Health and suggestion : the dialectics of the mind / by Ernst von Feudhtersleben ; translated and edited by Ludwig Lewisohn.

  • Ernst, Baron von Feuchtersleben
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1919, ©1910
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Credit: Health and suggestion : the dialectics of the mind / by Ernst von Feudhtersleben ; translated and edited by Ludwig Lewisohn. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    spirit of rec ‘se, for the refreshment and collection of my own faculties. In a similar spirit they must be read in order to transmit their significance to the reader. By means of a blending of ethics and die- tetics, strange perhaps at first sight, I have sought to exhibit in its practical bearing the healing power of the spirit over the body of man. “The profession of medicine,’ to quote the voice of the general public, “‘ is vio- lently averse to a popularization of its arts, to any medical self-study. The physician apparently fears that to become aware of the uncertainty and insufficiency of his knowledge and methods means, for the public, a loss of confidence. Hence it is to his advantage to foster a delusion.’’ In some such way the public reasons, supported, unhappily, by a recent medical writer. Let us grant the contention for a moment. Suppose the delusion to be real. Does it advantage only us doctors, does it not ad- vantage you equally? If faith has cured you Liz]