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Rh insisted that it would be unsafe to perform a needed surgical operation without the ether. After the autopsy,

her sister testified that the deceased protested against inhaling the ether and said it would kill her, but that she was compelled by her physicians to take it. Her hands were held, and she was forced into submission. The case was brought to trial. The evidence was found to be conclusive, and a verdict was returned that death was occasioned, not by the ether, but by fear of inhaling it.

Is it skilful or scientific surgery to take no heed of mental conditions and to treat the patient as if she were so

much mindless matter, and as if matter were the only factor to be consulted? Had these unscientific surgeons understood metaphysics, they would have considered the woman's state of mind, and not have risked such treatment. They would either have allayed her fear or would have performed the operation without ether.

The sequel proved that this Lynn woman died from effects produced by mortal mind, and not from the disease or the operation.

The medical schools would learn the state of man from matter instead of from Mind. They examine the

lungs, tongue, and pulse to ascertain how much harmony, or health, matter is permitting to matter, — how much pain or pleasure, action or stagnation, one form of matter is allowing another form of matter.

Ignorant of the fact that a man's belief produces disease and all its symptoms, the ordinary physician is liable to increase disease with his own mind, when he