Doctor's Opinion

NZ Truth, Issue 1202, 13 December 1928, Page 7

Doctor's Opinion

look of the evangelist must have done the trick. At the first meeting, held m the Wellington- Winter Show building, Mrs. Ching, having listened to Jeffreys with apparently much respect, rose up and said: "Now I will sing to you.". And sing she did. The matter was recorded with astonishment by the Hawera paper and later by the Auckland "Star." We have nothing but congratulations for the lady whose vocal powers were restored m so singular a manner, though, indeed, considering what a small part Jeffreys actually played m the affair, it would seem that she might have been cured with equal comfort and less expense at home. Asked for his opinion of such a case, j a well-known Wellington medical man, occupying a position of high responsibility, smiled a sad, wan smile and said: ' / ' ' i "People are cured, not of what , they have, but of what they think they have. ' Mental shock and stimulus, such as. the influence of a powerful personality might give, may do good m a case where there is no organic trouble — where, m shorty the disease is really caused by hysteria or nervous affection. But as for healing organic disease by such means — it can't be done." Concerning other complaints men-

and. for three years her parents, have known that she was suffering from an affection of one eye, which was pronounced by an eye specialist named Marchant to be totally devoid of vision. The sight, he said, had never developed since her infancy, and the eye was still m the unseeing condition of a newborn babe's. , However, the child's aunt states that long before Jeffreys came on the scene, she responded, or seemed to respond, to certain tests of vision. Frequently when the fingers of a hand were held up before the supposedly blind eye, she would be able to count them correctly. The vision seemed to come and go m a flash, but, as far as they could tell, it was there.

voice. Nobody could doubt that he earnestly believes m the benefits which he has received from the Pentecostal Missions. / For years, Wilson has been a sufferer from . bony growths, a*nd has been m the Wellington Hospital three, times, undergoing more than one operation for his trouble. He was also treated there for pleurisy, and was altogether a very sick man. , . For fifteen years a poor sleeper, Wilson, five years ago, strove to combat the torture of insomnia m a perilous way. / ' ■ According to his own statement, he fell a victim to the opium habit, and