ABSTRACT
The common talk is that it is done through the influence of mind over body, of soul over matter. Bodily disease is so common and so various in character that it is of enormous importance to diminish its mental effects where that is possible. Every one has experienced the fact of a keen appetite being suddenly abolished, and even of indigestion suddenly set up, by disagreeable mental emotions or distractions. Closely connected with the Mental Hygiene of disease are the facts which go to show that many diseases may be improved or cured through mental influences. Powerful mental attention is directed towards the disordered function and a powerful expectation of cure is thus roused. The effects of many diseases are damaging to the brain and mind without producing technical mental disturbance. The surgical removal of the adenoids commonly produces at once a mental brightening as well as a general improvement in health.
