,  nausea, and vomiting, and
even mild  fits and spasms are in evidence.
There  is shooting pains which  causes the
patient to scream  out with a suddenness re-
sembling an explosion.  More or less fever is
present, and the upper part of the spine is
congested, and the muscles in the region of
cervical and dorsal vertebrae contract at times
so much that the head is drawn back, but this
symptom does not always occur.
   Treatment—In  treating spinal meningitis,
it is essential at  all times to reduce the fever,
and start the peristalic action of the bowels.
   Revulse the muscles of the head and  neck,
with the intention  to releasing the  circulation
and induce relaxation.
   The spine should receive vigorous manipu-
lations, revulsing the muscles through the en-
tire length, exercising the intention to relax,
release the circulation and remove the pres-
sure from the neives.   Treatments should be
given every six or eight hours.

     GRANULATED SORE EYES.

   This seems to  be a chronic state of an  acute
attack of ordinary sore eyes, which has been
neglected, or, at least a case  which has not
been cured, and if allowed to continue may re-
sult in serious consequences, and  may  inter-
fere considerably with the patient's sight. 
Inflamed Eyes.           123
    Treatment—Place the patient on a stool,
 taking your place behind him, gently manip-
 ulate the insides of the orbital ridges as com-
 pletely as possible, revulse all the surrounding
 muscles, which restores the circulation.  If
 there are many granules  present, manipulate
 to dislodge them by forcing the circulation
 through that region.   Hold the hot  hands
 over the eyes for a few minutes, exercising the
 intention to equalize the1 circulation and re-
 store normal conditions.  S'uggest  improve-
 ment with daily treatment.   Many cases have
 been cured at the  Weltmer Institute, which
 had been previously treated with every known
 remedy without relief.

            INFLAMED EYES.
   The  vanguard  of inflamed eyes is cold,
 and needs treatment for  that ailment.   The
 local conditions are  inflammation  of the eye-
 ball and lids.  There is a smarting sensation
 to  that produced by dust, the ball's become
 very red, showing an effusion of blood in the
 veins.
   Treatment—Thrice  daily application of
 magnetized water will do much to reduce the
inflammation.  See treatment for Granulated
 Sore Eyes, which is applicable to  this  condi-
tion as well.  'Suggest improvement  when
directions are followed to the letter. 
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         LOCOMOTOR  ATAXIA.
   The  patient  finds  difficulty  in properly
maintaining his balance,  and in walking his
movements are  tottering, like a man intoxi-
cated.  It is difficult for him to  maintain his
equipoise and walk with his eyes closed.   If
his arms are affected, their movements are un-
certain.   The eyes and attention  must be con-
stantly directed  to the motion which is about
to  be performed,  or  it is imperfectly  done.
The brain centers in this case supply the weak-
ened action of the nerves, and the stimulus to
the muscles is directed by  the objective, in-
stead of the subjective mind, as  in health.
Still later, the action of the muscles become
spasmodic and jerking.  The neuralgic pains
become,  at times  very distressing; there is
often a sense of  constriction around the limbs
or body, as if they were encircled with tight
cords.   In extreme cases locomotion becomes
impossible, the patient is unable  to bring the
hand to  the mouth,  and the speech may be-
come impaired,  articulation  being imperfect
and difficult. In all cases there is more or less
loss of sensation to the lower limbs.   The in-
ability to feel the contact of the ground  or
floor occasions the  difficult}'  of walking.
   Causes—Indigestion, general  debility, ex-
cessive indulgences, extreme mental or physi-
cal labor, long continued  use of  intoxicating
liquors,  excessive use  of stimulants, anything 
             Locomotor Ataxia.         125

 that will tend to- break down the nervous sys-
 tem is liable to  produce it.  Constipation is
 said to be one of the immediate causes, as the
 impacted  colon  causes  pressure  upon the
 nerves, and  obstructing the circulation  with-
 in the abdominal region, thus preventing the
 free action  of the  nervous system, thereby
 cutting off communication  from the subject-
 ive mentality, which must depend upon indi-
 rect communication through other nerves not
 involved, to  the muscles to be acted upon,
 to which action  is  necessarily  uncertain and
 imperfect.   The  general health  does not seem
 to be influenced to any very great extent, and
 on  this account,  it  has  the  appearance of a
 local disease  entirely, while the  cause may be
 a general weakness of the entire system.
   Treatment—-The  writer has treated many
 cases of this character,  and some of them were
 entirely cured, while others were greatly ben-
 efited.
  In treating this ailment, try to discover the
 cause,  and remove  it.   If it is constipation,
 your patient  will immediately show improve-
 ment when it is broken up.   It is well to de-
 pend upon general  treatment  until there is
 observed a direct  obstacle in the free action of
the nervous system,  which must receive imme-
 diate attention,  until  the cause is removed.
Establish  perfect circulation.   Stee  perspira-
 tion and water drinking directions. 
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   Treat the muscles of the spine with the in-
tention of freeing the nerves and  increasing
the circulation, stomach and bowels; to restore
perfect digestion, and daily evacuations, re-
vulse  the  intercostal  and thoracic muscles,
with  the intention of increasing respiration
and chest expansion.   Prescribe  semi-weekly
baths, intention  to remove obstructions and
encourage perspiration.

   SMALL POX—HOW TO TREAT IT.
   All contagious diseases can be  easily hand-
led, and never prove  fatal when the proper
precautions are taken in time.  Take that of
Small Pox, one of the most dreaded  diseases
that can afflict humanity, this can easily be
used to get rid of all the morbid poisons that
have accumulated in the system, as completely
as any other means known to science, extend-
ing the chances to live to a ripe old age.   If
the person has been exposed, and before the
disease manifests itself, let the  diet be very
light,  resort  frequently  to the  sweat  baths,
the magnetic vapor bath is the best.
   Drink hot water and teas at short intervals,
and especially on going to bed.   Take extra
precautions to prevent taking cold.
   When the disease makes its appearance, let
it take its course, and  be careful not to offer
any opportunity  for a relapse.  A magnetic
flour poultice should be applied upon the face 
       Small Pox—How to Treat It.   127

to prevent pitting,  and should be worn until
the skin is entirely well.   Never  allow  the
scabs to  be disturbed, but let them drop off
when the proper time  comes.   When the pa-
tient is convalescing, and the appetite is  im-
proving, there  should  be extra care taken aa
to quality and quantity of food eaten, and ex-
ercise may be taken, but never to a point of
fatigue.   If any of the pits do not fill prop-
erly, apply a cloth wet  with magnetized water,
keep the cloth always thoroughly wet.
   Never lose sight of the fact that  the power
to pull the patient through is in him, and it is
the operator's duty to see that those forces are
kept at work and are doing their whole duty,
there being  perfect agreement between  the
operator and patient there is no such thing as
fail.
   Everything  depends  on  how the patient
comes through the  spell, as to his future.   If
he gets out in good shape, he will be the better
for his sickness, but if he remains loaded down
with effects of drug treatment, he will be later
burdened with other ills.
   All possibilities  of  relapses should   be
guarded  against at all hazards.  They  are
much more dangerous than the disease itself,
and are many times more fatal.  Most all yel-
low fever  patients die from relapses, rather
than the disease itself,  on account of the want
of attention during their illness.  The nurse is 
 128    The Practical  Magnetic Healer.

 the most important personage in the care of
 the sick, and an expert should  be employed
 where  it is possible to do so.   This applies
 to all contagious skin  diseases,
             APPENDICITIS.
   Miss W., 20 years old, has been cured  of
 Appendicitis by a new method.  No knife was
 used, no medicine, no poultice,  no ice pack,
 none of the usual methods used by  doctors
 and surgeons.   Only eight minutes  elapsed
 from the time the doctor reached the patient
 until he had completed his work.
   The  operator, Dr. II., of this city  applied
 one hand to a point midway between the thigh
 of the young woman and a point above the
 stomach.  Then bent up the right leg at the
 knee joint and gave the leg a slight twist  by
 means of a quick motion,  emptying the ap-
 pendix by forcing the femur bone against it.
 Miss W. is up and feels no inconvenience.
              DEAFNESS.
   The eustachian tube, an air passage which
 communicates between the throat and  middle
 ear.   This passage is lined by a continuation
 of the mucous  membrane which covers the
throat and nasal passages.  The catarrhal pro-
 cess,  by continuity  of surface,  follows the
mucous membrane, thickening its structure,
until  the eustachian tube is closed, and the
beautiful mechanism of the middle ear is thus 
Deafness.
129
rendered useless.  While the thickening of the
mucous membrane is going on, and the pas-
sage is gradually  becoming closed (and this
process extends through several years),  the
patient will  occasionally, while blowing  the
nose, experience  a crackling in one  or both
ears, and hearing becomes  dull, but returns
suddenly, accompanied with a snapping sound.
This may be repeated many times, until,  fin-
ally, hearing does not return, but remains per-
manently injured.  In other cases the hearing
is lost  so gradually that a considerable degree
of  deafness  may  exist before  the person is
aware  of  the fact.  Either condition  is often
accompanied  with noises in  the head,  of
every  conceivable description,  increasing  the
distress of the sufferer.
  Treatment—Stand behind the patient, place
the hand  over the  ears pressing them gently
but firmly forcing the vibrations through the
auditory tubes for  a few minutes, then place
a folded handkerchief over the ear and breathe
slowly through the handkerchief into  the ear,
then place the index fingers one in each eai
as far  as possible without pain  to the  patient,
then suddenly withdraw them, producing  a
noise similar to that of drawing a cork from
a bottle.  The auditory  nerves should be ro-
tated with the intention  of refreshing and re-
inforcing  local nutrition; it is  also revulsive,
a potent stimulant to the organs and function
of hearing, and has often cured  deafness.
    a 
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  To distend the walls of the eustachian tube,
have the patient grasp the nose with thumb
and finger, closing the nostrils, force the air
into  the mouth with considerable pressure,
which will cause the air to pass into the eusta-
chian tube, thus admitting a  free passage of
air to the middle ear, which immediately re-
stores this particular  kind of deafness.
  In treating the ears, have the patient con-
centrate his mind upon the middle ear while
the operator holds his hands over the auditory
ti'bes, exercising the intention of forcing the
circulation through the weakened organ, ton-
ing the nerves to normal activity.   In most
cases the general health needs attention, and
will  do  much to prepare the system for local
treatment of the ears.

        SEMINAL WEAKNESS.
  "Mian possesses few powers which are more
highly prized than those of virility, which is
the very essence of manhood.  He  is but the
counterfeit of a man, who hath not the life
of a man."—Pierce.
  Seminal Weakness may  be the result of
marital excesses.  A  proper sexual gratifica-
tion  contributes to  the  health and happiness
of both parties.  On the other hand, intem-
perate indulgence not only prevents fruitful-
ness,  but  ultimately,  if persisted in, renders
the husband  entirely impotent,  and  under- 
Nocturnal Emissions.
131
mines  and destroys the constitution of the
wife.   Spermatorrhea may  be induced  by
spinal irritation, intestinal worms,  or piles.

       NOCTURNAL EMISSIONS.
   When there is great weakness, seminal dis-
charges may  be induced  by  lifting  heavy
weights,  pressure  upon  the genital organs,
horse-back riding, straining at stool, or even
upon urinating, as muscular efforts are  made
to expel the last drops, which appear  thick
and viscid.
   They are at first occasioned by lascivious
dreams, yet, as the  disease progresses, the
erections become less perfect and the losses are
only revealed by the depression of spirits ex-
perienced next morning, and by the stiffened
and stained spots on the linen.  In the begin-
ing these  emissions may not  occur more than
once in two or three weeks, unless the patient
becomes   unduly  excited  or stimulated  by
drinks, food or otherwise, but, as  the disease
progresses the  emissions may occur as  often
as once every night.  In the advanced stages
of the disease the testicles and other genera-
tive organs waste and become reduced in size.
There is a weakened condition  in the sacrum,
and in the posterior region the flesh will be
perceptibly cold and more or  less barren of
circulation.
   Treatment—Manipulate  and revulse the 
132    The Practical Magnetic Healer.

spine in the lumbar and sacral region, place
the positive hot hand upon the sacrum and
the other upon the pubis, exercising a steady
intention to  force  the  circulation  into  the
weakened organs,  continue this  application
until aura appears in the palm.  Suggest im-
provement, after each treatment, with a strong
determination upon  the part of the patient to
overcome his weakness.  The results, with this
treatment have always been entirely satisfac-
tory, as the writer has never failed in a single
case.
              IMPOTENCY.
  Impotency  is a loss  of  sex power,  often
caused by marital excesses.  The powers of
erectile tissues are  diminished, and there is
weakness which prevents the  act of copula-
tion, or the erection may be slow and not last
long enough, on account of a functional con-
dition of the  spinal  cord.
  Treatment—The  treatment  is the same as
that of Seminal Weakness.   The patient will
observe his return of manhood on awakening
in the morning with an erection. The patient's
back will become stronger,  and all pains will
disappear.
        CONGESTIVE CHILLS.
  Treatment—Place the patient upon the side
and  with the  points of  the fingers  force the
muscles of  the spine away from  the spinous
process with an upward  tendency, just before 
Goitre.
133
the regular time for the chill, or as near that
time as possible.   Commence at the inferior
cervical ganglion,  and proceed downward, re-
vulsing the' posterior muscles on each  side,
from the spinous process to anterior intercostal
and thoracic  muscles.  A rotary motion may
be  applied with both hands placed flat upon
the body, thus producing active capillary and
surface circulation.
   Place the hot hands upon each side of the
neck, exercising a steady intention to equalize
the circulation.   Let the hands encircle the
neck, the operator standing  or  sitting at the
right and in front of the patient, continue this
application until  aura  appears  in  the  palm,
when your patient is entirely relieved for that
treatment.  Those treatments should be kept
up until the chills are  entirely broken up.
After the semi-daily chills  have been  over-
come, the patient should take a treatment once
each week  for three weeks  just before the
regular time  for the weekly reappearance.

                 GOITRE.
   In his description of Goitre, Dr. Pierce has
this to say:   "The  thick neck or Goitre, also
some times called bronchocele,  consists  of an
enlargement  of the thyroid gland, which lies
 over on  each side  of  the trachea, or  wind-
pipe, between the prominence  known  as the
'Adam's  apple,'  and the breast  bone.   The 
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tumor gradually increases in front and latter-
ally, until it produces  great  deformity, and
often interferes with respiration and the act
of swallowing.   From its pressure upon the
great blood vessels, running to and from the
head, there is  constant  liability to engorge-
ment of the blood, the brain, and to appoplexy
and  epilepsy,  etc.   When the enlargement
makes its appearance, it continues to  increase
as long as the person lives, unless appropriate
treatment is resorted to."
   Causes—A  writer  in  a  Swiss  journal,
Feuilles  d' Hygiene, states that the disease is
often due to an impeded circulation, in the
large veins  of the neck, from pressure of the
clothing, or from the head being bent forward,
a position which is often seen in school-child-
ren, when the muscles of the back of the neck
have become fatigued.
   Treatment—Grasp the clavicle with thumb
and fingers, lifting it up as much as the patient
can  stand, and at the same time take the arm
of the same side and raise it as  high as possible,
using it  as a leverage to stretch the muscles of
the throat and chest, with intention of freeing
the  circulation.    Work the  other  side  the
same.  (Jive a  general  neck  and head treat-
ment, revulsing all the muscles and tendons
thereto attached, which will force into activity
the  absorbent glands,  which are  to be  de-
pended upon to remove the goitre. 
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Amenorrhoea.
135
           AMENORRHOEA.
  The prevailing  cause  of  suppressed men-
struation is undue exposure to cold, failure of
the general health, dullness of  the eye-sight,
with the weak and delicate,  extreme languor,
shiverings and tremblings.   With the strong
and  robust,  there  will be a strong and  full
pulse, headache, pains in the limbs and back.
When the menses do not appear at the regular
periods  there will be much excitement  and
irritation, with the above symptoms very pro-
nounced.  There will often be discharges of
blood from  the nose,  mouth,  stomach or
boweli.   In some cases the circulation will be
unbalanced,  extremes, of  temperature  will
simultaneously  exist in different  parts of the
body, flushing of the face with cold  extremi-
ties,  and a  tendency to  faint,  or become
hysterical.
   Treatment—Have the patient take horizon-
tal position,  face downward.   Revulse the
muscles  of the  lumbar and sacral vertebrae,
very deeply, upward and outward.
   Place the left hand upon  the sacral plexus,
and with the right under both  knees, lift the
limbs as high as the patient can bear it.  Re-
peat this movement three or four times  each
treatment.   The  intention to be  exercised
while giving this treatment is to revulse and
relax the lumbar and sacral muscles, thus re- 
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moving the  pressure from, the nerves control-
in g the genital organs.
   Let the patient lie upon one side, place the
hot hands each upon  the sacrum and pubis,
exercising  the  intention  to stimulate  the
uterus and its supporting ligaments.  Those
applications, as a rule  are successful in a few
treatments,  but some  obstinate cases require
many treatments, however, if persistently con-
tinued the most tenacious will finally yield to
this treatment, as the  efforts cannot  possibly
be in vain.
          DYSMENORRHOEA.

   The principal symptom seems to* be that of
pain during  the menstrual period, there is not
sufficient relaxation at the exit of the uterus to
admit of a free discharge which would neces-
sarily prevent an accumulation of matter with-
in the  walls  of  the  uterus,  necessitating  a
spasmodic effort to dislodge the accumulation
which is done by a sudden contraction of the
walls,  forcing  the  contents  to the  exterior,
after which the pain subsides until another ac-
cumulation, which is  voided as  above,  ac-
companied by  the usual painful symptoms.
   Treatment—The treatment is very much
like that recommended for Amenorrhoea.  In
either case the hot hip bath is regarded with
much favor for temporary relief.  Hot magne-
tic compress, and vaginal injections of warm 
Menorrhagia.            137
magnetized  water is very  beneficial in  all
cases.
            MENORRHAGIA.
   This term is restricted to an immoderate
monthly flow.   The menstrual flow may be
in evidence too often,  may appear too fre-
quently, continue too long, or be too profuse.
It weakens and enfeebles the patient, shortens
the respirations, and debilitates to extremes.
   Symptoms—There is a painful, itching and
a weighty bearing down in the region of loins
and abdomen, and often the breasts are much
disturbed and  become  irritated.   Headache,
great thirst, and nervousness, unsettled feel-
ings are present.   In due time the flow makes
its appearance and the above advance symp-
toms  immediately   disappear.    The  only
marked symptom after the extreme loss of
blood is a very weakened condition of the pa-
tient.   If the flow discontinues, it is only  dis-
placed by leuconliea, which causes the patient
to gradually lose  strength from time to time
and finally  the patient  takes to her bed, com-
pletely exhausted.
   Treatment—The  patient should remain in
bed in order to control  the excessive flow,  and
 cold, magnetic compresses freely used.  Give
a general treatment with the intention to relax
and quiet the entire  system.  Suggest rest  and
perfect  ease  when  the  circulation  is thor-
oughly equalized. Encourage your patient to 
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assume a hopeful attitude and avoid all nerv-
ous tension and  excitement.   Local applica-
tions with the hot hands upon the pubis and
sacrum for a period of five to ten minutes, ex-
ercising a steady intention to allay all excit-
ing conditions and induce perfect  repose.
  In all cases as above described a permanent
cure may be expected in a few days, when the
general health has been thoroughly looked
after.
  General treatment see page 142.

