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Tribune Extras Lecture and Letter Scries. 



over tho Ixxlv, and trampled on by some 10 or 1- p-r-otis 

 ovi-r IIIT limb- :i ;i:ni cheat, and etill bore it all 



without any .-i-'ii of pain whatevi r. 



A- regards tin- pow.-r of pr.idn -iiu- an.i--tii.--ia, it 

 HI i in.-, to in.- 11 n i". irt ii :i.it" tii.r tin- dis -uvt-ry of i-tln-r v, .1- 

 inadi- ju-t when it was. It \\ . on wi-ll know, in 



184C or 1S47 tli it the use of i-tln-r as an an.i-^r li.-:io \vi.i 

 .11. It ,-t.n li-'l from thus i '. \t t 11' tinn- in I', i- 

 gl.md Dr. l-'.n U-- i a? to show from facts observed 



Hi England, :i:i 1 e-p Olally in linli i, Irmi I'M- pri- 

 of Dr. j: -li.it sirm-thin.: \\liii-:i w.i- e died im-s- 



; .-in, but wh:.-h. after all, wa-< nothing but a peculiar 

 etati- nf >mnambulisii.\ incliu-i-il in p i i nt-, irave to 

 tiii-'ii tin- i i -M th.it i . . di-pnvcd of feeling; so 

 that tln-.v wi iv i ,i:i.| r the lnflii''i:cc of t-heir 



lin. i_-!i,:. '.inn. a:iil 'inn- I I nut Were 



quite- pain .r- -. 1 gaj it w is a pity tUut etbcr was iu- 

 trndii'i-d in : tin-ii, as it prevented the progress of 

 our knc ia to this inetlioiJ of pro- 



ducing ana, -th sla. M \ fi i "Mil, IV, if. Broca, took it up iu 

 ,<l pn-iii ,1 it \i-ry lir; anil for u time it was the 

 fa-iii<>n in r.n i-, tn hi\r amputations performed after 

 1. 1\ in,: lin u .u .'in 1 1/ -d ii\ ti.: inline nee of Braid im or 

 In piioii-m. A cr .it in m\ - oiH-r.uions were pcrroriued 

 luthu(\\ay wlncli w r 'piKo painless. But it was u 

 IT"- is Ion? and tedious, and surgeons were 



iu a linrry an I -,- 1\ iinii. I regret it very much, us 

 ; : never ha- in > M ,i oaso of death from that inettiod 

 of prod in iii;,' a:. . while. vou well know that u 



gie.it many. : ath have bi;eu produced by other 



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II . r.R ON THE MIRACCLOC8. 



N"t only . ma -;h. -i- in. >y be produced, but the secre- 

 tioiii may bi- rorj i' "\\eriullv affeet'-d bj - tho influence 



o: ihe ni'inl . 1\-. Hero we find facts of great 



importanei- iii'ii-i-.I. Hi"..- are many facts whicli show 

 tint tin- M-C-: .ilj in a 3- become poisonous for 



u rhilil frmn a im-re ciiiotiou in the mother, and 

 iaMv IP in one r. And if it were not the duty of 

 e\ i TV inn- tu avuiil anu'-r it would certainly bo the duty 

 of a yiuuix inn; ',i r v. lin ua.s to nurse a child. There are 

 -. .<li i... i_ !i i!i--\ ,ii not eonimou, iu which death 

 ..ie-1; ami alti-rations of health in children from 

 thii e.ium- MI ; qinMit. A eie.it many inou who 



li.iv.- reaohi .1 an adult age owe tbeir illhealth to such an 



lllll II-IICI- ill I ll.l'lil I. 



liverv inn knosvs, also, tbat the secretion of bile, the 

 t- . ;. -tion nf t ..: -, mid Ihe 8-ereiionof saliva are very 

 rniii ii iiii<li-r tin- of the nervous system. Tno 



pnr^'iiiL' of tin ii.iwrls. which depends on a secretion 

 then, i. r .0:1 iu ihe liver, Is also much dependent 



'ii ih- ii.ll . ni of the i'cuirluanon. The Emperor Nieh- 

 " l tried to t power there Is \u tbo Imagination 



lii Hi -i' reap B ul-cruinb pills were Klven to a great 

 man] , ind, aa a result, most of them were 



purged. I i. u student, uot of medicine but of 



, ha\nirf tin- I.IIM th.it the word pill meant a 

 v,-. i. . "pill" In the dictionary; and the 



'-in : ;h.ii In' found there was one composed 



lu.iiiilv ot 11)1.11111 ami hi-iili. me, both astrinn^iit.s, and 

 capable of producing great oonal > pat ion. Ho wanted to 

 be.pnreed, and took a certain niiinbcr of tln>o pills, aud 

 iiid!<- ui i. ii.ng run-- 1 pal 'I ho wan purged just un 



h" u Mini In In-. [Lan^-lit i ) 



