1956-05-24 — Page 4

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1956.

A REPORT AS HUMAN AS IT is SCIENTIFIC

NOW...GOD AND YOUR DOCTOR

By Chapman Pincher

now

A doctor needs more than now drugs: ho needs thought, now approaches to new problems. Such a problem is faith-hoaling, with in 10-called "miracle curos," Today a two-year ten ominent doctors publish their rapart on

completely inquiry into this subject a report with

A similar church new appoach. They have sant it to

set up by the two archbishops. Ite often committoa

are reported for you here- surprising conclusioni

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scientific.

THE incalculable value the patient that he will get well him believe it, es of faith in God in making

faith-healers do fighting illness is the

Successful psychiatrists and dominant theme of This family doctors make full use of this technique. It is well-known unbiased report,

that the doctor who Inspires The words are warmly confidence

the best produces human as well as coldly resulla.

In spite of this admission the comes ilown beavily 1.M.A.

unqualified faith against the

injuries healer because of the he can care through ignorance. The Faith-henler usually treats Incas without knowing any- thing about it. When he relieves pati he may be doing great damage, for pain is the doctor's best elue to the cause and should not be relieved until the cause I been discovered.

The Inquiry, in which every medfeal pro- member of the fession was asked to help, dis- closed that many doctors fervent bellevers in the of Divine Healing.

ure

power

own

They have no trust in an qualified faith-healers but they attribule much of their

Ruccess to God's guidance.

Many of them pray for help In in treating their patients, some hospitats physicians lend the wards in morning prayer, believing that for many people communion with God is morta curative than drugs.

"Caving the patient a per- ronni faith that God can shify

his deepest news supports him in adversity," the report states,

"In organic illness he becomes

anet

Co-operative, courageous

and if his condition proves be fatal he dies in peser.

to

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Copples have often been

of pain during faith- relieved beating demonstrations they they thrown away their have evulches and walked off.

But hey have damaged their Injured jointa sơ much that they

have had to lean more heavily on their crutches than over half

an hour later.

It may even be dangerous for a full-healer to treat pure. Iv emotioanl symptoms, such as severe depression, if he strewes that he is working through the God the doctors power

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faila

The B.M A. nvestigators nd- mit that many people have un- doubtedly been freed from dis- 1|༥༴sing symptoms by falth Lealers who have done nothing more than "Inid on hunds" the name of God.

these But nearly

For if the treatment peopic suffering from symptoms the patient may convince him- he has been deserted by emotional self of purely mental or

God and commit suicide. origin

The doctors

were

There was nothing organically wrong with them.

KUR

tuberculosis,

piritual healing.·

龉 result of

They Investigated nine cones submitted by Mr Harry Ed- wards,

well-known faith- healer, in which ho elaimeri spiritual healing had occurred.

There were four execs of diy-

and nounced incurable

from which they were alleged to have recovered following spiritual healing.

orders which doctors had pro

without

Three of thein died from their diecases while the Inquiry was

progress.

The fourth is in gravely ill.

Only two of the nine bad further recovered medical treatment. In one the nature of the complaint Wha doubtful. The other was a casa of "slipper din," which often rights itselt.

Other instances in which seemed to other faith-healers have achieved cures turned out to be due to wrong diagnoses by the patients' doctors.

Thus some cases of epilepsy proved

hysteria an emotional disorder which aponda to' suggestion.

to

rc-

• Doctors admit there small core of cures, including some at Lourdes, which

cannot explain by knowledge.

Cummings

I WOULD

RATHER BE A.

TORY!" Krushchen?

POLITICAL

CAPITAL!

Quick, Selwyn-two han, membership cards for the Tóry. Party, and

a couple of freedoms of the Carlton Club.".

London Express Service

A

DON IDDON'S DIARY

they

existing

But they point out that there what are rare instances' when looks like being an Inevitably fatal illness suddenly clears up. Or the complaint becomes so

that quiescent

who patients have been expected to die in six months live for 20 years.

Some of the cures claimed by faith-healers

In are probably this category. They seem to bu evidence in support of the faith- healers

claims but they also occur among people who have never sought spiritual alch

Indeed, as the doctors point out, Boro

these people of attribute their recovery to some

diet fad they happened to try

JUST DON'T SELL BRITAIN SHORT

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coloured-and not the Follow-thie-Flag tour, but London the job. The working man and meddle, have been saying white and

their for the time being here is the HIS is not a sum- won't work-he's only in for years that the British Em- only do wo fall to sing

warning: Don't Sell Britales ming up of my terested in the pay packet,, pire ly only a remnant of what glories and successes but some-

It was, that it is rapidly vanish- times stem positively ashamed Short-Don't Be Ashamed the Flag sport, beer, cigarettes, and where have I been all wealth.

of oven having Follow

a Common- the Empire.