          PROLAPSUS UTERI.
  The womb (Uterus) is supported in its place
by resting upon its vaginal walls, and  by a
broad ligament on either side, as well as by
other connective tissues.  In general  debility,
the supports of the uterus like the other tissues
of the body become weakened and unable to
perform their functions, thus permitting vari-
ous displacements of that organ.  The causes
are aggravated by tight lacing, the pressure of
the clothing increasing  the weight upon the
uterus,  and by  the pressure of  an im-naoted
colon as in constipation, and the straining at
stool.  These causes combined press the uterus
down through the vagina until it is sometimes
forced out into the world.  The above causes
apply to nearly all women now living, and few
escape, even the girls, before they have hardly
reached the age of womanhood are afflicted 
          Flexions and Versions.       139

with those troubles.  The foregoing explains
the mysterious  condition of  most of  such
women who ought to be in perfect health.
  Symptoms—The most prominent symptoms
are sensations of dragging down in the region
of the womb, pain in the back and loins, in-
ability to lift  weights, much  fatigue  from
walking, leucorrhoea, a frequent desire to uri-
nate,  irritation of the lower bowel,  and de-
rangement of the  stomach.  The womb may
protrude from  the vaginal orifice;   in very
rare cases, wholly protrudes and  may be in-
verted.   We have already said that general
debility  favors prolapsus  of the  womb, but
various  general  and local circumstances and
conditions also  favor its occurrence.   Excess
in sexual intercourse give  rise to leucorrhoea,
producing a relaxed condition of the vagina,
upon  which the womb rests, and, in this way,
one of its supports is weakened.
  Enlargement of the uterus from congestion,
and inflammation or tumors also favor prolap-
sus. Abortion may leave the womb enlarged,
its siLr±.3rts weakened, and result in displace-
ment.
      FLEXIONS AND VERSIONS.
  When the uterus  is bent upon  itself it is
called flexion.   Instead of falling  down into
the vagina, as in prolapsus, the womb is liable
to fall or be forced into other unnatural posi- 
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tions.  When the womb is bent backward it is
called retroflexion;   if forward, ante-flexion.
  Symptoms—The most prominent symptoms
of retroflexion of the uterus is  a sense of
weight in the region of the rectum, difficulty
of evacuating the bowels, and, sometimes pro-
ducing obstinate constipation.  There may be
also suppression of the urine, and  the menses
may be diminished in quantity. If retroflex-
ion is  due to chronic enlargement of  the
uterus, caused by abortion or parturition, the
patient suffers from an immoderate menstrual
flow.
   Causes—Congestion is liable to occur in
women  possessing an extremely active tem-
perament, as  well as in those of sedentary or
indolent habits.   Retroflexion is  a common
occurrence  in both  married  and  unmarried
women;  it is  a secondary affection, and, when
it is caused by congestion, the menses are pain-
ful and are reduced in quantity, and there is
pain in  the back and a sense of weight in the
region of the rectum.  In some instances there
is  a  sympathetic  irritation of the mammary
glands,  and a consequent secretion of milk.
There may also be nausea and vomiting, wliich
often lead to the erroneous opinion that the
patient  is pregnant.
            ANTE-FLEXION.
   Ante-flexion of the uterus denotes a bend-
ing forward  of the body and fundus of the 
Retroversion.
Ill
uterus, while the neck remains in its natural
position.  In versions of  the uterus, neither
the body nor the neck is bent upon itself, but
the whole organ is completely turned back-
ward or forward.
            RETROVERSION.
   Retroversion  of the  uterus,   signifies  a
change  in the position  of the womb, so that
the  upper,  or  fundal portion  of the organ
drops back toward the  cavity  of  the sacrum,
while the neck preserves a straight line in the
opposite direction.  The fundus presses forc-
ibly against the  rectum, while the upper part
of the vagina bends  abruptly and forms  an
acute angle near the mouth of the uterus.
   Symptoms—Retroversion is indicated  by
bearing down pains in  the loins  and a diffi-
culty in evacuating the bowels.
   Causes—Jumping, falling,  or  undue pres-
sure from the contents  of the -abdomen, may
suddenly  cause  retroversion of  the uterus.
Sometimes retroversion is caused from obsti-
nate constipation.
            ANTE-VERSION.
   This  term  designates  another unnatural
position of the uterus, in which the fundus, or
upper part of the organ, falls  forward, while
the neck points toward the hollow of the sac-
rum.  This position of the  womb is the reverse
of that  of retroversion.  In its natural posi- 
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tion, the fundus of the uterus is slightly  in-
clined forward, and any pressure, or forward
traction, is liable to cause it to fall still further
in that direction.
   Symptoms—One  of the  most   common
symptoms of ante-version is a frequent desire
to urinate, in consequence of the pressure of
the uterus upon the bladder.  The  free flow
of the menses is sometimes obstructed.
   Causes—The causes are tight lacing, pro-
lapse of the abdominal organs,  weakness of
the  supporting  ligaments,  and enervating
habits.
   Treatment—In treating all the various dis-
placements of the uterus, the prominent indi-
cation is to tone up the general system, for by
so doing we also strengthen the  uterine sup-
ports.   Digestion should  be improved,  the
blood enriched, the nutrition increased,  so
that the muscles and ligaments  which retain
the womb in its proper position,  may become
firm and strong.  The womb will  thus be grad-
ually drawn into position by their normal ac-
tion and firmly supported.  The idea that a
displacement is only a local disease,  requiring
only local treatment, is a mistake. However,
temporary relief can be given by local treat-
ment, and should be resorted to  at the proper
time, which should be after  the causes have
been removed.
   A restoration of the general health will re- 
Ante-version.
113
suit in the cure of these displacements, the
uterus  will  regain its  tone  and muscular
power,  and  the local derangement with  its
attendant pain and morbid symptoms will dis-
appear.
   Give general treatment daily,  and  local
treatment  when the bowels  are free,  simply
insert the index finger and gently replace the
uterus to its normal position, and  while  hold-
ing it in its proper place have the patient con-
tract the sphincter muscle of the vagina which
supports, or should support the uterus,  several
times, in order that it may be repeated by the
patient, twice daily while in a recumbent posi-
tion, before  arising and after retiring, is the
most convenient,  and should  be practiced
until complete relief is obtained. In this  exer-
cise, all the muscles and ligaments supporting
the uterus are brought into  action, thus,  by
exercise, they are strengthened and are en-
abled to perform their normal functions.
   Manipulations corresponding with the  re-
quirements are those indicating general treat-
ment of the  spine with deep, revulsive move-
ments, exercising a steady intention to  restore
normal circulation and  remove all pressure
from the nerves in the lumbar region  especi-
ally,  enabling the motor  system  to operate
freely within the walls of the pelvis.
   Suggest  improvement when all directions
are strictly complied with.    Impress upon 
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your patient the necessity of becoming  pas-
sive to the treatment, as, in order to secure the
best results, there must be perfect accord be-
tween the patient and operator.

   ULCERATION OF THE UTERUS.
  The severity of the symptoms depends upon
the character of the ulceration.  It may be
purulent,   or  associated  with  leucorrhoea
hemorrhage.  If ulceration be slight and local,
few symptoms will be present;  but if it be
associated  with  uterine debility, congestion
and inflammation of the mucous membrane of
the uterus, the discharge will be profuse,  and
there will be fixed pains in the back and loins,
a bearing down sensation,  and great difficulty
in walking.  The discharge is weakening,  as it
impoverishes the blood, and thus reduces the
strength.
  Ulceration may be  induced by  anything
that excites inflammation  of the lining mem-
brane of the mouth and neck of the uterus.
The use of pessaries, excessive sexual indul-
gences,  injuries occasioned by giving birth to
children, congestions, enlargements and  dis-
placements, may all operate as causes.
  Treatment—The daily  application of the
general treatment of the  spine  and stomach
is essential in all  cases of  this character.
  Ulcers of the womb must be healed in the
same manner as ulcers upon any  other  part 
             Ovarian Tumors.          145

of the body.   Enrich the blood, tone up the
system, keep the ulcers cleansed with warm
magnetized  water,  and they  will  generally
heal.  Local applications should be made with
the hot hands upon the sacrum and pubis, for
at least ten  minutes at  each  treatment, ex-
ercising a steady intention to increase the cir-
culation  through the  afflicted parts  and to
force the natural secretions, thus checking the
inflammation and re-establishing normal  con-
ditions.
          OVARIAN TUMORS.

   Ovarian Tumors develop within  the ovar-
ies, and are  filled with a fluid  or semi-fluid
matter which is formed  within  the walls of
the tumor.                 _
   The cysts  vary in size,  in  some  instances
they are not larger than a pea,  while in others
they are capable of containing  many quarts of
fluid.
           FIBROID TUMORS.

   Fibroid Tumors of the uterus are  composed
of fibrous tissue, identical in  structure with
that of the uterine walls.   They  are met with
in all sizes, from that of a shot to  that  of a
mass capable  of filling the entire cavity of the
abdomen.   Cases are on record in which these
tumors have  attained the weight of seventy
pounds.
   The manner in wliich fibroid tumors termi-
    9 
146    The Practical Magnetic Healer.

nate life is generally by debility and prostra-
tion produced by pressure on, and consequent-
ly, interference with the  functions of some
one or more of the organs  essential to life; or
by anaemia and  debility,  produced_by  the
severe hemorrhages, which in intra-uterine or
sub-mucous form not infrequently induces.

         POLYPOID TUMORS.
  Tumors of this character are of three kinds,
cystic, mucous and fibrous. They vary greatly
in size, sometimes being as large as a tea-cup;
and their point of attachment may be exten-
sive or consist only of a small pedicle:.  The
cystic  or mucous  varieties may spring from
any  portion of the  mucous surface of  the
uterus, but they are more frequently met with
growing from the mucous membrane lining of
the  servical canal, and  pendent  from  the
mouth of the womb;  while the fibrous variety
generally grows from the sub-mucous tissue
at or near the fundus, or upper portion of the
uterus.
  The most prominent symptoms of polypoid
growths, are hemorrhage, which is  almost in-
variably present, leuchorrhea, pain, backache,
and a sense of weight and  dragging  in  the
pelvis.
  Treatment—Have the patient assume a re-
cumbent position,  and completely  relax all
mental and physical  tension and become  en- 
             Polypoid Tumors.         147

tirely passive, close the eyes, concentrate the
mind upon  one thought  suggested  by  the
operator,  and strive to maintain passivity to
that particular thought only, have the patient
dwrell upon the suggestions  of  the operator,
who should strive to reach the  patient's sub-
jective mind at all times through the manip-
ulations and proper suggestions.
   Place the hot hands upon  the tumor, forc-
ing the vibrations into it, exercising a steady
intention  to  stimulate  the absorbent glands
into greater activity, thus taking up the tum-
orous growth  by  absorption.   Give  general
treatment with the intention of putting  the
system in perfect health.
   There have been many tumors removed in
this way at the Weltmer Institute, and it may
be regarded as a reliable method, if the patient
can be brought to the realization of the power
of an agreement between the patient and the
operator.  In treating the tumor, the operator
should move it in all directions, exercising the
intention of dislodging the obstruction causing
the backing up of the circulation of the blood
and lymph, which produces the  tumor.

           SELF-TREATMENT.
   Auto-suggestion is the weapon to be used
in battling for health by  one's own efforts,
without the aid of any outside influence.  The
power  of  auto-suggestion is  infallible in its 
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effects where a reasonable persistency is  ob-
served.  One can get just what he wants if he
will  apply the power within him to bring
about the thing desired, the power is within
you, to  become  the possessor  of anything
which now exists upon this earth.
  There is  no  question that autosuggestion
directed  for the purpose of restoring  one's
health, is one of the most potent factors now
known for therapeutic purposes.  It  appears
that without this factor  the whole  science
would be a myth, as far as potency is con-
cerned,  from a therapeutic stand-point.
  By applying auto-suggestion, to  the subjec-
tive mind, ladened with the intention to be im-
pressed thereon,  it is first necessary to assume
that it is possible to acquire health, wealth
and happiness, then  try it, and  keep  on try-
ing,  and trying until you have secured  the
treasure you were in pursuit of.
  There  are well  defined principles  upon
which the power of suggestion is based,  in its
application of self healing.  Among the first
principles are:  (Hudson's L. of P. P.)
  1st.   The subjective mind exercises com-
plete control over the functions and sensations
of the body.
  2nd.   "The subjective  mind  is constantly
amenable to control by the suggestions of the
objective mind."
  3rd.   "These two propositions  being true, 
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the conclusion is obvious that the functions of
the body can be controlled by suggestions of
the objective mind."
   Those three primary propositions are all
that can be applied by the patient in bringing
the forces within him to bear upon the work
in hand and, all that he need to know, he must
now assume that those  propositions  are true,
and put them to  the  test, and the result will
be, that he will know that they are true, (or
false), belief, then is unnecessary, as the pa-
tient will  have  acquired knowledge1;  and
knowledge thus acquired is power, power to
do, to act, to bring to you any and all things
that heart could wish for, health, wealth and
happiness; just assume that the power is with-
in you, to do, or to draw those blessings around
you, and try it.
   Now, in reaching this force within, we must
assume  that the subjective mind is to be dealt
with just the same as if it were separate from
the objective mind;   it must be regarded as
a servant, and subject to orders  from the ob-
jective  mind.   It will be found a true and
faithful servant,  if it is only trusted, relied
upon, and depended upon to do, or  to act as
directed by the objective mind.
  In the way of an illustration, we will assume
that the person has  taken a cold.   Now, in
dealing with a cold  we find that the most
effective time  for treatment is at night, just 
150    The Practical Magnetic  Healer.

before going to bed.   Let the patient concen-
trate his mind upon the intention of breaking
up the cold, so  he will call up the subjective
mind  and impress upon it the idea that there
is an enemy in  camp, and must be dislodged;
give the mental command to  the subjective
mind to drive the enemy from its  position, and
that you  will  expect upon awaking  in the
morning to see an improved condition, and the
enemy subdued.  Keep  this mode of treat-
ment  up for a few nights  at most and you will
find that you have entirely overcome the ob-
jectionable conditions.

        ABSENT TREATMENT.

  There are two ways by which communica-
tion can be established between  two persons,
one  is  through  objective, and  the  other
through  subjective  means,  by the latter is
meant that the subjective minds of two per-
sons can  communicate between themselves
without the  aid of  any  materialistic contri-
vances, but simply by the  power of the will
of the person so desiring it.
  There are certain conditions that are neces-
sary in order to make the desired communica-
tion a success.  The first, total passivity  upon
the part  of the recipient is absolutely neces-
sary for the  purpose of  receiving telepathic
communications from the operator.  The most
perfect condition of passivity is  in the sleep- 
             Absent Treatment.         151

ing state, either  natural or hypnotic.  It is
claimed that there is  no difference between
natural and hypnotic sleep.  The sleep seems
to be the same in  both, there are, however, de-
grees of difference.   What is  meant by de-
grees, is, in natural sleep the subject goes into
sound sleep, and in health, is always about the
same, but in hypnosis, there seems  tO' be well
defined degrees, say for instance there are six
degrees in all.  But when it comes to natural
sleep,  there has  never been more than  two,
as far as the writer is aware.  Be this as it may,
it is apparent that for the purpose of com-
munication at a distance or to1 treat a patient
by the absent method, we can use to best ad-.
vantage the condition  of natural sleep.   This
method of treatment is much  like the office
treatment inasmuch as the potent element to
be reached is the same.  Hudson  says:
   1st.   "The subjective mind is amenable to
control by  suggestion during  natural  sleep
just the same as it is during induced sleep.
   2nd.   "The condition of natural sleep, be-
ing the most perfect passive condition attain-
able, is the best condition for the reception of
telepathic impressions by the subjective mind.
   3rd.   "The subjective mind of the opera-
tor can be forced to communicate  telepathic
suggestions to the subjective mind  of his pa-
tients,  by Avilling it to  do so, upon retiring at
night." 
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   "The condition is irresistible that the best
possible condition for the conveyance of thera-
peutic suggestions from the healer to the pa-
tient  is attained when both are in a state of
natural sleep, and that such suggestions  can
be communicated by an effort of will on the
part of the  healer just before going to sleep.
See Hudson's L. of P. P.
   The most successful method of absent treat-
ment while  in the waking state, is to at first
have  an understanding or an agreement with
your  patient previous  to  taking  treatment.
The patient should have stated times  for treat-
ment, at which time he should be directed to
go to a quiet and secluded place, preferably
his sleeping apartment, and assume  a recum-
bent position, and relax all physical and men-
tal tension  and  make  himself passive to the
suggestions  of health and strength  from his
operator.    If the patient goes to sleep with
those thoughts upon his mind, all the better,
for he  is then in  a condition  to receive the
suggestions  sent to him  for his benefit.   He
will awake with  a better feeling and will find
his health  much  improved.   Usually those
passive  periods should be just after retiring at
night and before arising in the morning.
   The  united  force of the  two subjective
minds,  exercised with a special intention, for
a  certain purpose, the power of which is irre- 
Absent Treatment.         153
 sistible, and  the patient will surely receive
 the benefit.                           /
   It is possibly an  advantage to know the
 character  and extent of the  disease,  objec-
 tively,  of  which his patient is suffering;  he
 then could direct the subjective mind more
 specifically, however, the subjective mind may
 be trusted to make its own  diagnosis,  and
 apply the  remedies to suit the case.   There is
 always  a mutual benefit in treating patients by
 this  method, as  the  suggestions  passing
 through the subjective mind of the operator to
 that  of the  patient's there  seems to  be a
 mutual stimulating effect, on account of both
 minds being in rapport.
   The  simple method for the operator upon
 going to sleep, is to concentrate his mind for
 the purpose of impressing upon his subjective
 mind the task of conveying to the subjective
 mind of the patient the suggestions intended
 for his  benefit.
   Another is, that the operator formulates a
 thought suggestion in his mind and  sends it
 out for  that particular patient.  This thought
 suggestion by intention  goes on forever, or,
 for any length of time so intended,  and the
 patient  receives this thought whenever he is
 passive  to  it,  and his subjective mind is im-
pressed  with those suggestions and gives them
 expression  in  his own body.   His objective
mind may recognize those thoughts  as his 
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own, which is to a certain extent true, but that
does not prevent them from originating within
the mind of the operator. The' agreement may
be for a certain length of time, and at the ex-
piration of the time so agreed upon,  the sug-
gestions will have no further effect upon the
patient.  Consequently  it is necessary  to in-
form  the patient that the time  has  expired,
and treatment will cease until the agreement
is renewed.
  The absent treatment patient must be thor-
oughly impressed with the importance of fol-
lowing your instructions to the very letter if
the best results are to be expected, as the cure
depends in a great measure upon the patient
doing his part and doing it well.
  "See thou tell no man."        '
  The patient should be cautioned against
letting the fact be known that  he is taking
treatment,  as  any person  that  is  suddenly
healed by this treatment, it is absolutely neces-
sary that he should not talk upon the subject
for a few days, or to persons who are skeptical
for obvious reasons.  Skeptics are  always ready
to give adverse suggestions,  such as  ridicule,
doubts, fears, etc., etc.

      MANIPULATIONS—OSTEO.
  Let your concentrated intention be always
foremost in your mind during these manipula-
tions, if you want the best results. The physi- 
           Manipulations—Osteo.        155

cal effect is all that can be expected from the
following, which is credited to Dr. Barber,
and are given to the reader as being valuable
as  a vehicle in  conveying  suggestions,  and
will, perhaps  be better  understood by  the
patient.
   First.   Using the arms and limbs as levers,
stretching all muscles to  which they give at-
tachment and moving the flesh and muscles
from side to side  the entire length of the limb
stretches and softens those muscles, thus per-
mitting a  free flow of the fluids  and  nerve
forces to these parts,  a  stoppage  of wliich
means disease in some of its varied forms. One
thorough treatment of an arm or leg will
often instantly cure and always relieve  any
acute case of any  nature in the extremities,
and a very few treatments, administered one
each day, will cure any acute case.  Chronic
cases can be usually cured by a continuation
of the treatment, every other day, for from
two to six weeks,  even after all other methods
have been tried and failed.
   Second.   Move and soften, by deep manip-
ulations and by  rotating the body as much
as possible, all the muscles of the  spine, the
cerebro-spinal cord being the great trunk from
which springs the spinal nerves, it being con-
tained in and protected by the upper three-
fourths of the  spinal column, which is  very
flexible consisting  of  many separate bones,
between which is placed the elastic intraver- 
156    The Practical Magnetic Healer.

tebral cartilage.   As the spinal nerves which
control  the different muscles,  organs, etc.,
escape from the spinal cord through openings
or foramina in the different sections of the
vertebral column, it will be readily understood
that the numerous muscles winch are attached
to and move the spine  must always be very
soft and elastic;   that contraction here means
interference  with nerves that  may  control
some distant part and a. consequent partial or
complete paralysis of that part, until by ma-
nipulation  or accidentally  you stretch the
muscle at fault,  thus turning on the  current
from that great dynamo, the brain, and once
more  your machine moves  forward.   What
would be your opinion of a  motorman, when
his car  came to  a standstill through  lack of
motor power,  if he poured  medicine on the
wheels?  It would be just as sensible as con-
verting the stomach into an apothecary's shop,
hoping  thereby  to  remove an obstruction
which was breaking the current between head-
quarters and the liver.  We find that there are
very few organic troubles whose origin may
not be traced  directly to the spine and cured
by a thorough treatment of the spinal column
continued every second day for from two to
six weeks.  In 90 per cent of all cases immed-
iate relief will be the result of first treatment.
   Third.   Use the head as a lever, move and
stretch all the muscles of the neck.  This treat- 
           Manipulations—Osteo.       157

 ment frees the circulation to the head, an ob-
 struction of which is the true cause of catarrh,
 weak eyes, deafness, roaring in the head, dizzi-
 ness, and, in fact, almost all disorders  of the
 head.   Many acute cases can  be instantly
 cured, while those that have  become chronic
 require from two to six weeks.
   Fourth.  Bending the  patient backwards,
 with the knee pressing on the back just below
 the last rib, will instantly cure any case of
 looseness  of  the  bowels,   from  common
 diarrhea to bloody flux, and a continuation of
 the treatment will cure any case of chronic
 diarrhea.
   Fifth.   A nerve center has been discovered
 at  the b'ase of the brain termed  vaso-motor,
 which can be reached  by a pressure on the
 back of the neck over the upper cervicals.  A
 pressure at this point continued from three to
 five minutes will slow the action of the heart,
 often reducing the pulse from 100 to a normal
 condition in a few minutes' time.   It is from
 this center that, without the use of drugs, we
 control fevers, during any fever that is curable
 in one-half the time that the same work can
 be done with medicine.
  Sixth.  In all  cases where the general sys-
 tem seems to be affected, give a general treat-
ment, thus freeing and permitting all forces
of the machine to act.
  Seventh.  Never  treat  an   acute   case 
158    The Practical Magnetic Healer.

oftener than once in three hours, or a chronic
case oftener than once a day.
  Eighth.  It is never  safe to use this treat-
ment  during pregnancy, except in diseases of
the head  or  extremities,  and in those with
caution.  To draw the arms high and strongly
above the head, at the same instant pressing on
the spine below the last dorsal vertebra, or to
flex the limbs strongly against the chest, dur-
ing this period,  is  dangerous in the  extreme.
  Ninth.   While this treatment will improve
the action and remove  the pain  in stiff,
chronic dislocated joints,  the dislocation  can
never be reduced.  We have seen it tried, and
tried it ourselves a great many times, meeting
with no success where there was really a  dis-
location.  There are a great many cases where
the patient is suffering from rheumatism or a
similar trouble in which the muscles are con-
tracted and he can easily be led to believe that
the dislocation  does  really  exist,  and  that
the operator who simply stretches the muscles
has reduced the imaginary dislocation.   This
we  believe also to be the case regarding the
many  dislocated' ribs found by the  average
"bone doctor."  While  they may  be correct,
we have demonstrated the fact, times without
number, that drawing the arms high above the
head, at the same instant pressing at almost
any point with  the knee  immediately  below
the scapulas, thus stretching the  muscles of 
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the chest and springing the ribs forward, will
instantly cure sharp acute pains in the sides
or chest and certain cases of heart disease,
while  a  continuation of the same treatment
will cure asthma or consumption.   It is on this
vital point that we differ in class as well as in
practice  with the members  of our profession.
While they trace most effects to dislocated
bones, and  never fail to effect a cure if it is
within the bounds of reason, we effect equally
remarkable cures by simply stretching and
manipulating the muscles, thus  freeing the
circulation.   We do not believe it possible
that to hide his secrets a "bone doctor"  would
deceive the public, we believe that in a vain
attempt  to  set the bones in the  manner pre-
scribed by  Dr. Still the  circulation is freed
and the  patient recovers.

