do not carry the experiment too far. There is a certain religious sect whose members
take vengeance upon their enemies by the "hexing" method. They call it "placing a spell"
on the victim.
There is overwhelming evidence that disease sometimes begins in the form of
negative thought impulse. Such an impulse may be passed from one mind to another,
by suggestion, or created by an individual in his own mind.
A man who was blessed with more wisdom than this incident might indicate,
once said "When anyone asks me how I feel, I always want to answer by knocking
him down."
Doctors send patients into new climates for their health, because a change of
"mental attitude" is necessary. The seed of fear of ill health lives in every
h u m a n m i n d. W o r r y , f e a r , discouragement, disappointment in love and business
affairs, cause this seed to germinate and grow. The recent business depression kept
the doctors on the run, because every form of negative thinking may cause ill
health.
Disappointments in business and in love stand at the head of the list of causes
of fear of ill health. A young man suffered a disappointment in love which sent him to
a hospital. For months he hovered between life and death. A specialist in
suggestive therapeutics was called in. The specialist changed nurses, placing him in