Psycho-therapy in the practice of medicine and surgery . methods that can be understood by the most skep-tical. (137) I. Preliminary Observations (139) We have to meet people on many and varied planes ofdevelopment, and we should learn so to accommodate ourmethods to their individual needs that all who apply to usfor aid may receive the very best that can be given to themin their particular environment. Thought is the most potent of all occult forces. Whenutilized in concentrated and persistent effort it becomesthe worlds most dangerous or most beneficial weapon. Weshould beware how we use it.
Psycho-therapy in the practice of medicine and surgery . methods that can be understood by the most skep-tical. (137) I. Preliminary Observations (139) We have to meet people on many and varied planes ofdevelopment, and we should learn so to accommodate ourmethods to their individual needs that all who apply to usfor aid may receive the very best that can be given to themin their particular environment. Thought is the most potent of all occult forces. Whenutilized in concentrated and persistent effort it becomesthe worlds most dangerous or most beneficial weapon. Weshould beware how we use it. Mental therapeutics may be applied (1) by indirect actionof the uncouscious mind through the influence of sanitaryand cheerful surroundings, (2) by awakening faith in vari-ous means which appeal directly to the objective sense, (3)by direct action of the objective mind on the subjectivethrough the use of reiterated affirmations, and (4) by thedirect effect of the objective mind of the physician uponthe subjective mind of the patient.—Leavitt. (140). THE INCLINED PLANE CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS. Thus far in our study of Mental TherapeuticsI have attempted to establish its value as ameans of cure by adducing rational evidence inits behalf. It now becomes my duty to pointout the manner of its use best suited to legiti-mate practice. Thought Runs inCustomary Grooves. Generally speaking, the interpre-tation put upon an impression is the customaryone: it is the interpretation usually made by thesubjective mind when experiencing an identicalimpression or one which simulates it. If thefinger be pricked by accident, the pain is inter-preted to mean that our hand is in the path ofharm, and, without conscious thought, we jerk itaway. Should we deliberately prick the finger,there would be experienced a strong impulse towithdraw it, and, if self-control be poor, weshould scarcely be able to hold it still. Themind has become so accustomed to certain inter-pretations that it is a
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