       OSTEO REQUIREMENTS.
   First.   Secure a pine table, two* feet high,
two feet wide, and six feet long over  which
spread a  bed-quilt and at one end place one or
two pillows.  While an  acute case may be
treated on a chair, a couch, or on the floor,
for a  chronic case,  which  is liable to take
several weeks' treatment, it .is always  advis-
able to secure a table.
   Second.   In treating a gentleman it is sel-
dom necessary to remove more than his outer
clothing. 
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  Third.  A lady must loosen her tight cloth-
ing and remove her corset.  The principles
of Osteo requirements as above described can
be applied successfully through a reasonable
amount of clothing, except in cases which will
be apparent.
          MANIPULATIONS.
  Motion—In treating the different diseases,
it should be well understood that these manip-
ulations refer specially to chronic,  and not
acute diseases of the  human body, as pub-
lished by Dr. G. H. Taylor.
  1.  Transverse  Pressure  Motion—Posi-
tion—Lying  on the back, shoulders raised.
If  with face downward,  lying  quite  flat.
Action—The operator, standing beside  and
bending slightly over the patient, places both
hands across the part to which the action is to
be  applied;   he presses  with his  hands,  by
throwing upon them as much weight as is per-
fectly agreeable to his patient, always with
enough to secure  perfect  adhesion  of the
clothing both to the skin  and to his  hands,
then by one effort, conjointly of his body and
arms, he communicates a reciprocating, or to
and fro motion to the soft tissues upon which
pressure is made, hands,  clothing,  skin, flesh,
all move as one inseparable mass. After three
or four repetitions in this one place, the hands
are slid along to the adjoining part, to which
a similar motion is applied, and so on till the 
        Longitudinal Pressure Motion.   161

 designated portion of the body has been thor-
 oughly submitted to the action.  This process
 is equally applicable to all parts of the body
 and limbs.
   Effect—Increase of heat and of blood  in
 the parts subjected to the action are the first
 and most conspicuous effects.   The diminu-
 tion of blood in other parts is the no less cer-
 tain consequence.  Diffusion of heat through-
 out the body follows.  Nervous activity, in all
 its forms, is diminished.
   Another effect  is mechanical  divulsion.
 This is of the highest value especially in cases
 of stiffness of joints, rigid and fixed contrac-
 tion of special groups of muscles,  producing
 deformity.   The fibres of muscular and  con-
 nective tissue, which in consequence of some
 previous inflammation or other cause, have
 long adhered together and resisted all mechan-
 ical efforts to straighten a limb, soon become
 separable,  pliable,  contractible,  and resume
 their function, the  deformity  often entirely
 disappearing without instrumental  aid or the
 application of tractile force.
   2.   Longitudinal Pressure Motion—Posi-
 tion,  the same—Action—This form  is  also
 like the preceding,  except that the motion
 is applied  in  the general longitudinal direc-
 tion of the limb and its fibres  instead of the
 traverse  or cross-wise.  It is therefore  neces-
sary for the operator to so place himself as to
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162    The Practical Magnetic Healer.

cause his motions to act lengthwise the  body.
Care is required to compress the flesh by the
fingers, or the heel of the hand, so as to pre-
vent slipping;  also to make motions for the
same reason.
  Effect—These are similar to those of No. 1,
and this process may usually alternate with
that.   As the motion is in the general  direc-
tion of the  circulatory vessels,  including
lymphatics, it affords special aid to the move-
ments  of the  fluids contained by those vessels.
   3.   Circuitious  Pressure  Motion—Posi-
tion, the same—Action—One or  both  hands
of the operator, as is most  convenient  is ap-
plied with considerable pressure to some por-
tion of the body, trunk, or limbs.
  Instead of performing a  traverse or  longi-
tudinal reciprocal motion,  the hand of the
operator moves in a circuit, and  with  it the
mass of flesh  it compresses.   The extent  of the
motion and diameter of the circuit depends on
the elasticity of the fleshy mass to which it is
applied. Motion should be given in each  al-
ternation.
   The  favorite locations  for applying this
form of movement are the shoulders, the hips,
the chest, the abdomen, the thighs, and calves.
See No. 5.
   Effect—This  motion  favorably combines
those whose  descriptions have preceded. 
       Finger and Thumbs Grasping.    103

   4.   Fingers  and  Thumbs   Grasping—
Position,  the same—Action—The  operator
applies his two hands to any sufficiently prom-
inent  mass of flesh in  such a manner  as  to
include  between the  opposing  fingers  and
thumbs  as large a mass  of flesh  as  can
be grasped,  and  this is  rendered  feasi-
ble by the softness and  elasticity  of the
tissues into which the fingers slightly sink by
their  pressure.   An effort is then made  to
partly close the  hands,  thus firmly compress-
ing the included flesh, wliich  is momentarily
held  under the  pressure.   The  hands  then
relax,  allowing  the  flesh  by its  elasticity  to
recede to its former position. The same motion
is repeated at a short remove from the preced-
ing location, and the process is continued until
the extremity or other  region has been  thor-
oughly subjected to the operation.  The action
is  a modified form of pinching, with the dif-
ference that flesh is comp"ressed  rather than
the skin,  while  the  effect  on the skin is in-
sufficient to awaken any sensation whatever.
   All  portions of the body may be subjected
to this form of manipulations.   The back por-
tions of the thighs,  the  calves, the shoulders,
the abdomen, etc., afford  excellent fields for
this process.  It  is especially applicable to the
heavy  muscular  masses  each side of the spin-
ous processes of the vertebrae.
  Effect—This form of manipulations prob- 
164    The Practical Magnetic Healer.

ably produce more intense  local mechanical
effects than the others described.   It compels
interchange  of fluids, removes physical im-
pediments to capillary circulation, urges for-
ward  the venous blood, favors the transuda-
tion  of nutritive supplies from  the  arterial
side of the capillaries, and produces such forci-
ble contact of the atouis destined to chemical
change as shall secure the  perfected degree of
chemio-physiological action.
   5.   Fingers and  Thumbs Point Pressure
Motion—Position,  the same—Action—The
operator gathers the fingers and thumb of one
or both hands to as concentrated position as
possible, and applies  them with  strong pres-
sure;   at the same  time making either re-
ciprocating or curvilinear motions, affecting
all the tissues compressed except the skin.
   Modification—This  process  may  be  per-
formed by the heel  of the hand, the fingers
being elevated.
   Effect—This form of manipulation applied
to any circumscribed location is adapted  to
produce those revulsive effects which diminish
local pain.
   It is for this purpose applicable for each side
of the spine, to the vicinity of the emergence
of the sciatic,  the facial, and other nerves
liable to neuralgia.
   6.   Knuckle  Pressure Motion—Position,
reclining  or lying—Action—The operator, 
         Knuckle Pressure Motion.      165

having his fingers closed or clenched tightly,
applies to the outer portion,  that is, the first
phalanges of the fingers, with firm pressure
to any soft, muscular part of the body, and
at the same time  communicates motion  to
the  included  flesh  beneath  the  pressure.
The motion may be either lineal, curved,  or
twisted, care  being  taken  to'  cause the
part   underneath   to   move   with  the
hand.   After a half-dozen motions the hand
of the operator may be moved to another part,
repeating the process in this way till the whole
bod}',  or such  parts as is  judged expedient,
have  been subjected  to the  process.   Either
one hand of the operator or both, may be used
in this process,  and they may act together,  or
reciprocally,  at the two opposite sides of the
limb or other part.
   Effect—This, which is one of the Japanese
forms,  is  particularly  efficacious  for the
amount of power expended.  The hold on the
flesh  is firmer and more persistent than  in
other modes of reaching the  flesh, and a pro-
portionately larger amount reaches the deep
tissues.  It  is  particularly useful applied  to
the abdomen with deep pressure to excite per-
istalsis;  to the hips and thighs in cases  of
neuralgia of the large nerves;   to the spinal
muscles, for revulsion, in nervous and verte-
bral diseases.
   13.   Leg  Wringing—Position,  reclining 
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on a  couch in an easy position,  one leg ex-
tended horizontally so that the operator  may
have  free access to it.
  Action—The two  hands of the  operator
grasp the limbs from each side  so as  to partly
encircle  it with each  hand,  the  thumb and
the fingers extending in either direction so as
to grasp as far as possible, the two hands hav-
ing an inch  or two of space between them,
one being  placed  above the  other limb.   A
twisting motion is now given  by each hand in
opposite  directions; that is,  one  hand twists
the flesh it firmly holds in one direction, say
to the right,  while the other  hand moves the
contents of its grasp  to the  left; the double
action producing  a wringing  of the  flesh,
much the same as when water is pressed or
wrung from wet  clothes  by  means of  the
tightening of its fibres secured by  a similar
process.   This action is repeated two or three
times under the same double grasp, when the
hands are moved so as to include  a fresh field
of action, where it is repeated in a similar way,
and  so on till  the whole  limb has been sub-
jected to the process.
   Effect—Mechanical displacement  of fluids,
both  within  and without  the circulatory ves-
sels,  which  includes not only the  blood of
both kinds, but the contents of the lymphatics.
The  process promotes  muscular,  and corres-
pondingly diminishes nervous nutritive  sup- 
       Transverse Pressure—Motion.   167

port, and effects proportionate changes in the
manifestations of these two  orders  of  vital
energy.
   11.   Legs  Transverse  Pressure—Motion
—This is the special application to the lower
limbs of No. 1,  under which process is de-
scribed.  In case the limb or  some portion of
it is too large for the proper application of No.
13, the transverse pressure motion is substi-
tuted for it.   For the thighs, in the fonvard
lying position, it is peculiarly applicable
   Effect—The same as No. 13.
   15.   Thigh Rotation—Position, reclining
—Action—With one hand the operator grasps
the leg near the ankle, with the other he seizes
the knee and raises the thigh  till it is at  right
angle with  the body.  He  then causes the
knee to describe as broad a circle as possible,
by carrying it near to the body, then laterally
and downward nearly to a line with  the fore-
leg, and thence returning at the other side of
the circle to the starting point.   In  perform-
ing this rotary motion it  is essential that the
foot, which is guided by the other hand grasp-
ing the ankle, also  describes  a  similar circle
of the  same size, being cautious during the
process to preserve  perfect  parallelism be-
tween the axis of the foreleg and the axis of
the body.   If this  caution is  observed the
process will be perfectly agreeable to the pa-
tient.   If the parallel of the axis of  the fore- 
168    The  Practical Magnetic Healer.

leg and the body is not maintained, it is possi-
ble that the  ligament joining the leg to to the
body  (hip-joint ligament)  may be unduly
strained by  the twist which is thus given it.
The  process may  be repeated a half dozen
times in each direction,  and applied to  both
legs,  unless  a  special infirmity requires re-
striction to one leg.
   Effect—Rotation of the thigh causes alter-
nate tension and relaxation of all the small
muscles, interior and exterior, which connect
the thigh with pelvic bones.  The motion
described  causes the  distance between  the
points of attachment of  the muscles which
connect the  pelvis  with the thigh bone, to in-
crease and  to diminish  alternately to  the
greatest extent that  the  mechanism of  the
parts  will allow.   By this means  the  fibres
and the cells  constituting  the muscles en-
gaged are subjected to the mechanical changes
of form, and the nutritive fluids in contact to
the same changes of place as occur in exercise,
but with the radical  difference that the will
and the nervous system are in abeyance.
   The consequence is that the fleshy masses
about the hips located either side of the pelvis
are made the recipient of increased nutritive
support which immediately detracts from the
surplus contained in the pelvic organs. These
latter are, in other words, unloaded of their
excess of blood and hiperaemia of these parts, 
      Longitudinal Pressure—Motion.  169

including the lower bowel and the generative
intestine, is relieved.
   This effect is  usually denominated revul-
sive, but differs from that produced by other
means, in being permanent, and every repeti-
tion of the process increases the tendency of
self-perpetuation  of the improvement.
   16.   Leg  Twisting—Position, the same—
Action—With the lower leg resting  on the
knees  of the operator, he grasps the foot with
one hand and the knee of the same leg with
the other, then turns the leg on its axis so that
the foot  lies  as far as it may on one side, im-
mediately returns it to the  opposite side also
as far  as the mechanism of the parts will al-
low, thus causing the leg to be twisted on its
axis;  the motion may be  treated  a  dozen
times.
   Effect—This is similar to that produced by
No. 15,  except  that fewer muscles  of  the
thigh  are engaged and  a  larger number  of
those of  the  leg,  affording corresponding dif-
ferences  in details of effects produced.   It is
applied for the same purpose.
   17.  Longitudinal  Pressure—Motion  of
the Leg—This is special application  to the
lower  extremities of No. 2 wliich  see  for de-
scription of process.
   Effect—This is usually applied with other
processes for the  legs, to increase local nutri- 
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tion, the local heat production, and the con-
comitant revulsive effects.
   22.   Forearm Rotation—Position, same as
15—Action—The operator holds immovably
the arm of the  patient, just above the elbow;
with his other hand he grasps the wrist, and
with it he describes a wide circle, so that one
part of the revolution the forearm is nearly
in line with the upper arm, while at the oppo-
site part of the circle described it is almost in
contact with the upper arm.   Although the
elbow joint is  a hinge, the rotary motion  is
practicable because the action of the shoulder-
joint compensates for the  deficiency of the
elbow joint in performing  the motion.
   Effect—The  same form, with pressure,  is
supplied by this process, as has been described
of the other parts, when the  effect is due to
stretching and relaxing the muscular  and con-
nective fibres.
   23.  Arm Wringing—Position, reclining,
the arm extended at right angles with the body
—Action—The arm  of the patient is seized at
the  shoulder by both hands of the operator,
which grasp and include the flesh of the arm
at a  little distance apart.   Now, by causing
both hands to move independently in opposite
 directions, the mass  of included flesh  is sub-
 jected to a vigorous wringing, as has before
been described, in speaking of the leg.  The
 process is applied to  every portion of the arm 
           Arm Rotation—Motion.      171

as the hands of the operator recede from the
shoulder and glide downward,  applying the
process at  each stage till the whole arm has
been subjected to the process.
   Effect—This application combines  to the
highest degree special effects by reason of the
superior mechanical conditions.  The  arm is
easily  included in the double grasp; the mo-
tions are easily given with great pressure', and
the compression caused by slightly twisting of
fibres  is additional to the direct pressure af-
forded by the grasping.   It urges  fluids  in
their   appointed courses, whether contained
within the vessels or  in the stage herein des-
ignated as intervascular.   It urges  blood to
the skin, increases heat, removes excess  of
blood  from the head and upper portions  of
the spine.
   21.   Arm Rotation—Position, the same—
Action—The  arm of the patient  is  taken
hold of by-the operator, both at elbow and
hand.   The  elbow is  then caused to  trans-
verse  a circle as broad as the length  of the
upper  ami will allow, of which the shoulder
is the  center.  Care  should  be  taken  the
upper  part of the circuit  traversed be made as
broad  as the lower,  by carrying the arm  in
the upper part of its course near to the head,
so that all the muscles  connecting the arm
with the chest may be thoroughly and equally 
172   The Practical Magnetic Healer.

acted upon.   Six or eight revolutions in each
direction may be given.
   Effect—The  motion  alternately stretches
and relaxes  all the  muscles connecting the
chest with the arms,  affecting them similarly
to the longitudinal pressure-motions described
in No. 2.  This effect extends beyond those
directly  attached to the arm, to those of the
shoulder, shoulder blades, and  even to those
connecting the ribs.   Many of these,  partic-
ularly the intercostals, subscapular, etc., are
quite beyond the reach of pressure-motions,
being protected by bone.
   This process also has the effect of increasing
the capacity  of the chest and its power and
extent of its rhythmical or breathing motions.
The rotary motions above described, and ap-
plicable to the legs, arm and trunk, may, for
distinction, be called the  non-pressure mo-
tions, because the processes  are limited to the
stretching  and  contracting the muscles en-
gaged in the motions.   The advantages of this
class of  processes  are that they are always
agreeable to the patient, can never exceed the
capacity  of tender and sensitive parts to re-
ceive motions, as is possible in case of pres-
sure motions, and that, if regarded as a species
of exercise, they are entirely passive,  which
implies   that  the  muscular  nutrition,  and
therefore muscular power,  are increased by 
         Double Pressure Motion.      173

their  use,  while nervous manifestations  are
correspondingly diminished.
   25.   Double Pressure Motion of the Arms
and Legs—Position, reclining—Action—The
two  hands  of  the  operator  are placed
against  opposite sides of the part of  the
limb nearest the body; then while compress-
ing strongly the flesh, rapid  alternate, or re-
ciprocating motion is applied to the part;  the
hands slowly glide downward, so as to include
a fresh portion of the limb, while the motion
and pressure is  continued, and so on till  the
whole of the flesh of the limb has been sub-
mitted to the process.  The same process may
be applied  in turn to all the limbs.
   Effect—The  motion with  pressure  is  in
this process applied  transversely to the aver-
age direction of the fibres, nerve conductors
and vessels.  The mechanical  effect is  that
of  separation—divulsion  of  the  fibres  that
are from any cause  adherent.   It therefore
becomes a  most  effective means for removing
adhesions,  producing  stiffness,  contractions,
and consequent deformities  of  the  limbs.
The motion is  also  a powerful incentive to
nutritive changes in the vital muscle  cells,
and therefore opposes nervous irritability.   It
increases oxidation, and therefore removes ob-
structive sub-oxides  from the fluids.   The
very large amount of interior friction of fibres,
cells,  membranes, and fluids, cause unusual 
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development  of heat, the physiological alter-
native of vital energy, which is therefore pro-
moted by the action.
   The one difficulty in  the mode described.
This is the rapidity with which the power of
the operator is transmitted to the invalid, thus
becoming contributary to his power.  To ap-
ply conjoint  pressure  and  motion,  through
both  the  operator's hands,  speedily exhaust
the most affluent resources of the most robust
operator.  This he feels, and in consequence
instinctively avoids applying any considerable
amount of these  processes which  contribute
most  to increase  the energy of the patient.
This is indeed his wisest  course; for since his
power is limited, it  is employed to best ad-
vantage when well husbanded.

   MANIPULATIONS FOR CONSTIPATION.

