ABSTRACT
It is only recently—one might say within the past twenty years—that the psychic element in therapeutics has been recognised in any practical way by the medical profession; and it is through hypnotism mainly that its recognition, partial and insufficient as it is to-day, has been brought about. Along with this new element, and almost a part of it, another important psychological fact has come into view, namely, the existence and function of the subconscious mind. These constitute what may be called the subjective element in therapeutics, in distinction from the use of drugs and other objective means of cure.
