Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1920 — CURE WAS TOO REALISTIC [ARTICLE]

CURE WAS TOO REALISTIC

Physician Had Failed to Allow for Over-Vivid Imagination of Tuberculous Patient. The young doctor was relating to hie relatives some at the surprising cases with which he had to deal. “One patient I had,” he said, “was very weak and ill. Nothing but a holiday in the south of France would have cured him. It was sunshine he wanted, plenty of sun. But he was much too poor to indulge in this kind of cure, so I had to find another way. “What did you do then,” asked his hearers, “some new cure, perhaps?” “Hypnotism,” the medico replied. "I had a large sun painted on the ceiling of his room and by- suggestion made him think It was the real sun pouring down on him. It worked beautifully, and In a very short time he was practically well. Then one day he died.” “Then It really failed after all?” murmured the listeners. “No,” answered the medical man. “It wasn’t a failure. He died es sunstroke !”