CURE Quote
I consider insanity as the effect of some disorder in the circulation, whether produced by agencies of a corporeal or mental nature. It might be shown by familiar facts, that the brain is the principal organ through which the operations of the mind are performed; and it does not, as many have supposed, necessarily involve the doctrine of materialism to affirm, that certain disorders of that organ are capable of disturbing those operations. If the most skilful musician in the world were placed before an unstrung or broken instrument, he could not produce the harmony which he was accustomed when that instrument was perfect, nay, on the contrary, the sounds would be discordant ; and yet it would be manifestly most illogical to conclude, from such an effect, that the powers of the musician were impaired, since they merely appeared to be so from the imperfection of the instrument. Now what the instrument is to the musician, the brain may be to the mind, for aught we know to the contrary : and, to pursue the figure, as the musician has an existence distinct from that of the instrument, so the mind may have an existence distinct from that of the brain ; for in truth we have no proof whatever of mind being a property dependent upon any arrangement of matter.
— Armstrong, John, Practical illustrations of typhus fever, of the common continued fever, and of inflammatory diseases, 1822-
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Most Cures are easy, trivial, and therefore ignored.
We might easily be led to believe that cures are rare, even impossible. After all, “there is no cure for the common cold.” However, after studying the concepts of cure for several years, I made an interesting discovery: “Most illnesses … Continue reading
To be, or Not to be: A Masker
As we walk around, trying to wake up from the past two and a half years, we seem to have two different groups asking related questions: Why are they still wearing masks Why are they not wearing masks (they, in … Continue reading
The Invisible Cures
There is one kind of cure that is largely invisible to current medical theory and practice. How can a cure be invisible? There are exactly two fundamental types of cures, based on cause – attribute cures and causal cures. Current … Continue reading
The Missing Cured
Have you ever been cured of an illness or disease and the cure was ignored, the cure went missing? It happens a lot. Where might we find an illness cured? Where does an illness go, after it’s cured? We sometimes … Continue reading
The Systemic Suppression of the Cured, their Cures and their Curers
How many diseases have we cured in the past 20 years? The past 50 years? When was the last time our medical systems found a cure for a disease? I’m not sure, but, having studied cure extensively, I have a … Continue reading