256 FEAR 



his idea of fear has proved true and been confir- 

 med by associating the object with bad treatment 

 and punishment. The way of removing fear and 

 the rules for doing so are similar to those for teach- 

 ing him not to be afraid of a given object. With 

 the lounge and cavesson on foot, and with the aid 

 of two skilled men with two lateral lounges, the 

 teacher, who holds the middle lounge should walk 

 in front and lead him to the object of fear putting 

 him in tlie same place and under the same cir- 

 cumstances, and there letting him see that he no 

 longer receives ill-treatment and punishment, but 

 on the other liand is spoken to soothingly and ca- 

 ressed, just as was done in teacliing him not to 

 have fear of other objects. 



The onlv difference is that more calmess, more 

 patience, more gradual procedure, more time are 

 required in order to make him give up the fear 

 associated with an object and produced by bad 

 treatment inflicted on him in the presence of this 

 object, because it lias taken much deeper root in 

 his mind. If the exact circumstances cannot be 

 reproduced they should be artificially imitated as 



