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ANCIENT ORIGIN OF POPULAR
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MARVELS OF BRAIN SURGERY.
PATIENT RECOVERS DURING AN OPERATION.
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An uncanny drama of the operating theatre was revealed on July 23th in his presidential address fedical Association by Sir William MacEwen, Regius Professor of Surgery at Glasgow University, and Surgeonsin. Ordinary to the King in Scotland.
Are you superstitious? Very for people indeed can trathfully answer that question | DRAMATIC STORY BY THE KING'S in the negative. The majority of us say "No" bluntly, but without conviction, and proceed surreptitiously to "touch wood" in case our own particular agre of misfortune should be within ear-shot. If you are not superstitions (writes Dr. Bernard Hollander in the Weakly Despatch) why do ron studiously refrain from walking under a lad. der; or, if you must walk under it, why de you do so with your sogers crossed? Will crossed fingers avert the falling brick, or worse still, the falling, bricklayer? Why do you, almost subconscionaly, separate a pair of knives that have inadvertently been grossed? Why do you propitiate your luck by throwing a milful of spilt selt over your left shoulder
Sir William told of an operation per- formed by himself on a man suffering Breathing from abscess of the brain. difficulties set in so rapidly in such cases that in this instanca artificial respiration had to be carried on throughout the ope ration: The patient was, of course, in-
conscious.
NATURAL DEATHING,
The reason is that we still have a sacak-'
The operation was begun, and two ing belief in the direct agency of my. sterious powers in certain events, a heliof ounces of pus escaped. Natural breath- that the fortunes of individuals ar and was immediately resumed, and while can be swayed by invisible, sinister forces, the staff, still with white, drawn faces from their arduous work, stood round the} Superstition takes its rise from the feel.
man they had drawn back from the netual ing or apprehension or dread of the unbrink of the grave; he recovered con- known. Our modern superstiti s 4sciousness and exclaimed: "What's all Frilly a rewrant of the belief in the whole this damned fuss about?"
phantasmuguria of goblins, devils arst spirits that used the human mind to such a parkalie extent in the Midle Agow.
ELEMENT OF CHisen:
Superstitions to-day are mostly a matter of godan bad luck porteuts, and it is quite possible that "locky" and "lucky" beliefs have descended from traditions which we founded un fort for it is interesting to note that perstition only arises in cases where the element of chance supervenes. There is risk about motor driving and aeroplanë piloting, so a nickel Verns in flying drapery or a golliwog is perched on the radiator--just ne regiments have their mascots and battleships adopt anything from a bulblog to a billygent Such fing charms as swastikas and lucky beans won known centuries ago.
"It had a startling effect on the staff."! commented Sir William MacEwen The unsesing eyes which had been open all the time anddenly saw."
were
* Other, marvels of brain surgery
then discussed. Instances were recorded of patients who, as the result of the re moval of lesions or tumours in the brain, had been enabled to walk, to use their eyes, and to recover evinmand of mental faculties.
Sir William MacEwen put forward à startling theory in regard to germs, but he did not develop it in detail, and lett his bearers wondering.
Microbiology," he said. is in its infancy. Myriads of germs surround us of which we know litile. Organisms are contained in food and transmittel to the alimentary canal; some, are benign and useful for digestion, but others are malig.
nant.
THE COLON.
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Isolate superstitions in the individual may be attributable to the fears of child.
The colon is an incubating chamber, hood. These forgotten and repressed events and instead of allowing it to grow weeds are resurrected in adult years in the form of we ought to sow in it plants which would horror or superstitious dread of cats and be of use in promoting digestion and pro insects, for much are not mored by knowducing chemical compounds combative of ledge so much as by foeling aurl superstition weakness and disease. mach 'gardening' is a feeling:
might end in preventing appendicitis rheumatism. A arterio-sclerosis, and healthy colon contributes to longevity and a healthy state of mind."
People who lack self-confidence look for propitions signs and pertents to inspire them. An unheky sign akes them poliarly nervous, while a lucky one gives ikhein any umount of courage.
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Yet it is these very beliefs that make BOOK FROM MR. LLOYD GEORGE. them unlucky, for the nervous system is frequently thrown out of order by auto- suggestion and self-hypsotism, ie, by con-ban Berry has purchased certain rights in stantly fighting against certain possibilities, actually paves the way for their advent.
Thus I say emphatically, if you cannot have hope, be indiferent; for good or bad
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back, if firmly believed in, bus a trick of figures. It adds that Mriticism on
realising itself. If you are thoroughly con vinced of the presence of some evil in fluence in your life, conviction is bound to exercise a depressing effect on your system, and perhaps in time bring about the very mischief predicted.
Superstition is full of the curious force of "suggestion, the Importance of which no psychologist now denies. The influence of spells and charias of all sorts is explained by this force, and from this it is quite apparent that the "cri ere" does.no harm to those who really believe themselves in its power. It becomes a faith, and acts like any other Faith. By this same thought process of "auto-suggestion," some people "persuule themselves into ing sea-sick while the ahip is still lying motionless in the harbour. In the same way the fear of breaking a particularly valuable ornament frequently leads to the breaking of it.
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Progress and our wholesome habit of disbeliering that which we cannot see or fool has had a great deal to do with the breaking down of old and deep-rooted superstitions. ·
A reduce to To-day we are disinclination to commence an enterprise on a Friday, ac antipathy to passing one another on the stairs, a belief in the ainister influence of thirteen" and, such like superstitions, all of which harga perfectly rational explanation.
MYSTIC NOMIERS.
The "ystic numbers" seren, three, and thirteen are known to hare desconded from purely religions association. The thirteen superstition is probably the most prevalent of all. I doubt whether the average Bociety. hostess could seat thirteen at her table with- out a qualm; and I doubt also whether it would be possible to bring thirteen average guests together without some of their number feeling decidedly uncomfortable. The mere fact that thirteen are zitting, down together creates an atmosphere of mental uneasiness and apprehension; and it is quite possible that out of the thir teen one at least is suffering from some. ailment, which becomes morn dangerous because of this adverse mental state. This is another instance of the kuown fact that if you believe you will die after an opera tion you stand an excellent chance of doing so.
Crossing the knives is obviously sym- bolical of a quarrel; the spilling-the-salt. fetish was brought back by the Crusaders from those lauds where malt signifies how pitality its spilling would imply treachery
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