   The most  effective  form of manipulation
for the relief of constipation is the following:
   Position of the patient is face downward.
The location of the digestive organs is then
similar to that of inferior animals.   The ad-
vantages  of  the  position are these:   Every
impingement upon or action received by, the
depending part is doubled by the gravitating
counteraction which necessarily follows. This
doubles the motion  and its effect.  Besides,
in the forward lying position the gravitation
of the unsupported  digestive organs is from 
         Manipulation for Constipation.   175

   instead of toward  the pelvis.   This removes
   from the lower bowels such obstacles as are
   caused both by the pressure and by the fold-
   ing parts.   This alone is not unfrequently a
   potent curative aid,  for the removal of me-
   chanical obstacles to the pelvic circulation is
   practically  equivalent to removing local pel-
   vic hyperaemia and its various outgrowths.
      To manipulate the abdomen in this posi-
   tion is awkward and difficult for the operator,
   especially  as  the  invalid  usually  desires a
   large  amount  of it.
      The patient lies face downward, the breast
   being supported by a cushioned bench  or the
   seat of a wide  chair, while the thighs are sup-
   ported in a similar way, the abdomen being
   between two supports,  and free.  The opera-
   tor, bending  over  and extending his  arms
   around the patient, reaches the abdomen with
   his clenched hands, and applies the treatment
   by  the  alternate applications  of  motion  to
   either side of the abdomen.  If the patient is
   large, it will be best to apply to' one side only
   at a time,  with a rather slow and gentle, but
   strong, impinging motion.
I  ,-   31.  Manipulations  of the  Head—POsi-
\   tion, reclining—Action—The operator, stand-
   ing or sitting  behind the patient, places his
   two hands  on opposite  sides of the patient's
   head, compresses it to an agreeable extent, and
   imparts semi-rotary and reciprocating motions 
176   The Practical Magnetic Healer.

to  the scalp,  which, being but loosely con-
nected to  the underlying skull bone moves
freely upon it.   The clasp of the  operator's
hands may be moved from time to time, so as
to  include each portion of the head succes-
sively, till  the whole has become subjected to
the process.  One hand may also be placed on
the forehead and the other at the base of the
head, and the  pressure with motion  applied as
before, the two hands acting at opposite parts
of the head, and the motion they impart being
in  opposite directions.   The application  may
be  intermitted and resumed several times.
  Effect—General  revulsion;  motion is in-
cited  in  the contents of the vessels of the
brain, and especially in the venous  sinuses,
by  which blood stasis is  removed and the nu-
trition of the brain  is refreshed by the dis-
placement and replacement of materials from
which nutritive support is derived.
  A similar effect, perhaps in less degree, has
sometimes been produced by applying a com-
mon tourniquet (such as surgeons use), to the
head  at  its greatest circumference.   After
tightening  the band, it must be suddenly let
loose.  The pressure on  the  blood vessels
caused by  arrest  of the flow of the currents
appears to superinduce  vital  contraction of
their  wralls, which becomes active  on remov-
ing the obstruction  to  such a degree as to
empty the vessels, and  therefore  to  remove 
          Man ipulations—Motion.      177

hyperaemia.   These  and  similar  processes
demonstrably strengthen the circulation and
remove mechanical impediments.
   32.  Throat—Position, same as  in  31.-—-
Action—The  operator, standing  above  or
rather behind the head of the patient, places
his finger each side of his throat, bearing with
suitable firmness upon the tissues of the neck
in front.  A reciprocating motion is now com-
municated to the tissues under compression,
which includes those of both sides of the neck.
   This may be repeated  fifteen or twenty
times, or until the skin had assumed a thor-
oughly reddened appearance.
   The area over which the process is applied
may extend from the angle of the jaw to the
base of the neck, giving special attention  to
the sensations evoked, and  avoiding all harsh-
ness or disagreeable feeling.
   Effect—Revulsive; useful  in chronic ton-
silitis, catarrh, glandular enlargement, hoarse-
ness,  and all forms of sore throat except the
acute.
   33.   Neck-—Position, lying face downward
—Action^—The operator, at the head of the
patient as before, applying both hands to the
neck  with pressure,  communicates recipro-
cating motions to the muscular masses which
constitute the back of the neck, from the base
of  the head  downward to  the  top of the
shoulders.  This location admits the applica-
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178    The  Practical Magnetic Healer.

tion of the different forms of the pressure mo-
tions heretofore described, as the circular, and
the thumb and finger compression,  the trav-
erse,  the  longitudinal, etc.,  and in  urgent
cases  these  may  be applied in series at the
same sitting, and  while the patient remains in
thi- favorable position for access to the parts.
   Effect—This process affords great relief in
cases  of prolonged hyperaemia of the brain,
and in connection with the preceding should
be  used in cases of suspected  pathological
changes in the substance of the brain to pro-
mote absorption of mechanical obstructions or
of retained products of imperfect  nutritive
change, local oxides, etc.   Athasia and related
symptoms present examples for trial of these
applications.
   34.   Nose—Position, reclining—Action'—
The forefinger of each hand of the operator is
applied with mild pressure to each side of the
nose  of the patient, and the reciprocal pres-
sure-motions  previously  described   may be
thoroughly applied.
   Effect—Aids contraction and gives tone to
the capillaries of the mucous secreting mem-
brane of the nose, removes obstruction in the
local circulation  of the parts connected there-
with, and is curative of all forms and stages
of catarrh,  except the acute.  The reader is
reminded that this and the other  forms of
treatment described in this connection should 
           Manipulations—Motion.      179

 be regarded as useless except  in  connection
 with general, supporting same.
    oo.   Ears—Position,  as  above'—Action
 ■—Both  ears  are loosely  grasped  by both
 hands of the operator, who stands behind
 the patient, and  who  also at the  same time
 gently compresses the adjoining tissues against
 the skull; he then gives a slow, gentle, rotary
 or circulary motion  to the compressed mass,
 which includes not only the  ears, but all the
 tissues held by the conjoint grasp  and pres-
 sure.
   The circle of motion should extend so far
 as to cause agreeable traction of not only of
 the external ears, but  also  of the continuous
 membrane  extending into  and  forming the
 lining of the cavity of the  ear terminating
 with the drum.   Motion thus conveyed to the
 drum is communicated  to the internal appara-
 tus of the ear, including the fluids and con-
 tents of vessels.  The circular pressure-motion
 with traction may be  applied in each direction
 several times. ' Similar pressure-motions may
 also be applied to the bony prominence below
 the ear, which contain the mastoid cells.
   Effect—Similar to that of other modes of
 treatment, refreshing  and  reinforcing  local
 nutrition; it is also revulsive, a potent stim-
 ulant to the organs and the function  of hear-
ing, and has cured deafness.
   36.  Eyes and Temples—Position, same— 
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Action—The  ends of the fingers  but little
separated are pressed against the tissues a little
beyond the outer angle of each eye at the sides
of the head.  Motion is  given to  the com-
pressed tissues in a circuit as wide as the elas-
ticity of  the tissues will allow, which compels
the included tissues to accompany the fingers
in the circuit, care being taken to avoid glid-
ing and friction of the outer skin.  The direc-
tion of the motion may be frequently changed
till the parts subjected to the action have be-
come thoroughly reddened.
   Effect—Revulsion;   promotes  absorption
from the interior of the eyes,
   37.  Eyelids—Position, the same—Action
—The middle finger of each hand  is  applied
to  the   inner  angle  of  each   eye,  and
compressing the tissues  upon the interior por-
tion of the orbit, the fingers are slowly moved
outward  till the outer angle of the eyes  are
reached.   The eyeball is  slightly compressed
and the  lower lid more  so,  in the outward
motion.
   Next,  the fingers of the operator are re-
placed in the same  commencing position, at
the inner angle, but this time travel over the
upper border of the orbit and the upper lid in
place of  the lower; also slightly compressing
the ball   and  the  upper  lid,  as much as is
borne with comfort by  the patient.  This
pressure-motion may be applied in alternation 
       Diseases Originate in the Mind.   181

to the lower and upper portions of the ball and
the two eyelids several times.   The feelings
of the patient  must be constantly observed,
to be certain that the impression by the treat-
ment described is agreeable, in which case its
ability may not be doubted.
  Effect—This process appears  to assist nu-
tritive changes  of the contents of the eyeball,
and  therefore  to improve  the vision.  It is
curative of chronic affections of  the eyes.   It
has cured cataract.

DISEASES ORIGINATE IN THE MIND.
  Let us take up the proposition  that "All dis-
eases originate in the mind."   The first thing
that takes place  in  the mind is  a thought.
Thoughts precede all other things in the hu-
man mind.  Take for instance,  the great en-
terprises, small ones  also, for that matter, the
first thing that was  done to put all those en-
terprises into  reality, was a thought.   The
mind must first act  in all cases  or there will
be nothing done in any direction.   The body
is subservient  to mind, and cannot  be  in-
flenoed without the  consent of  the mind,  or
without it first  taking cognizance of the fact.
The mind must first give  its consent  before
the body can be influenced.   Let us now look
to the  origin of disease.  We will commence
with headache,  and there we find  an  ache in
sympathy with a diseased  stomach, indiges- 
182    The  Practical Magnetic Healer.

tion,  dyspepsia,  gastrodynia,  gastritis,  etc.
The cause for all of the above conditions, is
the taking into the stomach  more food than
it  could digest before  fermentation  sets in
causing a formation  of gas,  distending the
w7alls of the organ  and thus influencing the
pneumogastric  nerve,  which  conveys  the
pain to the  temporal  nerves where the head-
ache is generally located.  Now let us take
up the question as to how the  stomach became
in such a deplorable condition?  Let us inter-
view the appetite, there has been  some  over-
loading done, or there has  been  something-
eaten which could  not  be  digested, or  both,
more than  likely  BOTFI.  When such  is
found  to be the condition,  we should pursue
appetite, and find its abiding place, the reader
can  answer  that  without any  trouble what-
ever.   AYe find the prenological organ about
three quarters of  an inch in front  of the ear.
Those foods  which are taken into the stomach
are never permitted to enter  therein without
first  securing the consent of the mind, hence,
the origin of head-ache is in the mind.
  We  have  now handled the most simple of
all ailments, and traced  its cause to the mind,
now let us take up Cancer, one of the most
terrible of all diseases.  It appears from the
best  authority  obtainable  that  Cancer  is
caused from a peculiar  blood taint, which of
course is only a half way station supplying the 
       Diseases Originate in the Mind.   183

material of which it is produced and added to
from time to time, until it reaches a condition
where  the  blood  can no longer  circulate
through the  tumor, producing decomposition
in the tissues resulting in a pussy accumula-
tion, a breaking down and a discharge, pus
is then inevitable.  There are several differ-
ent  kinds of cancers, among them  are  the
"spider,"  "rose," "bone," "sleepy,"  "wolf,"
"black scaley," glandular, scrofulous, fungus,
molecular.   They  are produced  by  bruises,
obstructions, or poisons in the blood, which is
directly or indirectly the source  and support
of them all,  appear how or where they may.
Thus,  though the cancer may seem  to have
arisen  from a bruise,  it will be found that it
must receive its support  from  a   diseased
blood.   Had the blood been pure, the effects
of  the bruise would soon have been  ex-
tinguished, and nothing but the  bruise itself
would  have resulted, but the blood being bad,
its impurities determined at the bruised place,
and  developed in the form of a cancer,  or
other species  of sore.
   When a cancer begins to pustulate, it then
can  inoculate the blood with its own virus,
thus involving the greater necessities upon
the patient to effect a cure, that of purifying
the blood and cancer  also.
   As we started out to prove that all diseases
originate in the mind we will now return to 
181    The  Practical Magnetic Healer.

the subject.   It  has been  shown that the
blood is the ultimate cause of cancer, and not
the primary cause, as has often been said, now
let us consider the causes of impure  blood.
We know, without discussing  the fact that
the blood gets its twelve constituents from the
contents of  the  stomach  and lungs, and de-
pends entirely upon these organs for its state
of health at all times.   If the food taken into'
the stomach is pure and well  digested, and
the air breathed into the lungs is pure  and in
sufficient quantities,  it is only  reasonable to
expect good from that  direction.   If your
digestion is poor,  it  is because you have al-
lowed it to be overloaded or you have permit-
ted something to enter your  stomach that
could not be digested, thereby leaving it to
ferment or  decompose  as the  case may be,
furnishing a poisonous substance to be taken
up by the lacteals and conveyed to the blood,
it  being then circulated throughout the body
seeking lodgment where it can communicate
its poisonous condition to the surrounding tis-
sue.   Let us then investigate  the  causes of
indigestion,  one of the most common is over-
eating, another is that of eating indigestible
foods, we  hold Appetite responsible, it being
a mental faculty. The part that the lungs
take  as relates to the condition of the  blood,
much depends upon  the action of the  lungs,
as to the maximum or minimum quantities of 
      Diseases Originate in the Mind.   1S5

air breathed, is controlled by the mind, the
supply of oxygen and the displacement of the
carbonic-acid-gas is regulated by the action of
the lungs.   Carbonic-acid-gas is a rank poison
and stagnates and burdens the  blood, while
oxygen purifies and  vitalizes it, hence, the
action of the lungs is controlled by the mind,
we must therefore assume that all  diseases
which spring from  improper breathing must
be charged up to  that  faculty.  There are
many other things that influence the physical
functions;  among them may be mentioned,
fear, worry,  grief, despair  or any over active
mental  exertion.  The requirements  of the
active brain are supplied with  a  physical
force generated in  the body, which we  may
call nerve force, electricity or vital fluid, etc.,
which the  brain draws upon when in action,
and is consumed as fuel in accordance with the
degree of activity.   The brain  must be sup-
plied with this  force at all hazards, and if this
force is not generated enough the brain draws
upon the reserve forces and leaves the body
in a more  or less weakened condition, which
of course  stagnates the blood  and  prepares
the  body for any disease your neighbor may
suggest.   Now, the  question will be, what
to do under the circumstances?   In answer to
this question it may be well to offer a few
suggestions.  Provided,  if you do  not fear
you will be courageous,  of you  do not, worry 
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you  will be more contented,  if you do not
grieve you will be joyful, if you  do not de-
spair you will be more hopeful, if you do not
over-work your  brain you will  have  more
mental energy for the labors of tomorrow, and
last but not least, if you do not- burn up your
vital energies in  a  hopeless endeavor to  die
before time comes, you will have enough life
left for seed, to start on life anew.
  The stock-in-trade you can then display on
your shelves will be, courage, contentment,
joy,  hope, energy,  peace, ambition, health,
strength and happiness  and enough life left
to build on.  The supply of the above  mate-
rials is unlimited, you have only to make your
wants known and your orders will be promptly
filled.   You will then observe with a  clear
vision that all conditions of health or disease
originate in  the mind.
  As this course of lessons,   the  object of
which is to  show how the writer has treated
successfully different  diseases as they came to
him, thus enabling the  reader to form  some
method of treating similar diseases,  as they
may fall into his hands.
  It will be observed from time to time that
the workings of the objective and subjective
mind are more or less discussed in the  treat-
ment of diseases, as those influences are the
principal remedies used as the ultimate,  really
and finally, that restores the patient to health. 
Hypnotism.            187
  It  should  always be  understood  that in
science of magnetic healing, the basis at all
times is the assumption that the MIND con-
trols the body under all circumstances.  The
mind is always first in all things pertaining to
the body, and can do  nothing  without the
mind first directing it in every way, shape,
form and manner.

              HYPNOTISM.

   A short lecture on the subject of hypnotism
would be a good thing to give before you at-
tempt to hypnotize your patient.  Give him
to understand that there is no harm that can
come to him and that he can not be hypnot-
ized if he resists, or does not properly concen-
trate his mind on what you will have to say to
him,  and that you  can not  possibly  exercise
any power over him except for the time being.
Tell him that he must keep his mind upon
your  suggestions of sleep, and to think that
he  is  actually  going  sound asleep.   You
should endeavor to persuade your patient to
make up his mind to  fall into  a sleep, get
him to hold his mind on  the  thoughts of
sleep  and sleep  only.   You  will  have  no
trouble from then on as the work is now half
clone.  Some are of the opinion  that sleep is
impossible,  let him pay no attention to  this,
but to think of sleep only.   Some may think
that on  account  of their strong will-power 
188    The  Practical Magnetic Healer.

they will be hard to hypnotize, and after the
operator has  worked  with  them  for some
time they open their eyes and say they were
not influenced.  To such persons you should
explain that a strong  will is one of the re-
quirements in hypnotism, as  concentration of
the mind is indispensable and  that  if  they
really have a strong will they will surely have
the power.  To wander  and get beyond  the
control of its possessor, can only be attributed
to weakness, or inability to control.   H they
find it impossible to go to sleep it simply shows
that they cannot or will  not  agree to  be  hyp-
notized.   If your patient really wants to be
hypnotized and will try to prepare himself for
the occasion, tell him to go to  some quiet place
where he can be alone for a few minutes each
day  and take into  his mind just one single
thought and try to hold it there at the exclu-
sion  of all other thoughts, when your patient
can do this,  he can be hypnotized.
   Another good plan is to have your patient
recline in some quiet place and close his  eyes
and repeat some sleep formula, such as, I am
now  going to  sleep,  going  to sleep, to sleep,
sleep, slee—,  sle—,  si—, s—, sound asleep.
Such formulas should be repeated as often as
the case may require, say from five to twenty
minutes.   These  exercises should be  tried
every day  until  the  patient can hold  his
thoughts where he wants them.   If a sleepy 
 
i*
Inducing Hypnosis I'ekpaeatory to Giving Suggestions. 
Hypnotism.             189
feeling  does  not  take possession of your pa-
tient at  the expiration of the time mentioned,
it simply shows that your patient's mind is or
has been wandering.  If your patient displays
any signs  of fear, it might  be well to hypnot-
ize some one in his presence.  The object is
to overcome  the fear in your patient,  and to
familiarize him with the general proceedings.
Do not forget to impress  your patient that
his submission to the influence of hypnotism
is  not an  admission that he was overpowered
by a  stronger will than his own, it  simply
shows that he can and does control his own
will.
   You should try your patient for susceptibil-
ity, it  also places him  on  better terms with
the operator and  establishes confidence, you
can dispense with  the test if you desire, al-
though  in most cases it is best to use it.  You
will, of course, not expect to hypnotize all
people  you  may  experiment  with.   Your
powers will increase with your experience, and
the rate per cent, will depend much upon your
activity.
   Tell your patient to relax and become per-
fectly passive, as to resist would be fatal to the
influence, that he should concentrate his mind
on your suggestions.  Let your subject under-
stand that in the drawing  exercise he  will be
in  no danger of falling,  as his interests  will be
faithfully guarded, and see that he does not 
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fall.  In making this test place your subject
in a standing position with his back toward
you, you  may then have your subject close
his eyes and relax  his  muscles, if you  are
in doubt  as to whether he is doing as re-
quested,  take  him by  the coat collar and
gently pull him back, if you find resistance in
this you will probably find it in others, and
your subject will prove harder to manage.
When  the subject is standing as at first re-
quested,  with  his eyes  closed and  relaxed
muscles, place the points of your fingers on the
right hand against the back of the  neck and,
your left hand pressed against the  forehead,
hold the subject in this position a few seconds
and then speak in a slow and gentle tone  of
voice,  these words:   When  my hand  with-
draws  from you, you will slowly fall  back-
ward.  In  removing your  hand you should
do it as slowly as possible, so that  your sub-
ject cannot tell at first that you  are  with-
drawing it.  If the  subject does not incline
backward, do not give up, but keep on trying.
After a few trials you will probably be suc-
cessful.
  INCLINING  FORWARD—Have  your
subject stand squarely in front of  you, and
facing  you, now tell him to assume a passive
attitude as  before, that is to relax and not  to
resist.  Some  are resisting all the  time and 
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do not know it, resistance on the part of the
subject spoils the whole performance.
  Hold your finger or any thing you may
wish to use instead, about six inches from his
eyes on a direct line between your eyes and
his,  requesting him  to  watch  the  object
closely, hold it in this position about half a
minute, and longer for some subjects, then
say in a slow and positive manner, As I draw
this object away from you, you will follow it.
Now  withdraw slowly and  your  subject will
incline forward if  he  is a  hypnotic  subject,
Do not get  discouraged if you fail at first as
often the following efforts will be entirely sat-
isfactory.   Perseverance is  the proper thing
to make you a great hypnotist.

                    II.
   Have your subject clasp his hands together
in the usual  way,  with the fingers between
each  other, have him  clasp them tightly to-
gether and let him make his arms very rigid,
and to think that he cannot  open them, or you
can have him repeat to himself that, I cannot
separate them, no, sir, I can't do it, no, sir, I
can't do it, etc. Great earnestness must be dis-
played on the part  of both subject and opera-
tor.   The subject must assume that his hands
are fastened tightly together and that he can-
not open  them, then act upon the following
suggestion,  try it.   The operator must then 
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get the attention of the subject, looking  him
squarely in the eyes, and at the same time take
the subject's hands.  Do not permit the sub-
ject to take his eyes off of yours,  tell him that
he must not look away, should he attempt to
do so.  The operator should continue to keep
his eyes upon the steady gaze of the subject,
hold this  steady stare without change until
your suggestion is given.
   Now is  the time for the operator  to- act, let
him speak in a firm steady tone—Now your
hands are  fastened together tight, tighter and
tighter, and you cannot open them."  Then
let the operator remove his hands from those
of the patient or subject, the subject can then
have  an opportunity of trying to pull his
hands  apart.   The operator  should be very
careful not to hurt the subject while pressing
the hands together as that would spoil all of
the influence.   Passes  are  often  used  in-
stead   of  pressure  on  the  subject's hands,
this is  done by gently stroking the arms from
the shoulders to the hands preparatory to giv-
ing the suggestion, now your hands are fas-
tened together and you cannot open them. The
suggestion gains strength by repeating it, and
should be given several times to make  it
doubly strong.    The operator in giving his
suggestions should speak in an earnest and
steady tone, not too fast, increasing the force
and tone  of voice with each succeeding sug- 
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 gestion, until you have reached the crisis, by
 telling the subject that his hands are fastened
 tightly together and that he cannot open them.
   When the operator has  given the subject
 time to try to pull his hands apart and cannot
 do so, the operator should strike his own hands
 together very suddenly and at the same time
 say with great  earnestness,  "All right," "now
 you can," "wake up," "You'r all right." Keep
 this up until all influence is removed and the
 subject is wide awake, which is usually done
 in a few minutes.  If the subject's  hands do
 not come apart  readily, the operator may push
 them together, and tell the subject to wait
 awhile, let him rest a minute.  The operator
 can now tell the subject, "when I count three
 you can take your hands apart."  The opera-
 tor should now count three and when he says
 three, he should  strike:  his  hands  together to
 make a sharp and loud noise, at the same time
 say:  "Now you take them  apart, all right, all
 right, Now you are all right."
  Miaking Leg  Stiff—Have  your subject stand
 up in front of you and throw his whole weight
 on one leg that  is to be made stiff.  Take hold
 of one of his hands.  Have the subject to look
you squarely in  the eyes, then tell him to think
1hat his leg is stiff and he cannot bend it.  Dur-
ing this time  the operator is in a stooping pos-
ture,  with  the  other hand  on the  subject's
knee, and in raising up have him keep his eyes
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on you as before.  You may now make passes
down the limb  a  few times,  while you are
doing this you must say in a very earnest and
firm tone of voice, "You will now feel your
leg getting stiff, stiffer,  stiffer,  and you can't
bend it,  your  leg  will be stiff, and you will
wTalk stiff legged."
  When you are finishing this last suggestion,
you should arise, keeping your gaze fastened
on your subject's eyes.  When  he has walked
a few steps take the influence off in the usual
way, by striking your hands together and say-
ing, "all  right,"  "all right," "you'r all right."
You can use the same  method as is used in
taking the hands apart.
  To stiffen the arm  you use about the same
methods  and suggestions as in other similar
exercises. Tell your subject to close his hand
and try  to stiffen his arm,  you should take
hold of his hand and  make a few passes from
shoulder to hand, at the  same time say: "Your
arm is getting stiff, getting stiff, getting stif-
fer,  now your  arm  is stiff and you can't
bend it."
  Try hard, and the harder you try the stiffer
it will get. When you wish to  remove the in-
fluence proceed as before in other exercises.
  It is very important that in all of these
exercises the operator must look directly into
the  subject's  eyes, keeping  at all times an
earnest and steady gaze.  Never let your eyes 
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pass from the subject for an instant, until you
are ready to remove the spell.  All exercises
of this class can be easily mastered with a little
practice.  The operator should never  become
discouraged.    Never let your subject think
that you are disappointed in the result of any
experiments.   In those  cases the operator can
say that we do not  expect to hypnotize every
one on  first trial, or something to that effect.
   Your Subject Can't Tell His Name—Place
your  hands one on  each side of your subject's
neck  with the thumbs pressing lightly on the
Adam's apple, suggesting at  the  same  time,
that,  "When I count three you can't tell your
i.ame, You can't tell it, try it."  You will ob-
serve from day to day that you are becoming
more familiar with the work, and the more
you practice  the better  you can perform your
part.
                    III.