There are one or two things journeys, as I still time off."

I have covered The Socialists. and particu- and one or two people I would

these weeks?

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or sume charm they wear. have the West Indies and One Lancashire business a huge tracts, of land. visited Jarly the travelling Socialist liko to take care of now that'

The B.M.A. Investigators clearly believe there would be Bermuda to visit. But as I told

heal and

crisis ng

must end

or wo

go

monwealth.

eities and towns, Member of Parliament, must I am in England.

Ashamed.

me in Preston: "We

megnificent

oil take a lot of the blame, I think Singapore's acting Chief could find no less suffering in the world tram in England for a few are in a terrible

bad as the war in some ways. Been mitis and mines and

has flown particularly of Barbara Castle, Minister, Mr Chow Swes Kee, acceptable case where a patient greater use were made of the days it would perhaps be a inflation is choking us to death, wells, and the fing

who may be very popular in called a Press conference ra- ta been eared of an organie power of faith Such symptoms can be eteur- hund

waste not to report some The wage demands month after aver all of them.

Despite the extent and length Blackburn but is not very popu-cently and, discussing my cancer, or succour the sick. ed up by cleverly suggesting in disorder much

reactions after a trip tlint month

of the tour I have touched down lar in Nairobi.

Singapore Diary, said: "This is. Omcials told me in Kenya: Journalism at its lowest ebb has covered over 80,000. under,"

Almost everyone I have talk- only on a fraction of the Com-

"She came with her mind al- this does nobody any good miles and ranged the vast ed to has reduced regard for

ready made up. She would not .. not even to the country of Empire and Commonwealth. the present Government and

of learn from on-the-spot observa- the Journalist. This type The British should stop overal people have

tion. She wanted to make one journalism spreads bad feeling particular trip but would not between the two countries." running down Britain. It is "There is not a man of really

great stature in the Cabinet. NOT only should we stop this

tho Mr Kee also said he would early for ask the Singapore Union morning-That's too diplomats, wonderful

com- and our country but we should me," It's not too carly for most Journalists to take up the promisers, but no big leaders, learn more about our heritage. Lancashire workers.

matter; I hope he does. Every- We are fumbling and could be

depressed over tho There is an infection among thing I wrote from, Singapore foundering."

ignorance

the of

overage

the Labour politicians to con- and everywhere else was the belleve the situa- Englishuman, Scotsman, Welsh- elder the British always wrong simple truth--the hard fact, the

man, and Irishman about the and the foreigner always right, heart of the matter. British Commonwealth.

to assert that we are the ex- In the 20 years I have been What are our schoolteachers ploiters of the poor oppressed a foreign correspondent,” and teaching? Has the Empire been nalives. It is a strange illness the 14 years I have been welt- banned from our school books? and has weakened us.

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bad business, poor politics, we have plenty of pollshed running down of ourselves get up at eight o'clock in and a slow form of self- destruction.

Not so bad

I cannot tion is as bad as that.

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and heard. I have watched EVER since I have been

here Englishmen and humeral services held over Bri- the many times but Englishwomen have been tain so

burial never takes place, telling

"Britain is

The Americans, well meaning. apathetic, lying down on generous but inclined to lecture

me:

family

am

PARIS NEWSLETTER from SAM WHITE

NOW EVERYONE GOES

TO SEE DE GAULLE

does it mean he will return to power?

Paris situation in Algeria, and that it

marias.

Some

In support

of

THIS is the first dental of any

thing I have written in the

in which my dis newspapers patches appear.

After the, Acting Chiqf Minis- ter's statement an English- woman in Singapore wrote to the Singapore Standard: "Ho knows perfectly well that every- thing that Don Iddon said about a'atrong anti-European

move-

ment here in Singapore is perd footly true," She went on to give instances of indignities and anti-European incidents.

The Minister ́thon, hold other Press conference denoun- cing

Englishwoman,' and saying "Don Iddors also heard the 'same thing: from someone.

