Mind-Cure on a Material Basis (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Mind-Cure on a Material Basis<br><br>The writer, having acquired the method of curing disease which is practised by the "Christian Scientists," or "Metaphysicians," commonly called Mind-curers, came to the conclusion that the success attending that method is due to Concentration of Thought, and not to the theology underlying the method.<br><br>That disease, even organic, can be cured, as well as caused, by the Mind, or what is termed the Imagination, is a well-attested fact. In regard to the medical and popular use of the term, Dr. Hack Tuke observes, -<br><br>"It signifies, in popular and medical language, that a man imagines certain (bodily) phenomena to have occurred which have not; or it is meant that certain bodily phenomena which really have occurred are due to no other cause than that he imagined they would.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.