   Arrange for your subject  an easy position,
and hold the object you wish him to look at
about six  or  eight inches from  his eyes, re-
questing him to keep his eyes on the object be-
fore him, and tell him to think of sleep.
   It  is well to tell  your subject that the same
explanation as given in the beginning, applies
to all that follows.  Keep the object your sub-
ject is looking at, moving in a circular motion
for a few minutes,  according to the operator's 
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judgment,  or until the  subject  closes his
eyes.   The operator can say in a steady and
firm tone of voice:  "You are getting drowsy,"
"Your eyes are getting tired,"  "They are get-
ting heavy," "They are  closing," "You are
getting sleepy,"  "You are going  to  sleep,
Going sound to sleep."  Repeat  the above as
long as you think necessary.
  If your subject is not asleep by this time,
tell him to close  his eyes and go sound asleep,
"Close your eyes and go sound to sleep."  Next
place your fingers on each side of the head and
the thumbs on "individuality" just above the
eyes, so that your thumbs are near together,
then gently  stroke the  forehead  and temples,
for a few minutes, let the fingers remain per-
fectly  quiet while stroking the forehead and
temples with the thumbs.
  While manipulating in this manner, use the
suggestion  of "Sleep, sleep,  sleep,  sleepy,
sleepy, gone  to sleep, to sleep, sound asleep.
Keep this up for a few minutes, in a steady,
gentle and positive tone of voice.

                    IV.

  Preceding the  suggestions of  sleep, the
operator can place his left hand on top of sub-
ject's head with the thumb on right temple,
place the other hand on left temple and thumb
on center of forehead, move the  thumb of the 
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 right hand down the forehead onto the nose,
 keep fingers of both and thumb of left hand
 still.   Move  the thumb down the forehead
 and nose a few times while repeating the sug-
 gestions of sleep to your subject.

                    V.

   Press the root of patient's  nose with thumb
 of left hand,  with  the fingers on the head.
 Stroke downward the back  part of patient's
 head with right hand.  Let the strokes be slow
 and gentle, at the same time give suggestions
 of sleep, as used in former  exercises.   Con-
 tinue until the desired effect is produced.

                    VI.

   Take your  position at the  right of the pa-
 tient, let the thumb of the left hand rest on the
 upper part of the nose,  with  the hand on the
 head.
   You may now give  the following sugges-
 tions, in an earnest, steady tone:  "Your eyes
 are shut so tight you  can't  open them, you
 are going sound asleep, you are at perfect rest,
 you are perfectly quiet, you  are going into a
 deep  sleep, deep sleep,  deep  sleep,  sound
 asleep.   You  are now  sound asleep, sound
 asleep.   Repeat those suggestions as often as
may seem necessary, perhaps from ten to 
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twenty minutes.  Should your patient fail to
fall asleep at the end of that time you should
abandon the sitting until the same time next
day, when the same exercises can  be  taken
up again.
                   VII.

  Drumming on the Forehead—Place  your
patient in a sitting or a lying position as ap-
pears most convenient, tap the patient's fore-
head gently, and with a regular motion while
giving the usual suggestions of sleep.  If your
patient does not soon become unconscious, the
tapping may cease, but keep the fingers firmly
but gently pressing the forehead, continue the
sleep  suggestions, and your patient will soon
be in a deep sleep.

            "RESPIRATION."

  There is no reason why anyone should die
of any kind  of lung trouble, if they were only
taught how to breathe.  It is a well known fact
that consumption and other lung troubles can
be avoided by all  who have what is  called a
constitutional tendency to it, but that the dis-
ease can be overcome and driven out of the
body, even  after the tubercular bacilli  have
begun their work  of destruction.
  According to statistics,  about one-fifth of
humanity die of lung trouble of some kind. 
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The effects of improper breathing has brought
many lives to the grave who, otherwise might
have been living a life of usefulness today.
  The most of those people not only  die of
lung trouble, but they are  hastened off of this
Mundane sphere aided by  the drug  habit.
Their fortunes are consumed in doctor's bills,
and finally they become  scared at the little
pain in their chests, which is thought to be in
the lungs, and at every breath they yield to the
pain and in a short time there is not enough
air  breathed to keep up a healthy body  and of
course emaciation soon is inevitable.   This
condition adds  to their fright, and such  a
thing as taking a long breath is a thing of the
past, and their lungs become so weak from in-
activity that they are in condition to receive
any suggestion  that may be offered, which of
course is to be consumption, as the most suit-
able disease to have under the circumstances.
  There are few people  who know how to
breathe to the  best  advantage,  as is demon-
strated above.  In most cases women are the
greatest sufferers, on account of the prevail-
ing mode of dressing, necessitating the habit
of short breathing, and that only at the top of
their lungs, leaving the lower lobes useless and
inert.  The air remaining in the lower portion
too long becomes rank poison, and prevent-
ing the carbonic acid gas from escaping, adds
insult to injury, and the blood becomes over- 
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burdened with foreign substances, preventing
its free circulation, and the unfortunate suff-
erer loses all energy and finally despairs.
  The cheapest and best remedy in the world
is an abundance of fresh air, and will in a very
short space of time effect a cure, if the patient
will persist in his efforts to increase his breath-
ing capacity  to the fullest extent.   Some vic-
tims to this disease, submit to its inroads with-
out a struggle and simply die because they did
not know how to live.
  The influence on the brain of the patient is
demonstrated by the hopeless attitude at times
and again alternating with fits of unreasonable
hopefulness, which is  certainly the result of a
poorly nourished brain.
  The process by which the blood is purified
can be shown as follows:  The lungs resemble
the finest gauze membrane,  the interlacing of
which  are so fine that the oxygen,  or electri-
city  of the air, but not the  air itself can pass
through it into  the lungs,  and the carbonic
acid gas pass out through it, but not the blood;
nor can the two commingle.  It  resembles a
strainer so fine as to keep  the air in  its air
cells, and yet allow  the  gases, oxygen and
carbonic acid, to pass in and out at pleasure.
  The venous blood, which has become loaded
with carbonic acid gas in its passage through
the body, goes to the  lungs  to be aerated and 
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201
rendered pure again.   That process is accom-
plished in this way:  The walls of the blood
vessels  in the lungs  are  full of tiny holes,
which while they are too small to allow the
red corpuscles to escape, are yet large enough
to permit the carbonic acid gas to be thrown
off into the  lungs and to admit the pure oxy-
gen in its place.  If, through defective breath-
ing,  but a few inches  of the lung substance is
supplied with air, then the blood cannot be
properly aerated but must  be sent out through
the body again, still burdened with its old load
of impurities, and mind and body suffer alike
for want of nourishment.   There is no medi-
cine so cheap as pure air,  and the tubercular
bacilli have  no more powerful foe.
   These germs find their way to the lungs, in
the same manner as a buzzard finds the dead
animal in the jungle.   At  first only a few get
a foothold, and finding a congenial soil in the
sluggish lung tissue of the person  who does
not breathe deeply enough to keep his lungs
in a  healthy condition, they quickly multiply
and  spread.  These bacilli  have a tendency
to pack themselves into the air cells,  one on
top of another, until they form a solid mass.
As this mass prevents that air from  getting
into  the cells, the affected tissue soon decays
and breaks down, leaving a cavity in the lungs
which gradually  grows  larger,  unless  the 
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spread of bacilli can be checked.  If the wast-
ing process has not already gone too far it can
assuredly be checked by forcing pure air into
every sluggish, unused cell of the lungs, and
stimulating them to perform their normal
functions.  The  inrush  of  air gradually
loosens the hold of the bacilli, which are then
expelled by exhalation or expectoration. The
lung  tissue thus  stimulated begins to do its
part in throwing off  these parasites, and  the
pure  oxygen  drawn  into every  part of  the
lungs by this deep breathing,  once more does
its normal  work in aerating the blood supply,
which in turn carries its  fresh, pure current
to the brain and other parts of the body, stim-
ulating and vivifying every organ.
  This habit of deep, full breathing  is one of
the simplest things to acquire, and if persisted
in will make any narrow-chested, weak-lunged
man or woman feel as if they  had been drink-
ing of the  fabled elixir of life. When people
come to me to get treated for lung trouble I
put them through a, course of physical train-
ing, beginning with  the  breathing  exercises,
which are  the most important of all.  If the
patient is  a woman  I encourage her to wear
clothing comfortably loose, so as to allow  full
expansion to the lower part of the lungs. Then
I show her how to breathe.  As most women
habitually use only the upper  part  of  the
lungs,  I have my woman patient  begin by 
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drawing  the  breath  through  the nostrils,
slowly expanding the  diaphragm  and filling
the lower part of the  lungs, then  the upper
part, till every air cell  is full;  then exhaling
very slowly through the nostrils as in inhala-
tions.  When  the  lungs   are  apparently
emptied of air, I show the patient how to draw
in the muscles of the  abdomen and contract
the lungs still farther, forcing out the large
quantity of residual air which always remains
even  after an ordinary  exhalation.  At first
these breathing  exercises may  be decidedly
painful,  and  if  so,  a person should always
stop just short of where the pain begins.
   It will soon be observed that with each ef-
fort to breathe deeply the unpleasant sensa-
tion comes later, and will after a  time disap-
pear  altogether,  while  a  free,  exhilarated,
exultant feeling takes its place.
   These exercises should be repeated at short
intervals many times during the day, always
taking care that the air is as pure  as possible.
   After  a  few days the patient will find her-
self breathing with her whole lungs almost un-
consciously.  There are several minor breath-
ing exercises, but the  one just mentioned, if
persisted in, will work wonders in a very short
time.
   When the process of breaking down of the
lung  tissue called consumption has actually 
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begun, vigorous exercise in the open air, if for
no other reason, the exercises makes the person
puff and blow,  drawing the air into the lungs
and forcing it out again.
   The office of the solar plexus may  be dis-
cussed in this connection, as its functions are
always  involved where there  is any kind of
lung trouble.   The exercise of this nerve cen-
ter is one of_the most important, not only in
pulmonary troubles, but in all kinds of nerv-
ous  disorders,  indigestion  and constipation.
This great plexus is located in the region of
the stomach.  The health depends very much
upon the action  of this great nerve  center.
So much so that many writers have called it
the animal  or  physical brain.   The office of
this plexus seems to be that of controlling the
organs  or digestion, and by its inaction, all
kinds of stomach  trouble and constipation is
the result.   Medicated purgatives and  cath-
artics seem to have very little if any effect in
its functions, so far as has been observed, a
case of stomach  trouble or constipation has
never been cured through the influence of any
drug upon this plexus.  The only way that this
nerve center can be influen~ced""lnto action, is
through the power of the will, objectively or
subjectively.  Exercising a strong and steady
intention' on the  part of the patient  or the
operator or both.   Such influences have been
brought to bear, as stated above, that the worst 
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kind of cases of constipation have been per-
manently cured  in a  few minutes, and  the
colon  completely disgorged  in less than an
hour.
   The best way to arouse the action of this
plexus is to lie down flat on the back and relax
every muscle, commence to breathe, slowly at
first, and gradually growing faster and deeper
until the respirations run  about thirty  per
minute.   Keep  this exercise  up for  at least
five minutes, or until you have forced  the
perspiration.  This exercise forces and equal-
izes the circulation,  assist  in purifying  the
same,  by increasing the quantity of oxygen
and permitting  the escape of carbonic  acid
gas, thus enabling the blood to circulate freely
through the capillaries, as well as permitting
the kidneys to perform their share in the pro-
cess of purification.   The immediate effects
produced  in this exercise,  is balancing  the
temperature of the body, preventing cold feet,
stimulating the  functions  of  all the organs,
and finally  establishing harmony throughout
the entire body, which produces a condition,
sufficiently strong to overcome any disease, or
to drive out any objectionable symptoms that
may be lodged therein.  Those conditions are
produced something like the following:
   Blood is  the  grand porter of the  system,
that vehicle which conveys to all parts of the
system with required life materials, and also 
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takes up all waste matter, or used up materials.
Its presence is life, its absence death, and its
paramount  condition  of  all  life  and  all
functions.
   Breathing propels the blood.  The idea that
the heart alone propels it is a mistake.  The
lungs  do their  share  in forcing the  blood
through the body, if not the principal part of
the labor, it is therefore plainly seen the im-
portance of deep and full breathing.
   It should be especially borne in mind, that
As this mass prevents  the air from getting
mind does the work, and being brought into
action" by the concentration of the  objective
forces or  faculties, admits the suggestion, or
intention  directed to  the subjective  mind.
Having thus taken up the impression, goes on
and does the work directed to it by the irresis-
tible  force  of the concentrated intention of
the objective mind.
   In treating  patients,  if you depart from
the "mysterious silence" during or previous to
treatment, you should attempt to make your
patient understand, that by setting his mind
firmly upon the work before you, the degree
of the effect will depend entirely upon the
force of the intention exercised, and the length
of time consumed in your concentrated inten-
tion, until you have reached the acme of your
mentality, the results of which will  restore 
        The Symptoms of Disease.    207

your patient to perfect health and happiness,
which of course is the condition to be attained.
  This method applies to one's self as well as
in the treatment of others.  The only differ-
ence is that in the first, you direct your own
thoughts and in the latter  you  direct  the
thoughts of your patient.
  In the next number directions will be given
in the treatment of patients when they are un-
able to concentrate their minds on matters
pertaining  to their recovery, and the best
means available in reaching the remedy to be
employed in their restoration.

      SYMPTOMS OF DISEASES.

  The greatest enemy to humanity is disease.
All the  mental  and physical  suffering  of
humanity are mostly due to ignorance of a
few principles of health  that  any one  can
understand without the aid of a teacher.  All
signs  of diseases are in  advance,  which if
promptly met, will prevent a  spell of sickness
and often save life.
  The condition  of  disease  approaching ill-
ness can be well understood by the general
appearance of the patient.  The eye, tongue,
pulse, gums, and lips, the stomach and bowels.
  The countenance is the great barometer of
the condition of the weather within the human
system. 
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   When the countenance is flushed and  full
of blood, there is impeded respiration and cir-
culation  and  very likely congestion  of  the
brain, this is the case in apoplexy, diseases of
the heart, effusion of the lungs, etc.
   A pale countenance  is a sign of fainting, of
anaemia,  and hemorrhage,  external  or in-
ternal.  When the expression  is violent  and
excited, there is  probably  the delirium of
fever, inflammation of the  brain, mania, or
delirium tremens.  In paralysis, convulsions,
epilepsy, hysteria, chorea, etc., we have a dis-
torted  countenance,  and a flushed  one is
symptomatic of  fever  in general, and of the
early stage of delirium tremens.  Some times
in an incurable disease, the face become what
nurses call  "struck with death" and  to  this
hopeless  corpse-like expression has been  ap-
plied the term "Facies  Hippocratica," because
it has been vividly pictured by Hippocrates
himself.  Here is his picture:   "The forehead
wrinkled and  dry,  the eye sunken,  the nose
pointed and bordered with a dark or violet cir-
cle;  the temples sunken, hollow, and retired;
the ears sticking up, the lips hanging down,
the cheeks  sunken, the chin  wrinkled  and
hard, the color of the skin leaden or violet, the
hair  of the nose  and eye-lashes  sprinkled with
a yellowish or white dust."
   The expression of the eye, and of the whole
countenance, affords an excellent index to the 
The  Symptoms  of Disease.     209
state of health or disease.   When the eye is
bright, but not too much  so, high health is
generally present;  if languid, there is want
of tone;  and on the  other hand, if excited
and wandering, some  affection  of the  brain
may be predicted.
   The tongue is a certain indicator of the
state of the system, and always  consulted by
the physician as reliable authority.  Florid
redness is the sign of dyspepsia;  a livid  or
purple tongue shows that there is obstruction
in the circulation, or  lungs;  a pale or white
tongue denotes a weak or  impoverished con-
dition of the blood;  a furred tongue is com-
mon with some people even when in health,
but when there are bright red points percepti-
ble beneath the fur,  there  is  a  scarlet  fever
present;   a tongue with red edges and furred
in the middle is a sign of intemperance,  or
brain disorder.
   In  feverish  conditions of the system the
tongue becomes very  dry and hot, parched as
it  is called;   if clammy and viscid, there is
usually  derangement  of the digestive  func-
tions;  a yellow tinge on the coating of the
tongue indicates a biliary disorder;  a  thin
creamy white, an inflammatory disease in the
abdomen.  In sore throat we often find it  of
a dingy whitish color; in scarlatina, we have
elongated  papillae,  presenting bright red 
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spots;  and  in some form of intestinal irrita-
tion and hemorrhage, it is morbidly clean and
red.  In anaemic patients we find this organ
partaking of the general condition of the sys-
tem, being pale and flaccid;  in paralysis it is
drawn to one side; in delirium tremens and
nervous affections, it is tremulous;  and in low
stages  of fever it becomes almost black,  and
cannot be protruded.
  The Pulse is one  of the chief indications of
disease.  Walsh,  in his  Domestic Economy,'
gives the following on the  pulse, gums,  lips
and  stomach.  When the pulse is frequent.
large and soft, it indicates the early stage or
fever, or of acute inflammation of the lungs,
etc.
  When very frequent, large and hard, it ac-
companies the full  onset of fever, of an in-
flammatory  kind,  such  as  rheumatic fever,
small-pox, etc.
  A moderately  frequent,  large and  hard
pulse may be that of mere fullness of blood.
  When frequent,  large, hard and thrilling,
there is generally some  disease of the artery,
or in its close neighborhood, such as aneurism
or tumor.
  A frequent and  small pulse  is often met
with in consumption, in which the quantity
of blood  is diminished, and is  equally im-
paired.
  A slow, laboring, large and hard pulse is 
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often attendant upon apoplexy, or other forms
of pressure on the brain.
   The gums and lips are also useful as indi-
cative of certain conditions of the system.
   When the gums are swollen, and bleed at
the lightest touch,  there is reason to  believe
that the system is generally out of sorts, in a
state commonly called scrobutic.
   A pale bluish-red gum, with a marked line
of blue at the edge, is a sign that lead has been
taken into the system in some way.
   When the  lips are parched and cracked,
with foetid breath,  there is reason to suppose
that fever is present in a typhoid type, though
this is by no means a certain sign by itself.
   The Stomach—The symptoms affecting the
stomach, are vomiting or nausea, flatulence,
pain after  eating, and in some cases  eructa-
tions of a watery fluid in large quantities.
   Flatulency  is a  symptom of  a disordered
stomach of a chronic character.
   Pain after eating is also a sign of disordered
stomach, but there is generally inflammation
accompanying  it.
   The bowels present the following symptoms
when disordered:
   Constipation may arise from torpor of the
bowels, owing  to long continued neglect, or
the absence of the necessary lubrications, or 
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 other causes, or from a defective secretion of
 the natural stimulus, the bile.
   Diarrhoea  consists  of  an  increased  dis-
 charge of liquid faeces, either caused by the
 irritation of food or medicine, or the presence
 of hardened faeces;  or some form of poison,
 such as cholera.
   The Faeces—The faeces are  the rejected
 residue  of the food passed into  the stomach
 after it has served the purpose of nutrition.
 According to  Berzelius, the normal constitu-
 ents of the human faeces are as follows:
   Water............................... 73.3
   Vegetable and animal remains.........  7.0
   Bile.................................  0.9
   Albumen  ............................  0.9
   Balusiar extractive matter............  2.7
   Salts  ................................  1.2
   Slimy matter,  consisting  of picromel,
     peculiar animal matter and insoluble
     residue  ............................ 14.0

