From the Unconscious to the Conscious 



activity of the brain, so that sleep does not renovate, and 

 fatigue is experienced on awaking. During the day 

 cerebral work is slow, laborious, and marked by a diffi- 

 culty in associating ideas and concentrating attention. 



The want of equilibrium between the organism and 

 the vital dynamism reacts more or less on the whole 

 grouping. 



Thus neurasthenia is not the consequence of nervous 

 exhaustion; that is secondary; it arises from a disturb- 

 ance in the action of the vital dynamism on the body. 



To cure it, ' tonics ' are useless ; what is required is 

 to regularise the relations of the body with the vital 

 dynamism, while suppressing also the immediate organic 

 cause. 



This latter is readily accessible to medical science, 

 and neurasthenics are always benefited when the imme- 

 diate cause is known and treated. But the more 

 important point the regularising of relations between 

 the body and the vital dynamism should be studied 

 with a view to more precise knowledge of this latter 

 and its essential nature. It would be well to try physical 

 agents whose dynamism is powerful. Already the 

 sun-cure, and life in the open air have produced dis- 

 tinctly good results, and indicate a wide field for 

 experiment. 



Curative mediumship deserves to be thoroughly 

 studied. Some persons seem to be able to exteriorise 

 part of their own dynamism to reinforce the failing 

 powers of the sick. Some surprising cures have been 

 thus effected, some of which seem to go beyond the 

 class of nervous ailments. 



5. HYSTERIA 



Hysteria is brought about by want of harmony 

 between the constituent principles of the individual 



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