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turbance in the temperature of the body. At times the mental stimula- 
tion may be whoily out of proportion to the rise of temperature, and I 
have had cases where there seemed to be a high temperature, judging by 
the redness of the face and the complaints of the patient, and yet the ther- 
mometer failed to reveal any eleyation of temperature. One has to dis- 
tinguish between “feeling feverish” and having a real fever, that is, an 
actual elevation of temperature. 
Just now a fad has spread over the country which gives undue im- 
portance to this form of mental activity in the treatment of ill health and 
the cure of diseases. It would seem that there are two kinds of psycho- 
therapists, the real and the pseudo. The former limit themselves to so- 
called neuroses and functional disturbances, while the latter ascribe sub- 
conscious mental activity to practically everything—except perhaps to the 
healing of broken bones. 
I have already referred to the fact that some individuals make sharp 
distinctions between dreaming and subconscious mental activity or sub- 
conscious cerebration. I myself believe these are two different processes 
but one will have to give close attention to what is going on in the mind 
to enable him to discriminate. As to the possible existence of a “subcon- 
scious mind,” as an entity, that is another question. Perhaps it is synony- 
mous with the “soul” of the old philosophers. 
QUESTIONING ABourT DREAMS. In questioning people about dreams one 
quickly learns to divide dreamers into three Classes. 
There are those who “wonder what it means,” who are constantly 
speculating on the significance of a dream. Some will tell of having 
heard some one telling of seeing a certain event in his dream and found 
that very thing to have actually occurred at the time and _ place 
indicated in the dream. ‘They will tell of it in detail, if one list- 
ens, and then ask. Now how do you explain that? Personally, I have 
never had such a dream, one in which I “saw in my dream’ events or 
incidents that actually happened. either at the instant the dream occurred 
or the next day or next. week, or at any time. Neither have I met a 
single individual who had such a dream or “foresaw” an unusual event. 
When we consider that out of thousands and thousands of dreams some 
one may have noticed such an incident. we must conclude that if was 
simply a coincidence, as where during a thunderstorm at night a relative 
or a friend exposed to the storm “is seen,” either struck by lightning or 
being near the place where it did strike. 
