28 ALFRED T. SCHOFIELD, M.D., ON CHRrSTIAN SANCTY. 



Author's Reply. 



The Lecturer (Dr. Schofield) then replied : I am greatly 

 surprised to find that amidst all the speakers there are only a few 

 whom it will be necessary to answer : — 



Lt.-Col. Mackinlay asks " whether in the light of the importance 

 of self-control, suggestion and hypnotism are permissible in sickness," 

 a question which may fairly be said to arise out of the paper. My 

 answer must be, " Only in selected cases, and under the care of a 

 skilled physician." 



Professor Orchard objects that reason and emotion are not 

 necessarily opposed, nor are they themselves equal in quantity in 

 many cases. This is of course true, and yet a certain balance should 

 be maintained in saying which the simile to a pair of scales must 

 not be unduly pressed. " Opposed " is not exactly in its use the 

 same as opposite, that is to say I do not suggest these qualities are 

 actively and necessarily in opposition ; but merely that for the pur- 

 pose of my argument I place them on each side of the balance. 



I still think the simile a good one, though the Professor has clearly 

 shown it must not be strained. 



I have to thank the speakers and the audience for the very 

 cordial reception of my paper. 



