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turbance in the temperature of the body. At times the mental stimula- 

 tion may be wholly 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 elevation 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 About Dbeams. 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 di^eanis some 

 one may have noticed such an incident, we must conclude that it 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. 



