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insisted that it would be unsafe to perform a needed
surgical operation without the ether. After the autopsy,
her sister testified that the deceased protested
against inhaling the ether and said it would kill
her, but that she was compelled by her physicians to take
it. Her hands were held, and she was forced into
submission. The case was brought to trial. The evidence
was found to be conclusive, and a verdict was returned that
death was occasioned, not by the ether, but by fear of
inhaling it.
(Mental conditions to be heeded)
Is it skilful or scientific surgery to take no heed of mental
conditions and to treat the patient as if she were so
much mindless matter, and as if matter were
the only factor to be consulted? Had these
unscientific surgeons understood metaphysics,
they would have considered the woman's state of mind,
and not have risked such treatment. They would either
have allayed her fear or would have performed the operation
without ether.
The sequel proved that this Lynn woman died from
effects produced by mortal mind, and not from the disease
or the operation.
(False source of knowledge)
The medical schools would learn the state of man
from matter instead of from Mind. They examine the
lungs, tongue, and pulse to ascertain how
much harmony, or health, matter is permitting
to matter, - how much pain or pleasure, action or
stagnation, one form of matter is allowing another form
of matter.
Ignorant of the fact that a man's belief produces disease
and all its symptoms, the ordinary physician is
liable to increase disease with his own mind, when he
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