Guest guest Posted February 13, 2001 Report Share Posted February 13, 2001 What a neat story! That is really " placebo effect " , isn't it? <LOL> A suggestion of this type from an authority figure is very similar to a post-hypnotic suggestion. I'd say the paper had a lot fewer side effects than the cortisone tablets! Blessings, Crow Root2Helth wrote: > Michelle...Loved your story! I think we need more positive reinforcements in > this day and age...thanks for sharing...! I have one of my own...Katy > > True story - A physician from Calcutta shared this story while teaching at > the University of Hawaii School of Public Health... > > " A farmer, " the doctor said, " came into my clinic with a moderately severe > reaction. His body was covered with hives, and he was having some difficulty > breathing. I suggested he go to the hospital, but he refused. So I wrote > him a prescription for cortisone tablets. I took great pains to explain that > this was very powerful medicine and that he was to take it four times a day > without fail. In 36 hours, he was back, completely recovered. Very > surprising indeed. I asked him what he had done with the remaining medicine. > He said there was none because he followed my instructions explicitly. " I > tore your medicine paper into four parts and swallowed one on arising, one > with lunch, one with the evening meal, and the last one when I went to bed, " > he said. > > He had eaten the paper on which the prescription was written, and he was > fully recovered. He was back to request another medicine paper as insurance > against the malady. Naturally, I gave him one. " > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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