American practitioner and news . to a varyingdegree in inflammatory pains. You have justseen what an important place, on account oftheir frequency, cases of hysteria occupy in thismethod of treatment. I would, however, an-swer in advance a specious objection whichmight possibly be made and which is drawnfrom the influence of suggestion. You might say you cure the cases, but it issuggestion alone which procures this result. I declare this hypothesis to be false, and amongmany other proofs this is the principal one: Faradize a woman without telling her a singleword either of the treatment you ar
American practitioner and news . to a varyingdegree in inflammatory pains. You have justseen what an important place, on account oftheir frequency, cases of hysteria occupy in thismethod of treatment. I would, however, an-swer in advance a specious objection whichmight possibly be made and which is drawnfrom the influence of suggestion. You might say you cure the cases, but it issuggestion alone which procures this result. I declare this hypothesis to be false, and amongmany other proofs this is the principal one: Faradize a woman without telling her a singleword either of the treatment you are going toemploy or of the result which you expect, andthe effect will be identical with that which weobtain in a woman who has been told of it be-forehand. Moreover, the faradic current only relievesunder fixed and precise operative conditions,both of duration and intensity, thus exclud-ing the possibility of a suggestive influencewhich, however powerful under other circum-stances, has no effect here. Paris, France. PHILADELPHIA CLINICAL SOCIETY. Stated Meeting-, October 28, 1887, the Vice-Presi-dent, Dr. Mary E. Allen, in the chair. Dr. Sophia Presley reported a case ofrectal polypus, as follows: Willie C, achild six years of age, pale and sallow, whohad always been delicate and of a consti-pated habit, was brought to my office by hismother, who said he had been sufferingfrom piles about three months ; thatwhenever he had an evacuation from hisbowels there was blood partially coveringthe stool. This blood caused her to makean examination of the parts, when invaria-bly she found a fleshy mass as large as acherry protruding from the anus. After ashort time it would be drawn in and not bevisible until after the next movement. She had previously consulted anotherphysician, who considered it to be a case ofhemorrhoids and treated it with variousointments, but without any beneficial re-sults. I made an examination, but coulddetect nothing abnormal in appearance norby th
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