                                     100.0
   This is the condition of the faeces when the
 health is perfect, and  there is nothing  very
 peculiar in the diet to render it otherwise.
   In diseases  great changes take place, not
 only in the proportions, but even in the ingre-
 dients of which the faeces are composed.  By
 their peculiarities  of substance,  smell,  and
 color, the operator is enabled in a great meas-
ure to judge of the nature and progress of the
 mischief going on within,  therefore it is of 
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great importance  that they should be  pre-
served'for his inspection.
   The following  are  a few of their most
obvious indications:
   Natural motions are of a ginger-bread color,
slightly varying in tint and hue, and of toler-
able solidity of consistency, although perfectly
impressible.  The smell  is offensive, but has
not that peculiar  foetidity which is observed
in some diseased conditions of the system. The
evacuations should be daily, and at or near a
certain hour, but a deviation from this rule
is no proof  of ill health.   We have  known
persons in a perfectly healthy state, who went
to stool once in every two or three days.
   It depends greatly on habit, but such a habit
is not good.  Children should be taught to go
to stool  every  day,  at a certain hour, and a
habit of a daily evacuation of the bowels once
fixed, will probably remain through life,  ex-
cept when it is interfered with by sickness, or
the  failing powers which are often a conse-
quence of old age.
   Mucous evacuations have a semi-transpar-
ent, jelly-like appearance.
   They may be tinged with brown, green or
yellow, all indicating the presence of  bile, or
red  with blood, when there is inflammation or
congestion  of  the mucous membrane, as in
mucous  diarrhoea and dysentery. 
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  Lymphatic   evacuations   have  a  rough,
shreddy, or spotty appearance.
  There may  be  irregular or  little  found
specks,  like  dirty white  of egg,  scattered
through the faeces, or long pieces like  shreds
of lymph or dingy-colored parchment.    In
this  case it is likely there  may  be  acute in-
flammation of the  mucous  membrane of the
intestines, the seat of which may be  in any of
the bowels, or merely the rectum.  This, like
the  above  is  a symptom of diarrhoea  and
dysentery.
  Pus in the faeces indicates either ulceration
of the bowels, or the breaking of an internal
abscess into the ailmentary passages.   If there
is much of it, the latter is most likely the case.
This is a dangerous symptom.
  Bile in the faeces indicates excessive  action
of the liver, the cause of which may be exces-
sive irritation or active congestion,—in  Avhich
case  the color is generally of a bright yellow-
ish brown,  but sometimes, especially in child-
ren,  it is of a decided green color.  This, too,
is often the case with grown persons,  when the
liver is just recovering from a torpid state and
beginning to act violently.   This  is commonly
the case too, in hydrocephalus, when the color
is a  peculiarly  deep green.
  Bilious motions may or may not be loose,
although they are generally so, from the bile 
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acting as an  irritant  in the lining of  the
bowels.
  Absence of Bile in the faeces is shown in
the absence of color. The motions are clayey,
sometimes as pale as pipe clay, and ranging
from that shade up to the natural hue, oc-
casionally assuming a grayish tint.  They vary
in  substance,  and when liquid  are usually
frothy,  and float on water on account of the
quantity of gas they contain.
   Loose motions proceed from so many causes
that we cannot take them as clear indications
of  any  particular diseases.  They are always
present where there is  an  inflamed state of
the mucous membrane, as a diarrhoea, in some
stages they become altogether  watery.    If
when in this state, they exhibit ricedike par-
ticles, they indicate Asiatic cholera, or the
too powerful action of saline or drastric purga-
tives.
    Solid motions, when too much so, indicate
constipation.
    Offensive motions occur in  dyspepsia, es-
pecially those forms of it which are associated
with hypocondriasis.  The foetor is excessive
in  low  fevers, when the poison is introduced
into  the system  seems to render the whole of
 the solids and fluids thereof peculiarly  liable
to  decomposition.
    Expectoration—This  is, first, the act of dis-
 charging mucous or other matter from the 
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lungs or trachea, and, second, the substance
so discharged.
   The term in its first meaning is synonymous
with coughing, and need not  further occupy
our attention, but in its second, we find  so
many  important  considerations  connected
with the diagnosis of diseases, that  we must
pause awhile to consider it.  It is by the nature
of the expectoration that the operator is en-
abled to judge of the character and progress
of the malady with which  he  has to contend.
If this is frothy, it indicates active bronchitis,
catarrh, or influenza; if stringy, and of a whit-
ish or yellowish color, the bronchitis has be-
come chronic, or spasmodic, or there may  be
whooping-cough  present  or  impending;  if
purulent, it may indicate the  latter  stages  of
catarrh or influenza, especially if the sputa, or
matter spat up, is mixed more or  less with a
tenacious mucous, genuine pus, capable of be-
ing poured from one vessel to another, indi-
cates the bursting of a vomica on the lungs,
or of the matter of the  empyema,  having
found its way into the bronchial passages, the
yellow matter often expectorated in humoral
asthma is not truly purulent, but to a large  ex-
tent mucous.   If lumpy, there can be no mis-
take as to the nature of the disease, pulmonary
consumption has fairly  set in, and made con-
siderable advances;   there is surely to be a
softening and  breaking up of the tubercles, 
        The Symptoms  of  Disease.     217

where  there are  small  whitish  or  yellowish
lumps expectorated along with the clear fluid
on wliich they float, perfectly  distinct.  If
membraneous, the sputa indicates inflamma-
tory action of a  chronic, most likely of a
croupy character.  If stringy and of a rusty-
colored,  there is certainly pneumonia;  if
bloody, there is hemoptytis,—either a blood
vessel on the lungs has broken, or  the blood
has oozed through the membrane of the bron-
chial tubes, both  of which are symptoms of a
very diseased state of the tissues, and indica-
tive  of very great danger to the patient.  If
offensive and putrid, there may be gangrene
of the lungs, but this is only a single sign,
and not to be relied on alone. _
   These are the chief  distinctive characters
which expectoration assumes, and its increase
or decrease in bulk or density, its varieties of
tint, and other particular changes, tell to the
operator of experience how the case progresses,
and whe'ther it is likely to  terminate in con-
valescence or death.
   The Temperaments—In  physiology  temp-
erament has been defined as a peculiar organi-
zation of the system common to several indi-
viduals, which to a certain extent  influences
the thoughts and actions. There is besides in
each individual  a further peculiarity of or-
ganizations which serves to  distinguish  his
temperamient from that of another  person, to 
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whom, however, he may in other respects bear
a great resemblance.  This individual  tem-
perament is called IDIOSYNORASl.
  Four temperaments  were distinguished by
the old schools, founded on the notion of four
qualities which entered into the constitution
of man, and were supposed to temper  each
other,  and influence  the character, according
as one or other prevailed over the rest. These
qualities were, in the abstract—hot, cold, dry,
moist; in the concrete—fire, air, earth, water,
and their highest point of development was:
   1.   The Sanguine,  or  Sanguineous  Tem-
perament, supposed to be characterized  by a
full habit, soft skin, ruddy complexion, blue
eyes, red or auburn hair, frequent pulse,  large
veins,  and vivid sensations.
   The  Atrabilious, or Melancholic Tempera-
ment,  described as existing in a  thinner but
firmer frame than the  preceding,  with a dark
complexion, black hair, and a slower circula-
tion, a nervous system less easily moved,  and a
character grave and meditative.
   3.   The Bilious or Choleric Temperament,
intermediate  between  the two  preceding,
mafked by  black  curling  hair, dark eyes, a
swarthy, and  at the  same time, a ruddy com-
plexion, a thick,  rough,  hairy skin,»and a
strong  full pulse.
   4.   The Phlegmatic, or Pituitous Tempera- 
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ment.   This differs from all the rest in the
laxity  of  the skin, the lighter color  of the
hair, and the greater sluggishness of the facul-
ties.   Without keeping  to the old theory,
modern physiologists to a certain extent adopt
these terms, to which they have added.
  5.   The Nervous Temperament, marked by
some of the above named characteristics, with
a quick and brilliant intellect,  and great sus-
ceptibility.  Kot often do these temperaments
occur in a pure form.  We meet with the in-
dications  of two,  or  even  three,  of them
mingled in one person,—whom, therefore, we
must call  nervous-sanguine, or liervous-bili-
ous-sanguine, as the case may be.
  Viewing  temperament  as  a predisposing
cause  of disease, we  may  say that  sanguine
persons are more liable to acute inflammation
than others, nervous, to mental disorders and
affections of the nerves, phlegmatic, to scro-
fula, phlegmatico-sanguine, to  gout, and bili-
ous, to hypochondria, and  disorders of the di-
gestive organs.
  Idiosyncrasy—In most  persons there  are
certain mental bodily peculiarities which we
term IDIOSYXCBASIES; and  these, to  a
certain extent, shape and fashion the life and
mode  of  thought,  and greatly influence the
state of health.  In reference to the latter sub-
ject, when we say that a man has a predisposi-
tion to gout or gravel, we allude to one of his 
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 idiosyncrasies,  and we speak of that gouty or
 other state of that man as his Diathesis.  What
 we call antipathies are the peculiar result of
 states  or  conditions of the system, to which
 the above terms may be properly applied, and
 it is impossible to affix any assignable cause
 for these, nor  can the operator be  aware of
 them until he has noticed them in their effects,
 or been informed of them by the patient or
 his friends.
   To some persons a peculiar odor is perfectly
 unbearable,  others  cannot  abide a  certain
 sound, the sight of an insect, or other animal
 not obnoxious to other  people, will make this
 or that person ready to faint away,  and fill
 the mind with a nameless dread.
   The operator will find in studying the tem-
 peraments,  a  great advantage  in  gaining
 knowledge of your patient's condition, and he
 will  better know  how to handle the case in
 order to produce  the best results.  It will be
 observed  that  the mind  is  looming up all
 through the temperaments in a more or less
 degree,  and  demonstrates  that it  dominates
the body in its  entirety. 
Conditions of Health.       221
      CONDITIONS  OF HEALTH.

  The reader may wonder why health is sup-
posed to exist, and be possessed by man condi-
tionally.   There is just one straight and nar-
row path, and as long  as we are in this path
all is  well, everything will be in perfect har-
mony, but the very first deviation  develops a
discord, the machinery is out of balance, and
it begins to show signs  of weakness.  The en-
gineer must thoroughly understand his engine,
and when there seems to be parts needing his
attention, and a readjustment sets aright the
unbalanced part, the  machinery  moves off
again in  perfect harmony.  It is often asked
what  is meant  by the  term "health," by its
observance a vast number of  diseases may be
averted, if not the whole category of ailments
to which humanity is heir. The diagnosis of
one's  own case  is where  the whole trouble
rests.   Symptoms of perfect health  in some
persons are mistaken for indications of disease,
and the mind accepts it as a fact, and finally it
works into the body these expressions, and the
condition so much to be avoided is developed
into a reality.  The real ideal  of  health is a
sound mind in a sound body.  A man's mind
or soul must be right  and his  body  must be
right  or he is not a healthy man.   Our bodies
are made up of  certain substances, which
under the different functions are constantly 
222    The  Practical Magnetic Healer.

worn out, so that being during our whole lives
in a constant  waste there must be a regular
supply of food  to replace this waste.  Men
do not eat simply to satisfy  appetite.   The
object in taking food  is to keep up the origi-
nal size, etc., of the body, and to replace those
worn out parts.  The  human body is a warm
body, and is constantly emitting heat, and the
heat so emitted  must  be replaced.  The ani-
mal  body has  often been compared to a loco-
motive, in which by food, air and water, heat
is generated.  Food may be considered as the
fuel, but it does not serve to generate heat only
as in the locomotive,  but to form new parti-
cles  for growth  of the  body,  and to replace
those Worn  out.  Whilst in the engine the
machinery is  constantly wearing  out, the
body, up  to a certain time, by means of its
fuel, is  constantly replacing the waste, and
even serving for the increase of the body.
  All the different articles of food may be
reduced to two great groups.  1st, flesh-form-
ing  substances,  and 2nd, heat forming sub-
stances.  The flesh of men and animals showed
a third-class of nutritive substances, known as
nutritive salts.   These salts  have only begun
to be recognized during the last few years.
The  salts may be  seen  in the  form of ashes
when any food is burned—such as salt, phos-
phoric  acid, potash,  etc.  The flesh-forming
substances are required  to form the flesh and 
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muscles, the heat forming substances to sup-
ply fat,  which may be considered  the  store-
house  of beat,  and the salts of the  bones.
Good food must contain a  certain amount of
flesh  forming  substances,  heat  substances,
and nutritive salts.  It was popularly stated
that a certain weight of eggs was equal to
the same weight of flesh-meat, but it has long
been known that eggs are not equal to meat.
With flesh-meat  a carnivorous  animal may
support life, but  it is not so with eggs.  A dog
may eat eggs but can not digest them.  If
it jean digest them it can not live upon them,
this is because the parts  of the egg eaten do
not contain a particle of nutritive salts.  If
we must eat  eggs for the full nutriment we
must eat the shells also.
   The contents of the egg when being hatched
have not one atom of salts in them, yet when
the chick comes  forth it  comes with the due
portion of phosphate of lime, as in men.  This
is due  to the fact that the contents  of the
shell are  able to  dissolve the inner portion of
the shell, and build it up into bones, and thus
at the same time get the shell ready  to break.
There was a great argument a few years ago
as to how the chick got out of the shell.  True,
the beak is so arranged at  a certain point as
to be ready to break the shell, but with all its
power the chick can not break its shell but for
the removal of the inner portion of the shell to 
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build up its bones.  It is much the same with
meat—if soaked in water  it becomes useless;
hence the value of salt.  In salting meat 15
per cent of the  nutritive parts are taken up
with  the brine,  and salted pork is far more
nutritive than raw or boiled ham.  It is well
known that a man dying of starvation can not
satisfy himself with boiled ham.   It can not
be  eaten and enjoyed, except  when other
things are taken along with it.  Raw meats,
especially pork should not be eaten, because
they contain germs which become tape worms.
Pork, if eaten raw,  is often positively poison-
ous.  By the judicious mixing of the nutritive
salts, different kinds of food which want them
are good.  It is this  mixing of food which
make porridge and milk  furnish perfect nutri-
ment even for an adult.  It is a pity the cus-
tom of eating porridge and milk is  dying out,
for it is  as good a  food for keeping up  the
substance, the animal heat,  and strength as
anything that could be  eaten.
  It is also an ascertained  fact that a dog fed
upon  white  bread,  dies, whereas  his health
does not  suffer at all if  fed  on  brown bread.
The reason of this is that in dressing the white
bread a  certain necessary portion is taken
away.  What  is true  of the dog is true also
of the man.  In dressing white flour the bran
is taken away. How many more men can be
fed upon brown bread than if fed upon white 
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at present in this country?  At least a million.
We are wasting the produce of  the earth to
the extent  of  at  least one-thirtieth by not
using the bran in  the bread.  There is not a
child  who, if it had taken brown bread for a
time,  but would prefer it.
  This is a natural instinct, and these instincts
are given for a wise purpose.  The appetite is
so constructed as to select such foods as  is es-
sential to the maintenance and reconstruction
of the body. The appetite dictates as to kind
and quantity necessary, and should be catered
to, to a certain extent,  and not be left to have
full sway, but should be under the limited in-
fluence of reason at all times.
  Milk contains, out of 100 parts, 4-£ parts of
flesh forming substances,  8  parts of heat giv-
ing substances, and the rest is a little mineral
and water.  Milk is a natural type of food, but
only for children.   Butchers meat contains 22
parts  of  flesh-forming substances,  14 of the
heat giving principle, -J of mineral and the
rest water.  Bacon contains only 8 of the flesh
forming  substances, and 62 of the  heat giv-
ing principle.   The relative portion of fish  are
respectively 14 flesh forming, 7 heat giving, 1
mineral salts, 78 water; flour, 17 flesh forming
and 66 heat giving.  It consisting mainly of
starch, which is an essential to the heat giv-
ing principle;   oat meal, 13 flesh forming,
70 heat  giving, 3  mineral  salts;  potatoes, 1 
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flesh forming, 22  heat  giving, as it consists,
like flour, mainly of starch and water.  Sugar
has not a particle of flesh forming ingredient,
but consist entirely of  the heat giving prin-
ciple.  Bread has  6  flesh-forming, 38  heat
giving, 1-J- mineral salts, and IS water; cheese
31 flesh forming,  25  heat giving,  4 mineral
salts.   In beer there is  not actually one part
of flesh forming principle, and only 9 of the
heat giving out  of one  hundred parts.  It is
almost entirely  water.   The flesh forming
foods are characterized by containing  nitro-
gen, and the heat giving by  containing car-
bon.  From these facts we  can easily estimate
the relative value  of different kinds of foods
for sustaining the  body.  In  a case of illness
these facts guide the operator.  If a man is
suffering from inflammation, and has been
a great eater, they do not give him flesh form-
ing foods, but the other kind to let him burn
it off.  Mlilk is the  standard, and to every hun-
dred parts of nitrogen in human milk, cow's
milk contains 237 parts. Milk is intended for
the nourishment for persons only in a state of
quietude,  such as  babies.  The practice  of
letting babies sit up before they can well  do
so and having something of everything on the
table, is not a wise one, but a very ruinous one.
Milk  should be given—and that alone—to a
child until it gets  its teeth.   Another ques-
tion regarding food is if, when taken, it  can 
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be digested.  One kind might be very nutri-
tious, but might be inferior  to another with
not quite so much nourishment in it.  Suppose
a man were to take some highly nourishing
food, but after taking it, could not digest it,
it is of less value than others which were not so
nourishing, but which could be digested.  In-
deed it is worse, if they made the stomach do
twice the work for half the value.   There is
great difference in the digestibility of food.
Eice boiled soft, digested in an hour; apples,
sweet and ripe, in 1^ hours;  sago, If to  2
hours;  milk in 2 hours;  cabbage,  2  hours;
parsnips,   2-|  hours;   roasted potatoes, 2-|
hours;   boiled potatoes,  3^  hours;   carrots,
3f hours; butter and bread,  3^ hours;  veni-
son,  1-| hours;  oysters, 2 hours;  raw eggs the
same; soft boiled, 3 hours;  hard boiled, 3^
hours;  salt beef, 5-J hours; mutton, 3 hours;
pork, 3^ hours;  salt pork, 4 hours and 38 min-
utes, etc.  Xot only must food be of proper
quality and such as could be digested, but care
must be taken that it is cooked in the proper
manner.   Many articles are spoiled by im-
proper  cooking;  and many  a good cook will*
improve an inferior article.  The French peas-
ant  lives on an amount of food that would as-
tonish many, for the way he dresses it up and
fixes it makes it go a long way.  We actually
use  more food than we need, and it is wasted
in the system, for it is given to the stomach  in 
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such a way that the stomach cannot use it.
Another point is to see that no part of the
strength  of the  meat is  wasted in cooking.
ISTot  one person  in  five hundred knows how
to make a cup of beef tea or boil a leg of mut-
ton.  If they put beef for beef tea in boiling
water they are sure to leave a great deal of the
nutriment in the meat and of course so  much
the less in the tea.   AVhen people want to get
all the strength out of the beef, they should
take  a piece of lean meat, mince it fine, put it
into cold water, and  afterwards gradually heat
the water to a boiling pitch,  but by no means
do this quickly.  If they want boiled mutton
to be juicy,  they must put it into boiling
water, which will have the effect of coagulat-
ing the albumen, thus retaining the juices.
Another important  matter is the amount of
food taken.  This ought to be considered by
the amount of work a man has to perform.
The  amount of food must vary according to
the climate.  Foods containing fat are required
for winter, and containing starch for summer.
In India it is almost necessary to live on rice,
in Lapland the people have to eat an enormous
amount of fat to keep up the  heat of the body.
People  should always remember  that  they
ought to eat to live,  and not live to eat,  as too
many seem to do.  More than half of the in-
habitants of this country do not remember this
maxim.  It is, therefore, better to get up from 
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the table with an appetite than to feel that you
can not take any more.   Some systems need
more than  others,  but common sense must
guide a man in this matter. There is almost as
much  intemperance in eating as there is  in
drinking.  Food taken into the stomach when
not needed is an incubus, and the  system  in
trying to get rid of it is often diseased.  It is
an old saying, that  good eating requires good
rest, and it is true, here the importance of not
taking active exercise  of  body or mind after
the principle meal  of the day.   Food when
taken  into the Stomach requires  an  extra
amount of blood to digest it.  If we  indulge
in reading the blood is taken away.   There
should be a good breakfast, a little food taken
in the middle of the day, and a full meal when
the day's work is done. There is much truth
in the  saying:
        After dinner sit awhile;
        After supper walk a mile.
  The supper should be light. Long fasting
is objectionable.   The food should be  well
masticated,  and for this  purpose teeth were
given  to us.   Food  imperfectly masticated
takes a long time to digest, and putrifies in the
stomach, tainting the breath.  Hence the im-
portance of having artificial  teeth  when our
natural ones are gone, for there can be no
doubt that modern dentistry has lengthened
the  average duration  of life in this country, 
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Then as to suitable drinks.  It is evident from
the natural constitution of our bodies, and the
very abundant supply, that God intended that
our  drink should  consist mainly  of water.
Everybody  is agreed as to the suitability of
water as a drink, but everyone is not agreed as
to whether it should be taken alone or with
something in it.  In all nations yet discovered,
some kind of artificial stimulants  are used.
Some are less than others, but all or any of
them taken  to excess  are injurious  to both
mind and body.  In moderation at least some
of them  are  useful,  such as  tea after a hard
dayYwork.   A cup of tea is far more refresh-
ing than a glass of spirits  or wine.   Perhaps
a safe rule is for persons to take those articles
which do not intoxicate at their own discre-
tion, such as tea or coffee, etc., whilst those
which are intoxicating should not be taken ex-
cept under judicious advice.   It must not be
forgotten that good wholesome  food  is  the
power, whilst stimulants  are  only the whip.
Another  condition of health is plenty of fresh
air.
  Air is as necessary to existence as food, and
its total»deprivation is still more rapidly fatal;
but the quality of air is also of nearly equal
importance,  though this  is  not  so  readily
proved.  Nevertheless, it is an admitted fact
that pure air, uncontaminated either by de-
composing animal, vegetable, or mineral pro- 
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ducts, is of  the greatest consequence to the
human race.  Whatever renders the blood im-
pure tends to originate consumption.  What-
ever makes  the air impure makes the blood
impure.  It  is the air we breathe which puri-
fies the blood.   And as, if the water we use
to wash our clothing is dirty, it is impossible
to wash the clothing clean, so if the air we
breathe is impure, it is impossible to abstract
the impurities from the blood.
   What, then, are some of the more important
things which render the air impure?  It is the
nature of still water to  become impure.  Run-
ning water purifies itself.   Air in motion,
draughts of air, are self purifiers.  Thus it is
that the air of a close room becomes inevitably
impure.  Thus it is that close rooms cause con-
sumption, or most anything that may be sug-
gested.  Hence all rooms should  be con-
stiucted as to have a constant draught of air
passing through them.
   A man of ordinary size renders a hogshead
of air unfit for breathing and consumes its
blood purifying qualities every hour.  Hence
sleeping in close rooms, even though alone, is
perfectly corrupting to the blood.  Close bed-
rooms prepare  the graves for thousands.  The
simple fact  set forth by Dr. Arnott, long ago,
that a canary bird suspended near the top of
a curtained bedstead,  in  which  people  are
sleeping will generally be  found dead in the 
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 morning,  should  be sufficient to show  the
 danger of breathing a vitiated medium,  and
 the necessity of providing a constant supply
 of fresh air in  our  dwellings.    Impure air,
 however, cannot be  seen.  Its  effects are not
 immediate;  and so it  is allowed to kill its
 thousands annually.
   A healthy full grown man  respires  about
 twenty times per minute, and  inhales in that
 time about 700 cubic inches of  air.
   Fresh air contains twenty-three per cent of
 oxygen by the process of respiration the oxy-
 gen is reduced  to eleven per  cent., and  the
 carbonic acid is  increased to rather more than
 eight per cent.  Three and a half per cent of
 this gas renders air  unfit to sustain life; and
 this will give some notion of the large  quan-
 tity of air required for the healthful occupa-
 tion of a building by a number of persons,
 especially of sleeping rooms.
   It is very important upon taking a  house
 to consider beforehand all the advantages and
 disadvantages connected  with  the proposed
 residence;  for not only the physical comfort
 of a family, but all its mental and mental well-
 being, is materially affected by its selection.
   The primary advantage every home should
 possess is healthiness.    Do not choose your
 house in low, damp situations, however cheap
it may apparently be, houses in such situations
cannot be well drained, and the consequence 
Conditions of llecdth.
is that fever and cholera often prevails in such
a locality.  A house built on dry, gravelly soil,
or on rising ground, and where the drains are
in good order, should be selected as being that
in which health may be preserved.  The signs
of damp are the molding of the walls, paper
hanging mouldy and pealing off, and moist
floors.  High and dry situations, with a free
circulation of air, whether in towns or in the
country, are proverbially healthy; whilst those
which are low and damp, or surrounded by
confined air, are the opposite.
   A  plentiful supply of pure: water is indis-
pensable  both for  drinking and cleansing;
good health cannot be expected if  impure
water is drank, and you cannot have comfort
in a dirty house or in dirty linen.  Therefore
let "cleanliness be next to godliness."
   The signs of  good water are, that it easily
becomes hot or cold, that in summer it is cool,
and in winter it is  slightly lukewarm; that a
drop dried on a clean cloth leaves no  stain
behind;   it has likewise no taste nor smell.
   Another sign is,  that  pure  water, when
boiled, becomes hot and afterwards grows cold
sooner than water impregnated with  impure
substances.  Standing pools and wells are not
unfrequently impure.
   The  selection of temporary residence  is a
matter  of great importance; for one class an
elevated situation,  and a dry bracing air, will 
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be most proper, a sheltered residence, with a
milder air, will be suitable for another, whilst
the sea-side may be preferable for a third.
  Besides what has been said on the necessity
of change of climate for those afflicted with
organic diseases, a change  of residence and
scene may have a beneficial effect on health.
Those persons accustomed to sedentary habits
or pursuits  in town, frequently derive ade-
quate beneficial results by  a short resort to a
suburban district on the sea-side. The nervous
system is  braced by the change, and all  the
functions are brought into more vigorous play.
  Exercise comes next to air  and food in its
bearing upon the healthy development of the
human frame, but its effects  depend upon a
different chain of laws.   Respiration, circula-
tion,  digestion, secretion, and all the bodily
functions are assisted by it.  The evil results
of the want or deficiency of exercise are seen
in persons of indolent life or sedentary habits.
Indigestion,  costiveness, and  a multitude of
chronic maladies are produced, besides  the
general derangements and discomforts of the
whole system under  which nervous and hypo-
chondriacal patients suffer.
   Without  exercise the frame becomes con-
tracted and enfeebled, the  internal functions
of the body deranged, and the brain incapable
of any great mental effort.  With it the ma-
chinery of life goes on with vigor and regular- 
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ity, and the mind is stimulated to healthy ac-
tion.   The  benefits of exercise  therefore to
those whose occupation does not require  any
physical  exertion, cannot be too highly esti-
mated.   The  body  must undergo' a  certain
amount  of  fatigue to preserve  its  natural
strength,  and maintain all the muscles  and
organs in proper vigor.   The activity equal-
izes the circulation, and distributes the blood
more effectually through every part.
   Cold feet, or chill anywhere, shows that the
circulation  is languid  there.   The  muscles
during exercise  press on the veins,, and help
on the currents  by quickening  every vessel
to activity.
   When  exercise  is  neglected, the  blood
gathers too  much at the  central regions  and
the impression about the heart,  difficulty of
breathing,  lowness  of spirits,  anxiety  and
heaviness, numerous aches and stitches,  and
evidence of stagnation.
   The exact amount of exercise  depends in a
great measure upon the person's strength, but
under ordinary  circumstances every person
should pass  at least two hours daily in open-
air exercise.   The delicate may take exercise
within doors,  selecting the largest room with
the window open, and walking to and fro for
an hour or more.
   Exercise is therefore necessary as  an ordi-
nary  excitant to  be brought into daily opera- 
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tion that vigor of the functions of the body
may be preserved; it is the merciful provision
by which the decree "that man should  earn
his bread by the sweat of his brow" has been
converted into a blessing;  it is that which
gives the laborer sound sleep and  a good
appetite.
  Cleanliness has a powerful influence on the
health and preservation of the body.   Cleanli-
ness in our garments and persons prevents the
pernicious effects of dampness, bad-smells, and
contagious  vapors, arising  from  putrescent
substances.   Cleanliness  keeps up a free per-
spiration, renews the air, refreshes the blood,
and  even animates and enlivens the mind.
  Frequent evolutions of the body in water
is not only  necessary to  cleanliness and com-
fort, but it  is also necessary to the preserva-
tion of health.
  The explanation of this is,  that the pores
of the skin  act as agents for removing from
the body useless and superfluous matter, which
is constantly being generated.  If this refuse
is  suffered  to accumulate, it forms  a thick,
hard crust, which obstructs the pores and im-
pedes their  functions.
  To oviate these evil effects, the whole body
should be subjected daily to an ablution in
cold water, or to friction with a damp  cloth.
  As we have above stated, when it is consid-
ered that the well being of the whole frame 
           Conditions of Health.       237

