Psycho-therapy in the practice of medicine and surgery . nt the channels are thereand thought will follow them rather than newones. A cry of fire will thus set one who hasat some time, from such a cause, experienced aprofound sweep of fear through the mind, intothe greatest agitation. The subjective facultiesof the horse are so grooved by a runaway thatno amount of training can ever wholly obliteratethe lines and enable thought to cut more rationalchannels. In the case of a person whose mind has becomereticulated by unwholesome lines of thought andhis conduct by consequent physical action, the
Psycho-therapy in the practice of medicine and surgery . nt the channels are thereand thought will follow them rather than newones. A cry of fire will thus set one who hasat some time, from such a cause, experienced aprofound sweep of fear through the mind, intothe greatest agitation. The subjective facultiesof the horse are so grooved by a runaway thatno amount of training can ever wholly obliteratethe lines and enable thought to cut more rationalchannels. In the case of a person whose mind has becomereticulated by unwholesome lines of thought andhis conduct by consequent physical action, thereis abundant work for the patient teacher in giv-ing direction and inspiration; and there is far morework for the awakened ego in insisting uponorder and reason in his conscious and unconsciousmentation. But the reward is sure, for successis bound to follow patient and persevering en-deavor. AFFIRMATION. 143 Affirmation the MethodConferring: Best Results. Let us turn for a momentto a consideration of the modus operandi of sug-gestive curative Figure 10. A Diagrammatic Representation of the Curative Effects ofSuggestion. Let O represent the cerebral center. A is a dead level of theaccustomed stimulus, whether it be fear, unwholesome environment,or spontaneous suggestion. B is the affirmation by means of which,through reiteration, we hope to effect a change in the thought; andC the unsteady support given the suggestion by conduct, a is the cus-tomary channel pursued by thought under the power of stimulus,bl, b2 and b3 represent the gradually deflecting lines of thought,approaching nearer and nearer to steadiness, resulting from therepeated affirmation. Lastly, B4 is the completed and steady result. The essential features are recognized as (1) an affirmation or asuggestion properly made and (2) the corresponding conduct. It is essential that the significance of these be made clear. A suggestion, whether given to ones self or toanother, is commonly in the form of an affi
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