Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1889 — When Working a Cure. [ARTICLE]

When Working a Cure.

There is a faith cure not often considered, but which is in constant operation and quite as effective in its workings as that practiced by professional “heelers” or “metaphysicians.” It is the cure wrought, or assisted, by the patient’s faith in his doctor. Every physician knows the desirability of inspiring this feeling.and the best methods of establishing this confidence in persons under his treatment are made matters of professional study. It is only in part a question of medical skill. He may be recognized as a man of great knowledge and ability, and may lack that one essential characteristic that makes him welcome in every household. Tho possession of this quality is largely a matter of temperament, and its usefulness is hardly recognized by the fortunate practitioner, though he may conscientiously cultivate it through knowledge of the fact that cheerfulness is better than gloom in all relations of life. It is the gosoel of cheerfulness that this man unconsciously teaches—not the aggressive gaiety and unsympathetic jocularity that is an offense to an invalid and his friends, but a brightness of spirits that makes glad all who meet him.—lndJournal.