depends  in  a great measure on  the healthy
condition of the skin,  the importance of bath-
ing is obvious;  and for this purpose, either the
cold or tepid bath may be employed.  Besides
being necessary to cleanliness, the cold bath,
when used by persons in health, increases the
tone of the stomach, strengthens the digestive
organs, and by diminishing the  sensibility of
the  whole system, particularly of the skin,
renders the whole body less susceptible to at-
mospheric impressions from cold, wet,  and
sudden changes of temperature.   The interval
for a person to remain in a cold bath should
not at any time exceed ten or fifteen minutes,
and in winter not more than five minutes.  In
the  morning,  before  breakfast,  is the  most
strengthening time for those in health to in-
dulge in the bath; but those of less vigorous
frame should  bathe  about  two hours  after
breakfast.
   The use of the tepid bath is more important
for the purpose of cleanliness, and the general
preservation of the health,  than as a remedy
for  disease,  although in the latter case it is
generally valuable. The range of temperature
extends  from  85 to  92  degrees;  and it is
sometimes employed  previously to the  cold
bath, the bather lowering the heat gradually,
each time until he arrives at that of  the cold
bath, or the mere purposes of ablution,  the
tepid water  is the best,  choosing the particu- 
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lar degree  that is the most desirable.   It is
very refreshing after fatigue  and traveling,
and  is equally serviceable, occasionally,  to
persons of sedentary habits.

               SUCCESS.
            (From The Path of Life.)

   Twenty clerks in a store; twenty hands in
a  printing office; twenty  apprentices  in a
shipyard; twenty  young men in a village; all
want to get on in the world,  and expect to
succeed.   One of the clerks will become a
partner and make a fortune; one of the com-
positors will own a newspaper and become an
influential citizen; one of the apprentices will
become a master  builder; one of the young
villagers  will get  a handsome  farm and live
like  a patriarch; but which one is the lucky
individual?  Lucky!  There is no luck about
it.   The thing is almost as certain as the Rule
of Three.  The young fellow who will dis-
tance his  competitors is  he who  masters his
business, who preserves his integrity, who
lives cleanly and purely, who devotes his leis-
ure  hours to acquisition of knowledge, who
never gets in debt, who gains friends by de-
serving them, and who saves his spare money.
There  are some ways to fortune shorter than
this  old dusty highway; but the staunch men
of  the community,  the  men who achieve 
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something really worth having, good fortune
and serene old age, all go on in this road.
  We hear a great deal about "good luck" and
"bad luck."  If a person  has prospered in
business, he is said to have had "good luck."
If he has failed, he has had "bad luck."  If
he has been sick, good or bad luck  is said to
have visited him, accordingly as he.got well
or died.  Or, if he has remained in  good
health,  while others have  been attacked by
some epidemic  disease,  he  has  had  "good
luck" to escape that which others  have had
the "bad luck'  to be seized.  Good  or bad
luck is, in most cases, but a synonym for good
or bad judgment.   The prudent, the consid-
erate, and the circumspect seldom complain of
ill luck.
   We do not  know anything which  more
fascinates youth than what, for want of a bet-
ter word, we may call brilliancy.  Gradually,
however, this  peculiar  kind  of  estimation
changes very much.  It is no- longer  those
who are brilliant, those who  affect  to do the
most and the best work with the least apparent
pains and trouble, who we are most inclined
to admire.   We eventually come to> admire
labor,  and to respect it the  more,  the  more
openly it is  proclaimed by  the laborious man
to be the cause  of his success, if he has any
success to boast of.
   A great moral  safeguard  is habits of in- 
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 dustry.  This promotes  our happiness; and
 also leaves no cravings for those vices which
 lead on and down to sin and its untold mis-
 eries.  Industry conducts to prosperity.  Fort-
 unes may, it is true, be won in one day; but
 they may be lost in one day.  It is only the
 hand of the diligent  that makes one perma-
 nently rich.   The late Dr. Ticknor,  of Bos-
 ton, a model merchant and publisher, in his
 last hours spoke of the value of a steady pur-
 suit of one's legitimate  business.  He com-
 mented on the insane traffic in gold at that
 moment, as ruinous to  the country and the
 parties engaged in it.
   "The pathway of its tracks,"  said he, "is
 strewn with wrecks of men and fortunes; but
 few have failed of  success who  were  honest,
 earnest, and patient."   He attributed his own
 success to  his  clinging to  his resolution to
 avoid all speculations, and steadily pursuing
 the business of his choice.   He had been bred
 to the trade of  a broker;  but thought it as
 dangerous as the lottery and dice.
   And no young man could fail to be warned
 by him, who had seen the frenzy that comes
 over the "Brokers' Board."
   "A  babble  of conflicting sounds—a hot
 oven of excitement" is that board; it is a moral
storm which few can withstand.
   How much wiser is he who keeps out of the 
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241
whirlpool, content with an honest calling and
reasonable gains.
   Who are the successful men?   They  are
those who when boys were compelled to work
either to help themselves or their parents, and
who when a little older were under the stern
necessity of doing more than their legitimate
share of labor; who as young men had their
wits sharpened by having  to devise ways and
means  of making their time more available
than it would be  under  ordinary circum-
stances.  Hence in  reading lives of eminent
men who have greatly distinguished  them-
selves,  we find their  youth  passed in self-
denials  of food, sleep, rest, and recreation.
They sat up late, rose early, to the perform-
ance of imperative duties,  doing by daylight
the work of one man,  and by night that of
another.
   Said a gentleman,  the  other day,  now a
private banker of high integrity  and who
started in life without a dollar: "For years
I was in my place of business by sunrise, and
often did not leave it for  fifteen or eighteen
hours."  Let not,  then, any youth, be dis-
couraged if he has to make his own living, or
even to support a widowed mother, or a sick
sister,  or unfortunate relative; for this has
been the road to eminence of many a proud
name.   This is the path  which printers and
teachers have often trod—thorny enough at
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212  The Practical Magnetic Healer.

times, at others so beset with obstacles as to
be almost impassable; but the way was cleared,
sunshine came, success  followed—then  the
glory and the renown.
   The secret of one's  success or failure in
nearly every enterprise is usually  contained
in answer  to the question:  How  earnest is
he?   Success is the  child  of confidence and
perseverance.   The talent of success is simply
doing what you can do well, and doing well
whatever you do—without a thought of fame.
Fame never comes because it is craved.   Suc-
cess is the best test  of capacity.  Success is
not always a proper  criterion for judging a
man's  character.  It is certain that success
naturally confirms us in a favorable opinion of
ourselves.   Success  in  life consists  in  the
proper and harmonious development of those
faculties which God has given us.  Be thrifty
that you may have where with to be charita-
ble.   He  that labors and thrives spins gold.
   We are familiar  with people who  whine
continually at fate.   To believe them, never
was a lot so hard as theirs; yet those who know
their history will generally tell you that their
life has been one long tale of  opportunities
disregarded,  or  misfortunes  otherwise  de-
served.  Perhaps they  were born poor.  In
this case they hate the rich, and have always
hated them, but without ever having emulated
their prudence or energy.   Perhaps they have 
Success.
213
seen their rivals more favored by accident.
In this event they forgot how many have been
less lucky than themselves; so they squandered
their little, because, as they say, they cannot
save as much as others.  Irritated at life, they
grow  old  prematurely.   Dissatisfied  with
everything, they never permit themselves to
be happy.  Because they are not born at the
top of the wheel of fortune, they refuse to
take hold of the spoke as the latter  comes
around, but  lie stubborn to  the dirt, crying-
like spoiled children, neither doing anything
themselves, nor permitting others to do it for
them.
  Some  men make a mistake  in marrying.
They do not in this matter either begin right.
Have they their fortunes still to make?   Too
often, instead of seeking one who would be
a helpmate in the true sense of the term, they
unite themselves to  a  giddy,  improvident
creature, with nothing to recommend her but
the face of a doll  and a few showy accom-
plishments.   Such  a wife, they discover too
late, neither makes home  happy nor helps to
increase   her  husband's  means.  At  first,
thriftless,  extravagant  and   careless,  she
gradually  becomes  cross  and  reproachful,
and  while  she  envies  other   women,  and
reproaches  her  husband  because  he  can
not  afford to maintain  her  like  them,  is
really the principal cause of his ill  fortune. 
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The selection of a proper companion is one of
the most important concerns of life.   A well-
assorted marriage assists,  instead  of retarding,
a man's prosperity.   Select  a sensible, agree-
able, amiable woman, and you will have se-
cured a prize "better than  riches."   If you
do otherwise, then, alas for you!
   Treat everyone with respect  and civility.
"Everything is gained, and  nothing lost, by
courtesy."   Good  manners  insure   success.
.Never anticipate wealth from any other source
than labor.   "He who waits for dead men's
shoes may have to go a long time bare foot."
And  above all,  Xil   desperandum,"  for
"Heaven helps those who help  themselves."
If you implicitly follow these precepts,  noth-
ing can hinder  you from accumulating.  Let
the business of everybody else alone,  and at-
tend to your own; don't  buy what you don't
want; use every hour to advantage,  and study
to make even leisure  hours useful; think twice
before you throw away a shilling; remember
you will have another to make for it; find rec-
reation in  your own business;  buy low, sell
fair, and take  care of the profits;  look over
your books regularly, and, if  you  find an error,
trace it out; should a stroke of misfortune
come over your trade, retrench,  work harder,
but never  fly the track;  confront difficulties
with unceasing perseverance, and  they will
disappear at last;  though you should fail in 
Success.              215
the struggle, you will be honored; but shrink
from the task and you will be despised.
  Engage in one kind of business only,  and
stick to it faithfully until you succeed, or un-
til  your experience  shows that you should
abandon it.   A constant hammering on  one
nail will generally drive it home at last, so
that it can be clinched.   When a man's undi-
vided attention is centered on one object, his
mind will constantly be suggesting improve-
ments of value, which would escape him if
his brain was occupied by a dozen different
subjects at once.  ]\lany a fortune has slipped
through a man's fingers because he was en-
gaging in too  many occupations at a time.
There is good sense in the old caution against
having too many irons in the fire at once.
  "At  thy  first entrance upon thy estate,"
once said a  wise man, "keep a low sail, that
thou mayst  rise with honor; thou canst not        •
decline Avithout shame; he that begins where
his  father ends, will  end where his father be-
gan."   An  English  judge being asked what
contributed  most to the success at the bar, re-
plied,  '"Some succeed by great talent, some
by the influence of friends, some by a miracle,
but  the  majority by commencing without a
shilling."
  Everywhere  in human experience, as  fre-
quently in nature, hardship is the vestibule of
the  highest  success.   That magnificent  oak 
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was detained twenty  years  in  its  upward
growth while its roots took a great turn around
a boulder by which the tree was anchored to
withstand the storms of  centuries. '
  In our intercourse with the world a cau-
tious circumspection is  of  great  advantage.
Slowness  of  belief, and  proper distrust, are
essential to success.  The' credulous and con-
fiding are ever the dupes of knaves  and im-
posters.   Ask those who  have lost their prop-
erty how it happened, and you  will find in
most cases it has been owing to misplaced con-
fidence.   One has lost by endorsing; another
by crediting; another by false representations;
all of which a little more  foresight and a little
more distrust would have prevented.   In the
affairs of this world men are not saved by
faith, but by the  want of it.
  They who are eminently successful in busi-
ness, or  who achieve  greatness,  or   even
notoriety in any pursuit,  must expect to make
enemies.  AVhoever becomes distinguished is
sure to  be a mark for the malicious spite of
those who, not deserving success themselves,
are galled by the merited triumph of the more
worthy.   ^Moreover, the  opposition  which
originates in such despicable motives, is sure
to be the most unscrupulous  character; hesi-
tating at no iniquity, descending to the shab-
biest littleness.   Opposition,  if it be honest
and manly, is not in itself undesirable.   It is 
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217
the whetstone by  which a highly tempered
nature is polished and sharpened.
  He that has never known adversity,  is but
half acquainted with others or with  himself.
Constant success shows us but one side  of the
world.  For, as it  surrounds  us with friends,
who will tell us only our merits,  so it silences
those enemies from whom alone we can learn
our defects.
 
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              TESTIMONIALS.
Hip Joint Disease and Rheumatism Cured in One
                     Week.
               St. Paul, Kan., March 31st, 1899.
  It is with a grateful heart that I write this tes-
timonial  of  Prof. Brown's magnetic treatment.
On April 18th,  of last year, I fell and dislocated
my hip and  injured  my knee.  I  also had rheu-
matism which  crippled me so  that  I could not
walk or  even .dress myself.  1 was examined  by
a  specialist who pronounced  my case hip joint
disease, and said that  it would  cost a large amount
of money and a long time to cure me. My mother
heard of  the Weltmer Magnetic Institute and con-
cluded to send  me to  Nevada,  Missouri, for treat-
ment.  I  went there and remained one week, and
lor five dollars I received seven treatments, and
am happy to say that I am cured.  I was treated
by Prof.  G. M.  Brown, and will always feel grate-
ful to  him, (after my  kind parents,  who sent me
to him) for my  cure, and his kindness to me while
under  his treatment.   I recommend  his magnetic
treatment to all who  are  in anv way afflicted.
                             ROSE LANHAM.
              St. Paul, Kan., March 31st, 1899.
  PROF. G. M. BROWN—Dear Sir—Rose arrived
home on  Wednesday;  I can't begin to tell you
how glad  I am to  see  her  walking  again.  I
wouldn't see her as she was when she left home
for ten thousand dollars. Please accept my heart-
felt thanks for her cure, also for your kind treat-
men of her while in your care. I send you Rose's
picture  which you can use if you wish, in  your
advertisements.   Very respectfully,
                       MRS. S. L. LANHAM.
Nervous Prostration and  Partial Paralysis  Cured
                 in Ten  Days.
                     Enid, Ok.,  May  1st, 1899.
  For five years I have suffered from a complica-
tion of diseases.  The aftermath of a most severe
case of lagrippe, resulting at last in nervous pros- 
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tration  and partial  paralysis.  I was almost en-
tirely without  hope of ever being well again.  I
received the best medical attendance  but obtained
no relief.  At the beginning of  April,  1899, I went
to Nevada, Missouri, for treatment from Prof. G.
M. Brown, that most powerful or magnetic heal-
ers.  After the  sixth treatment I could walk  a
mile without  fatigue,  and  feel"today that I am
fully restored to life, health and hope.
  Words are  inadequate to  express my gratitude.
  I give this  testimonial with a thankful heart
and  the hope that it may  bring  others who are
suffering as I  did, to  that  noblest of men, Prof.
Brown.  May success attend him.
                        MRS.  GEO.  A. TODD.
        Gettysburg, South Dakota, June 19, 1898.
 To Whom it May Concern:
  This  is to certify,  that  I  have been a chronic
 sufferer with constiuation  for a number of years,
 and that nearly  three Aveeks  ago  Prof.  G. M.
 Brown  gave me one  treatment which  resulted in
 almost  instant  relief, and 1 have  ever reason to
 believe  that the cure is permanent.
                                C. W. TABER.