However there is no concrete:

the

Magnificent

1-The dissolution of the were promptly hustled into black evidence. This woman is suffer

ing from illusions." HE smartest thing to could not possibly survive present Parliament;

A Chinese student, S.-C. Tal,' who by 2-The adoption

photographers- Algeria's loso,

pictures of them were of Singapore wrote in support do among important

country in a referendum of a took

Englishwoman · and on the beaten up, kicked while on the of the They add that they are now now constitution based French politicians

ground and their cameras were myself: "I believe what she bay.

written is the naked truth." these days is to pay a supporters of the kind of radical U.S. model,

constitution reform loag advo-

What then are his prospects? smashed. Certainly, if disaster overtook Finally. posse, of police regular pilgrimage to the cato by de Gaulle, which would humlet of Colombey-des- give France a form of govern the French in Algeria, his re- chased a 12-year-old boy whom

the Ameri- call would become almost

in- they took into custody・・ amid deux-Eglises, where General ment modelled on

can Presidential system.

ovitable. But short of disaster whistles of derision from on- Charles de Gaulle lives' in These confessions must be let no one underestimate the lookers. retirement.

highly pleasing to de Gaulle's capacity of French politiciane to o on talking instead of acting. There in Freudian terms, After all, he resigned from Meanwhile it is once again

op this useful to be a de Gaullist." they undergo a kind of power ten years ago

very Iste of constitutional political psycho-analysis and form, and he still remembers they confess their fears, the relief with which the po doubts and hope to the can try him go and revert

ed. undisturbed to the tradition-? Father Image,

al French political game.

DENOUNCEMENT

ours.

PICASSO'S BOWLER

I

"LOGIC"

is men liko Mr Chow Swee Keo: who demand immediato jeelf-government for Singapore.

He has hardly demonstrated his; fitness, oven to govern! or control' himsel

*

HAVE received a form from the French Inland Revenue But the rest of the medis addressed simply to

"M, Waits pleasing and some of it moving. The parents of Lance-Corporas For M. Welth."

It informs me that I am ablo' John Cox, whom I met In THAT beautiful bowler Flensso

levied on the Kenya bush and who had wore at the première T'of 'to the special · fax

just shot a Mau Mau wrote: Cannes Film people renting furnished flats... his film at the

30 Festival was made in London The punishment threatened "We have not seen him for 12

· Joi The streams of visitors from

so we hope years ago. He last wore it, and for non-payment of the tax months Paris has been no considerable

the aging tuxedo which accor- seizure of the furniture which is will not mind us taking you that it has almost created a

NOW politicians) on the right, panieti it, at a' Diaghilev bailét not mine, otherwise I would who have seen him how, he was traffic problem in the normally

and left are vying with each perdermance in London.

not be subject to the special tax whether his marila sleepy Colomboy.

4he pro- other in denouncing

The Prince de Polignac has A man s occupied, for

sent system;

withdrawn from the exclusive example, on the Socialist gover. The dormer Premier and Jockey Club because of objec- nor of

M. Robert leader of the right, M. Pinay, is fona Algeria,

the fact that his coat of Lacoste, thinke nothing of drive now dor de Gaulle. The Social arms is need in advertisements ing 290 miles to see de Gaulle ist Premier, M. Mollet, anticip of the cogime of that name. before he attends Important ales competition by devoting a young Cabinet meeting.

A dozen other political Dgures constitutional reform.

Ministers

IncludingACR A

regularly

like

major speech to the needs of

M

P Tre Matshal Tito's visit SURING DUR

POLICE ACT

"And

PENSIVE

seomad, good. He wrote ts that he had shot a Mau Mau and it What the stars foretell: The made him feel queer he said.

all ro is not quite,

20 American film star, Kim Novak, After danced in Paris with Aly Khan, yoors oklava He looked dangerously" pensive, Mr and Mrs Com your

flooked splendid and tila: morale and the morale of all the officers and men all the security forces magnificent. J Na have lived in France I have a son euch na there who

QUOTES

Even Pierre Poujado the general the chorus with a surprisd? do- Paris police seem no doubt (LIVIA de Havilland: Since 1

claration that he would support, bent on providing him with

What do they tell him what does he sell them?

MONK

und de Gaulle's return to power. Finmecessary, Ups on how his substitutechin liver specialist for are serving us all over tha De Claudies daworoicar own polles should behave in the thie, percho analyst templored workerseyjare not running Roughly they all tell de cut He would accept a calls, to event of trouble begin follywood Ceel push their country down, they are Gaulle that they are now co office by President Al or the thi Laab creek • at group vinced that the present parling Republic (auch” mi okit, li per Catholics manery (zystekn~ In -Franów,” mig ble under the Constitution)? unworkable, that he cannot cope But he would do, so wider. Two with the Incressing / wron

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