N '--ii '',: / may lin |ir.nlni i d In the snmo way. Du 

 i 1 1 -, a t'ri ni-li plr. . .i trial nnido in 



n ho-i.lt.il ny a iiiu-i \\!n v. i 1,1 .uinin.l and jj.ivo to alt 

 tl.i- pa tu- u i - .1 \. ly liartnl.-vs Kind ot medn-nie. and then 

 tlil lli> n, Ci it |he I .that hhc li.nl liy ml-talic 



tin n, a.L \.i\ IHI-.M 1','ul < nn-liL-d. Out of li>0 p.i- 



iient, 80 were affecfil a" if tliev had taker, the most 

 \ lull-in i in -tii- and viiinUi d lor a long time. 



This \\u si-e on a vi-iy l.irx-- si-a!e on s-aboard every 

 Summer. I have no doui't \vliatr\i-r that sea-sickness 

 l> in a trrrat measure due to that, and if you could jjo on. 

 Jioard of a steami'r wit.i the idea that you would not 

 viiniit [ am well sati-lii-d, irom cxperim'.-nt.s I have 

 matte, that you would cseupo a great i.eal of sea-sick- 

 ne--, if you did in't eseai>.- it altoirether. One fact I 

 recall is very interesting. A per-on had erossed, on one 

 mi "i-inii, a .-mall l>av \vh"ii it was very rouirh. There 

 was a man plaj in^' the violin on the boat. Tno person 1 

 i-eter to was terribly sea-.ick and vomited a great deal, 

 Hi- had not, of course, ruade up bis mind tbat bo could 

 nut be .sick. However, the point is that after that lie 

 could cover bear a violin without vomiting. [LaiiKhtei 

 and aiiplan-i-.] 



To pass to something in : serious: You have all 

 heard of what are called the stijinntn marks represent 

 ing the wounds on th> lim'is ot Christ. Those mark! 

 have appeared in persons who havi; dreamed or im- 

 agined that they were crucilied and siitr-;in\ p t.ie paina 

 of Christ, having invn!;.-d tile i, r "iil:i-ss of God to lei 

 them have that suffering to pnm-ii tli in for their faults. 

 The most remarkable fact of tbat kind la that concern- 

 ing St. Francis of ASMS!. Tner;- is no doab' that he had 

 the mark as clear as possible. If you compare with 

 this fact one which is related by Dr. C.irter you will 

 have the explanation of it. Dr. Carter says that 

 while a mother was looking at her child who 

 was standing at a -window with the lingers 

 on the border of the window just under the 

 lifted sash, she saw the sash come down with great force 

 aud crush the three fingers of the poor child. The 

 mother remained unable to innvc. feeling immediately 

 a pain on the three flmrers at the very plaee where the 

 child had been injured. Her li.ig.-rs sw.-lied, an eilusion 

 of blood took place and ulceration followed and she was 

 a lontr time in being cured. If in the ease of this mother 

 the imagination could produce such results, you will see 

 In the case of the stii.'niat.i the imagination may have 

 been, equally powerful. 



PEKFOKM.VNfKS OF RELIGIOUS DEVOTEES. 



The mind iu a state of emotion has also reat power 

 on the heart, the breathing apparatus, and several 

 other organs. The most important of ihe facts here 

 which I must say I committed the fault of denying for a 

 longtime are those which relate to the fakirs of India. 

 You know that they may remain dead to all appearance 

 for a number of days, and it is even sai. I for mouths, 

 without any chaniro occurring in tln-ir body, without 

 any change in their wi ;_-;ii, \\ u limit th,-ir receiving any 

 food. They show neither ein-iila: i.iii nor re.-piratlon, 

 as their temperature had diminished ver.\ considerably, 

 aud altogether present a series of ell. -els wnieli arc cer- 

 tainly very marvelous. But in irvelmn as it is, 

 the testimony of somo ollicns in the Brit- 

 ish army who are men of pericet veracity 

 leaven no doubt as to the possibility of the fact. But ia 



the light of the fact that I mentioned in my tlrst lecture, 

 that I had a dead animal in iuv lanoratory lying for 

 several months u iiinmt any nigii oi' deeompositiou, iu a 

 temperature varying Irom 4U to CU during day an it 

 night, we can understand that thet^o lukirs may remain 

 aule to live although tin y do not live that is, do not 

 have actual and active life. But why, you will say. do 

 they come out I Admit that there is in us a power whlct 

 Is qii;!!' distinct fro.n our or. lin try power of mind, 

 whii h is i|iute di-llnct Irom what we call coi'.sclousuess, 

 which fining our sleep is awake and watches; with. 