          Big Springs, Texas, Feb. 22nd,  1899.
  PROF. G.  M. BROWN,  Nevada, Mo—We have
 waited  one  month for adverse developments and
 as they have not  come, it is my duty  as well as
 pleasure, to make a statement to  you,  and all
 others,  of my wife and son's sickness and  speedy
 restoration to perfect health.  My  wife has been
 a constant sufferer for many years with  stomach
 trouble, lung and  spinal affection, for weeks at a
 time she was unable to do her work and had got
 reduced down to eighty-seven and one-half pounds.
 My son had contracted chronic diarrhea crossing
 the  Sonora Desert in Mexico and could  get no
 relief from  any one;  he had got to  that state .in
 his bowels  they  were uncontrollable.  My Avife
 saw the add of Prof. Weltmer and  after a little
correspondence  arranged  to go  to Nevada, Mo.
They left our little city Avith hope  and fear, hope
that they \A-ould get well or be benefited, fear that 
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they might not be able to reach their destination,
after a long and tedious journey of over 1,500 miles
they arrived at  Nevada and were put  under the
treatment of Prof.  G. M. BroAvn.  They  Avere at
Nevada just one week and were  fully restored to
health  and commenced to gain flesh, Avife gained
19 pounds in 26 days and son  15 pounds.  I con-
sider them tAvo of  the most remarkable  cures in
the history  of  science  and  should we live  a
hundred years Ave will be still indebted to Prof. G.
M. Brown for the happiness he has  brought into
this family.  I advise all who are affected in any
Avay to  go or send to him at once and be cured.
         Very truly yours,   JOHN T. SUTTON.
  P. S.—Any communication cheerfully ansAvered
if stamp is enclosed.
              Greenville, 111.,. March  3rd, 1899.
  PROF. G. M. BROWN, Nevada,  Mo.—Dear Sir-
It is with  pleasure I write thanking you for the
great good you did for my nephew,  Elmer Frens-
ley.  He came to you a  physical  wreck,  with no
hope at all, but left you feeling like a neAv  man,
and he  is still improving, for Avhich Ave feel very
grateful to you.
  He is like one who has been miraculously saved
from  the  grave, and  Ave all join  in wishing you
continued success in your noble work.
        Very truly yours,   ALMA BLIZZARD.
  PROF. G. M. BROWN—Tbree  years ago  I was
taken Avith typhoid fever, and when the fever left
me I was in a broken state of health, and to  re-
gain my former  health  I tried  all the  remedies
recommended to me,  including  the  doctor's  pre-
scriptions,  but without  relief.   I also tried  hos-
pital, electricity,  etc.,  but all to  no avail.  I  Avas
badly afflicted Avith  constipation,  stomach, lung
and  liver trouble, had rheumatism  in every joint,
and  had lost flesh until I was  almost  a  living
skeleton. After all remedies thus  far tried  and
failed, I was at last advised to go to  Nevada,
Mo., and see Prof. Weltmer.  On arriving  at  the
Weltmer Institute,  I  Avas assigned  to Prof. G. M.
Brown for treatment,  and in just two weeks was 
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251
entirely  cured.  To  say that  I  am a  thousand
times  delighted does  not begin  to express my
seemingly miraculous  transformation. I  am now
a well man  with a long life yet before me to live
and  enjoy,  all for Avhich I am ever and many
times thankful to  Prof. Brown.
                          ELMER FRENSLY.
    Sciatic Rheumatism Cured in Four Days.
                    Calla de la Palma,  No. 2.
                    City of Mexico, Old Mexico.
   TO PROF. G. M. BROWN,  Nevada,  Mo.—Dear
Sir—During the month of December, 1898, while
traveling through the  U.  S. of A. I was taken
with an acute attack  of rheumatism;  it was  in
both hips and limbs, and I suffered  most intense
pains,  passing  the  entire night  in  wakefulness
and  agony.
  I visited Prof.  Weltmer's school  of Magnetic
Healing,  and  was assigned to your care;  after
four treatments  I left Nevada,  completely  and
permanently  cured.
  I Avrite this to express my gratitude to you, and
to say  that  I shall  recom-mend your Avonderful
magnetic treatments to all of my afflicted friends.
  Thanking you again for the  kindness  and  cour-
tesy  shown to me  Avhile in Nevada, I am,
    Respectfully,  MRS. LOIS  L. L. DE VRIES.
                   Nevada,  Mo.,  Feb. 21,  1898.
  It is with great pleasure that I write this testi-
monial  of Prof.  G. M.  BroAvn's  wonderful mag-
netic treatment.  I was  taken with a very seArere
and painful  congestion  of the spine, there being
a contraction of  the muscles,  causing me  consid-
erable alarm, and  being Arery anxious for imme-
diate relief I called in Prof. G. M. Brown, and I
am Arery glad to  tell of  his great powrer to imme-
diately  cure and relieA7e pain.  It was just  four
minutes  after I placed my  case  in his hands the
pains all left me, and every symptom of my former
trouble  disappeared. I  have had no pain since,
and I consider myself entirely cured.  I can cheer-
fully recommend  him to  the afflicted, as I am con- 
252   The Practical Magnetic Healer.

fident he can do  you more good than  all other
curative  agencies combined.
               H. L.  MILLER, M. D., Druggist.
                    Nevada, Mo., Dec. 17, 1897.
  It is with great pleasure that I can recommend
Prof.  G.  M. Brown,  the  magnetic healer.  I have
been a patient sufferer from neuralgia in the head
and eyes since the days of my childhood.  Having
had  my  case pronounced incurable by  at  least
fifty of the best doctors in this country, I, in abject
despair, submitted my case to Prof. BroAvn, and to
my surprise and delight I Avas immediately relieved
and permanently cured  in one treatment.' I  am
now enjoying perfect health.  May  success eA'er
attend Prof. Brown in his noble work for suffering
humanity.         W. D. PHILLIPS, Merchant.
                    Nevada,  Mo.,  Jan.  7, 189S.
  Prof. G. M. Brown permanently cured my rheu-
matism in two treatments, after naving stubbornly
resisted all medical treatment for sixteen long and
bitter years.  I am both literally and practically a
new man, and I feel that 1 should live those sixteen
years over  again, all of wliich I owe to  the ability
of Prof.  BroAvn to conquer the  worst enemy of
mankind.                  L. A. GRISHAM.
                        Contractor and Builder.


                     Nevada. Mo., Dec. (J, 1898.
  I  Avas  afflicted  with catarrh,  rheumatism  and
constipation.  HaA'e taken all kinds of remedies
and  have  been  treated by  three different physi-
cians in  the last  three years Avithout  permanent
relief.  I Avas confined to my bed the most of the
time and Avas in the hospital  five months.  After
having been pronounced an invalid I heard of Prof.
G. M. Brown's  wonderful cures.  I  immediately
applied to  him for relief.   I had  more relief from
the first  treatment than  1 had in all the years of
my affliction.   I was entirely and  permanently
cured in one week and  I have  enjoyed splendid
health ever since.  I take great pleasure in recom-
mending  Prof. Brown to the sick  and afflicted that 
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253
they may profit by his  AA"onderful poAver to  heal
diseases such as I was afflicted with.
    W. M. GRIFFIN, Machinist, M. K & T. R  R
                    Nevada, Mo., Jan. 25,  1898.
  While  we  live  on this earth there are  many
things Ave do that are both a duty and a pleasure.
This  is a great one in my case.  At this time, I
am in perfect health, and I oAve it all to Prof. G.
M.  Brown's wonderful magnetic treatment.   For
seven years I have been a sufferer from a compli-
cation of  diseases,  stomach,  liver and   kidney
trouble,  and have been treated by  a number of
A-ery  eminent  physicians with  but little relief.
Hearing  of Prof. G. M.  Brown's remarkable cures,
concluded to test  the merits of his treatment  and
it is Avith great pleasure and happiness, that I  find
myself in perfect health.  It is impossible to ex-
press  my gratitude and appreciation of the great
good  he  has done me.  I  feel it my  duty to do all
in my power to direct all suffering humanity to a
never-failing source of health and  happiness.  I
will cheerfully  answer any communications  en-
closing stamp for reply.
       MRS.  HENRY  BECK, 817 Front Street.
                 Nevada, Mo., March 15,  1898.
  Prof.  Brown cured me of Rheumatism in arm
and  knee in one treatment.   He and his  power
to heal are truly  wonderful, and  a boon  to  the
afflicted.                      B. F. BURTON.
                     Nevada, Mo., Feb. 7, 1898.
  I haATe been troubled with nervous headache and
neuralgia of the stomach from  which I have suf-
fered at intervals for years.  Prof. G. M.  BroAvn
cured me in one treatment.  I have been in perfect
health ever since.  Many thanks to Prof. BroAvn.
                  OSCAR SMITH, Order Clerk.
                    Nevada, Mo.. April 11, 1898.
  This is to testify that I have suffered for a long
time Avith  liArer complaint, falling of the womb, 
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nervous  fits, and  other  weaknesses  such as are
common  to females. To all appearances I was fast
going into consumption.   My complaints were such
as to confine me to my  bed.   I  had also lost all
hope of ever being restored to health, till happily
I saw a  notice of Prof.  G.  M. Brown's, and  was
induced to call on him at his office, and under his
magnetic treatments I am happy  to say my health
has been completely restored.  My husband feels
grateful to Prof. Brown.   I would recommend any
of my sex, troubled with female difficulties, to call
on him.                       MRS. J. N. B.,
                   Nevada, Mo., March 10, 1898. ■
  I am pleased beyond expression to inform you of
the extraordinary cure by Prof. Brown's treatment
in my case.   Eight  or  nine years  since I  Avas
attacked  with constipation,  followed by  a  very
severe case of eczema which continually tormented
me and made my life miserable.  My sufferings
were aAvful.  I applied to several physicians with-
out relief.  Last fall I was threatened with paraly-
sis, my limbs were growing very cold.  I could feel
a  gradual breaking doAvn of my  entire system.
After  having almost  despaired  of getting  Avell
again I tried Prof. Brown's magnetic treatment,
and am much pleased to say that after first treat-
ment  I Avas much improved, and in two  weeks I
a\ as entirely free from all my  trouble.  I haAre the
happiness to enroll my testimony in the long list
of his  miraculous performances  and am  conscien-
tiously recommending  my fellow sufferers to his
advice and sympathy.    JOSHUA  FERGUSON.
                   Nevada, Mo.,  Nov. 25, 1898.
  PROF. G.  M. BROWN—Dear  Sir—It  is with
great pleasure I now address you, the purport of
which is to state to you my last  distressing case
and  to request for the benefit of others, that you
Avill make it public, and my cure.  I Avas ill for
some  time  by  reason  of  taking  a  severe cold
which settled in the small of my back.  The pains
from this trouble were  continuous.   My  regular
physician gave me medicine for three months but 
                 Testimonials.             ^o^

Avithout any change in my distressing condition,
and I became conAinced that this treatment would
do me no good.   I resolved to try your treatment
and in a Aveek found myself in perfect health.  All
symptoms  of sciatica and lumbago disappeared
and I am now able to do any Kind  of hard work
without the  least pain or  fatigue.   I  have the
happiness to enroll my testimony in the long list
of your miraculous  performances,  recommending
my fellow sufferers to your advice and sympathy.
                           A. P. BRIDEFORD.
                    Nevada, Mo., Feb.  17, 1898.
  Last December I fell and broke my arm near the
wrist.  The small bones of my wrist were dislo-
cated, and when the broken bone in my arm healed,
I suffered intense pain in my wrist and hand con-
tinually.  I  could   not  sleep   nights.   I  sought
relief in medicine and liniments without avail.  At
this time anchylosis set in, and my arm  and hand
became perfectly rigid.   I, then in great misery
and despair, called on Prof. G. M. Brown, and I am
much pleased to say that the  treatment relieved
me of all pain,  and  in three treatments 1 could use
my arm and hand almost as Avell as ever. I think
it Very remarkable  that such excruciating pain of
Avhich I Avas a  sufferer could be eradicated in such
a short time.  My sleep was undisturbed after the
first treatment.   I  am  very  grateful to Prof.
Brown, and gladly recommend  him to all suffering
humanity.              MRS.  M. M.  KRAMER.


                     Nevada,  Mo., June 8, 1899.
  MY  DEAR  PROF. BROWN—I  cannot leave
Nevada without saying  to you,  individually  and
personally, how deeply I appreciate your efforts in
my behalf, during my stop in your city and while
a patient under your care, in connection with  The
Weltmer Institute.  To your faithful attention and
treatment, I owe a large  share  of  my  return to
my feet, for I  am  quite sure that I should never
have had the courage to try crutches, if you  had
not  faithfully  and  patiently  encouraged me to
attempt to stand. I can now Avalk fairly well with 
                       Inde.r.

                                                PAGE
C ATA RACT  ................................................. 48
   Causes ................................................... ^
   Symptoms  .............................................. 48
   Treatment  .............................................. 49
CHOREA .................................................... 113
   Symptoms ............................................... 114
   Treatment  .............................................. H4
CHILBLAINS.............................................. 51
   Causes .................................................. 51
   Treatment............................................... 51
COLIC  ...................................................... 51
   Causes ................................................... 52
   Symptoms  .............................................. 52
   Treatment ............................................... 52
CONVULSIONS ............................................ 53
   Caus,s ................................................... 53
   Treatment  .............................................. 53
CONS UMPTION  ........................................... 54
   Causes .................................................. 54
   Treatment  .............................................. 54
CONSTIPATION  .......................................... 55
   Causes .................................................. 56
   Treatment  ............................................... 56
CORPULENCE ............................................. 57
   Causes .................................................. 57
   Symptoms ............................................... 58
   Treatment  .............................................. 58
CUTS  ....................................................... 119
CRAMPS .................................................... 59
   Causes  .................................................... 59
   Treatment  ..............................................  59
CRAMPS IN STOMACH ..................................  59
CONDITIONS OF HEALTH  .............................. 221
CONGESTIVE  CHILLS  ................................... 132
CONGESTED SPINE ......................................  :;5
DEAFNESS  ..............................................59 128
   Causes ...................................................  59
   Treatment  ..............................................  59
DEBILITY  .................................................  60
   Causes ....................................................  f'O
   Treatment  ..............................................  60
DEFECTIVE APPETITE .................................  CI
DELIRIUM  TREMENS  ...................................  61
   Causes  ..................................................  61
   Symptoms  ...............................................  01
   Treatment  ..............................................  63
DIABETES  .................................................  fi3
   Causes ....................................................  64
   Symptoms  ...............................................  64
   Treatment  ..............................................  64
DIARRHOEA  ......^.......................................  65
   Causes ..........f.........................:..............  65
   Symptoms  ..............................................  65
   Treatment  ..............................................  65
DISEASES  OF WOMEN .................................. 135 
                        Index.

                                                  PAGE
 DISEASES,  SYMPTOMS  OF  .............................  207
 DISORDERED SKIN ......................................  C6
    Causes ..................................................  66
    Treatment ..............................................  66
 DISORDERS OF THE OIL GLANDS ....................  67
 DIZZINESS  ................................................  66
    Causes ...................................................  66
    Treatment  ..............................................  67
 DYSPEPSIA  ...............................................  67
    Causes  ..................................................  68
    Symptoms  ..............................................  08
    Treatment  ..............................................  69
 DYSMENORRHEA  ........................................  126
    Treatment  ..............................................  136
 EARACHE  ................................................17-71
    Treatment  ..............................................  71
 EPILEPSY .................................................  71
 EYES  ........................................................  74
    Granulated  .............................................  122
    Inflamed  ... ............................................  123
 ERYSIPELAS  .............................................  73
    Treatment  ..............................................  74
 EXHAUSTION  .............................................  74
 EXPECTORATION  .......................................  215
 EFFECTS OF FEAR  .....................................  'H
 FAINTING .................................................  75
    Causes ...................................................  75
    Symptoms ...............................................  75
    Treatment ..............................................  75
 FEVER ....................................................37-77
 FLEXION ..................................................  139
    Symptoms ...............................................  140
 FUNDAMENT, FALLING OF THE......................  76
 GALLSTONES .........................................••■•  81
    Symptoms ..............................................  82
    Treatment  ..............................................  82
 GASTRITIS  ................................................  98
    Symptoms ..............................................  98
    Treatment ..............................................  98
 GOUT .........................................................  85
    Causes ...................................................  85
    Treatment ..............................................  85
 GONORRHEA  .............................................  83
    Symptoms ..............................................  83
    Treatment ..............................................  84
 GRANULATED SORE EYES ............................. 122
 GETTING CHILDREN TO GROW .......................  ?1
 GUMS  ...................................................... 211
 GRAVEL  ...................................................  86
    Symptoms ...............................................  86
    Treatment ...............................................  86
 GOITRE .................................................... 133
HAY FEVER ...............................................  87
    Symptoms ..............................................  87
   Treatment ...............................................  87 
In dcv.
                                                   PAGE
HEADACHE  ...............                        .. .17-88
HEART  DISEASE ...........'.'.'.'.'.'............'.'.'.'..'.......  89
   Symptoms ........................'.  ...".......'.'.'  ....  89
   Treatment ..............                            90
HEART  BURN  ..............'.'.'.'.'.'.'."".........'.'.".'.'.".'.'.'.  91
   Symptoms ....................\\......................\  91
   Treatment ................. ......                  '  91
HEALTH,  CONDITIONS OF '   "                   '21
HEMORRHAGIA  ..............'.'.'.'.'.".'............'.......! 137
   Symptoms ..........................   ".........• ■••• ^ ^
   Treatment.............................................  137
Causes
HO
 HOARSENESS .........................'...'..'.'.'.'.'.'"."".'.'.'.  13
    Symptoms ................................'..........  ..  93
    Treatment.................      .........           '  qq
 HIP-JOINT DISEASE  ...........'..'..'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.".'.'.""."'  92
    Symptoms .......................................        9.;
    Treatment ...........                               q;
 HICCOUGH  ..................'.'.'.'.'.".'........................  91
    Symptoms .............                     .........  qi
    Treatment ........                      .............  n,
 HYPOCHONDRIA  .......'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'......................  <u
    Symptoms ..................           ................  r4
    Treatment..........     "         ...................  i.;
 HYPNOTISM .......     ..................................  ''!
 IDOSYNCRASY .....'.'.'..................................... 1°'
 INFLAMMATION           ...............................  ,X
 INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER.......................  q?
    Symptoms  ......               ......................  »X
    Treatment ............  ...............................  i'
 INFLAMMATION OF THE  SPLEEN..................  07
    Symptoms  ............                   ............  q„
    Treatment  ..........       .....           ...........  ai,
 INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS.....        .....  «
    Treatment  ..........               ..................  .%
 INFLUENZA .............'..................................  *°
    Symptoms  . .•........                   '.............ilx
    Treatment  ..........      ........................{"^
 INFLAMMATION OF  THE klDNEYS......       .....  ^
    Symptoms  .............             ..................  **
    Treatment  .........      ..............................   f°
IXCONTINENCY OF URINE ..'.'..........................   'J
 IMPOTENCY  .                     .....................   *?,
 INTENTION                                      "is
INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS.........................   in
IMPERFECT  SIGHT             ........................   H
JAUNDICE...     .....................................,£?
Treatment
101
    iicouucui, ...................                        1ni
LOCOMOTOR ATAXIA .........   ........................  ]<)
    Symptoms ................       ......................  ;']
    Causes                                             -"}
    Treatment                                      "  J;4
LUMBAGO        ........                        ......  if.1
    Treatment                                         j?r 
                        Index.


  motions  ................................................PA^
     Loose ..................................................... 215
     Solid .................................................... 215
     Offensive  ................................................ 215
     Natural...........................................__V. 215
 MANIPULATIONS ......................................154-ltO
 MANIPULATIONS FOR CONSTIPATION .............. 174
 NEURALGIA .............................................15-103
     Treatment .............................................Ij4
 NEURALGIA OF THE EYES ...........................  36
 NOCTURNAL EMISSIONS ..........................104 & 131
     Causes  .................................................. 104
    Treatment ......................................    105
 ORIGIN OF DISEASES  ................................... 181
 OSTEO  REQUIREMENTS  ................................ 159
 PATHEOLOGY  ........................................
 PALPITATION OF THE HEART ........................ 105
    Treatment ............................................ 105
 PARALYSIS ................................................ 106
    Treatment  ..........................................107
 PERICARDITIS ...........................................  96
    Symptoms..............................................  96
    Treatment ...............................................  96
 PILES ........................................................ 108
  Treatment ................................................ 109
 PLEURISY  .................................................. 110
    Treatment.............................................. 110
 PAINS IN THE BACK ....................................  42
 PROLAPSUS UTERI  ..................................... 138
    Causes .................................................. 138
    Symptoms  .............................................. 139
 RHEUMATISM, REMEDY FOR ..........................  8
 RHEUMATISM, HOW TO TREAT  ......................  10
 RETRO-VERSION  ........................................ 141
    Symptoms  .............................................. 141
    Causes .................................................. 141
 RESPIRATION  ........................................... 198
 SYNCOPE  ................................................. 75
    Causes ....................................................  75
    Symptoms ..............................................  75
 SCROFULA  ................................................ Ill
    Symptoms .............................................. Ill
    Treatment .............................................. Ill
 STIFF NECK .............................................. 112
 SORE  THROAT ............................................ 112
 SUPPRESSION OF URINE ............................... 115
    Symptoms .............................................. 115
    Treatment ............................................... 115
 SCALDS  ................................................... 118
 SPINAL MENENGITIS  ................................... 121
    Symptoms .............................................. 121
    Treatment .............................................. i22
SEMINAL WEAKNESS  ................................... 130
SUCCESS ................................................... Z',%
SMALL-POX ............................................... 126
   Treatment ............................................. 127 
Index.
                                                   PAGE
SUGGESTION  ..............................................  19
STOMACH  ................................................. 211
TUMORS ................................................... 145
    Ovarian  ................................................. 145
    Fibroid  .................................................. 145
    Polypoid  ................................................ 146
TEMPERAMENTS  ......................................... 217
THOUGHT EPIDEMIC ....................................  L'3
    Sanguine ............................................... 218
    Melancholic  ............................................ 218
    Bilious .................................................. 2)8
    Choleric  ................................................. 218
    Phlegmatic  ............................................. i18
    Nervous  ................................................. 219
TREATMENT ..............................................
    Absent .................................................. 150
    Self  ....................................................... 147
TESTIMONIALS  ........................................... 248
UTERUS, ULCERATION OF  ............................. 144
VOMITING  ................................................. 117
VITAL MAGNETISM ......................................  33
WARTS  ..................................................   118 
 
 
 
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