The subconscious self and its relation to education and health / by Louis Waldstein.

  • Louis Waldstein
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[1902]
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    as, for instance, those of assimilation or of secretion. Modern anatomical research has clearly demonstrated direct nerve connections between the centre of perception and these organs, by means of which all their modifica- tions are directly conveyed to the brain. We are thus justified in assuming to-day that even the normal functioning of the vegetative organs excites corresponding and repeated impressions which are incorporated in our memory. We are not conscious of this, it is true, under ordinary circumstances; for these impressions are repeated in almost continuous monotony, and result in a tonic condition which remains unperceived owing to the more powerful im- pressions of the normal and active condition of our mind. It is only in cases of disease or functional disturbances that the absence of this tonic condition is perceived at once. As long as the stomach, for instance, contains food, it is continued, but when the stomach is empty, the change of innervation is perceived as in- dicated by the sensation of hunger. Or when
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