The management of a nerve patient / By Alfred T. Schofield.

  • Schofield, A. T. (Alfred Taylor), 1846-1929.
Date:
1906
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Credit: The management of a nerve patient / By Alfred T. Schofield. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    lays bare the modus operandi of all these new Special psycho-cults, which, hailing from America, have need of advance in so overrun this country ; and depriving them of medicine. all mystery, places the powers quacks ignorantly use on a scientific basis, and accords these powers their due place in the practice of legitimate medicine. Critics and cynics may point out many dim- The down- fail of culties; but, when they have said all, I think quackery. thoughtful men will see there is still ground for believing that psycho-therapeutics may yet form a new and profitable branch of medical study, and thus lay the foundation for the downfall of quackery. I have lingered thus long over the question of quackery because I think its continued success has, as I have pointed out, an important lesson to teach to the medical profession. I have now shown how artificial help can be given to the unconscious mind by the patient and by the quack, and turn finally to the physician's part. 3. By the physician. The third way in which 3. By the physician. the power of the mind over the body may be arti- ficially aided is by the physician. Here I fear we must confess the worthy man The doctor